The storefront side
once the bar side
Both Bruno's bar and Essie May's bar was on this side of the
building but it had been closed on this side for years when we
bought the building and the bar had moved to the other side of
the building due to leaking coolers rotting the floors.
All the old bar stuff had been stripped from the building long ago.
* the movie Stars and Bars was filmed on this side of the building
when the bar was up and running, you can see much of the old
decor in the movie.


The windows were painted over and the room went all the way
back the length of the building.
The front low windows to the basement were boarded over from
the outside, it was full of debris and all the paint was pealing off
the walls.
We cleaned it all out, removed the flaking paint,
built a wall, painted it all and decorated
On the outside we removed the wood that covered
the front basement windows
located under the front display windows,
replaced missing glass cleaned up everything
and painted a mural
on the plywood where one window was missing
These are some of the cast offs, yard sale items, flea market finds and
auction treasures I have reworked for the place.
What can I say my grandfather Appling was a junk man I love this stuff.

I found this building by going to the city wide yard sale that happens
every first Saturday in October when I found the building it was 1999 and
the Crazy Horse saloon was closed and out of business for good. I loved
the building from the start as well as all the junk that I fixed to go here.
Birdcage lamp
cage found in basement
in poor shape
This chair was in really good
shape just an ugly color, it is a
leather seat, leather paints well
with watered down acrylics.
The counter was the old Dollar Store counter, a give away when they got
new ones in, some paint and dollar a yard fabric made a big difference.
The stools came from my dad and kids, grand kids and now
great-grand kids (of his) have ridden lots of miles on them.
He called them Camel Saddles but I am sure they were made to
be bar stools.
I love them no matter what they are and now that Dad has passed
away they are even more special to me.
Hand carved snakes
hat/coat rack
Rusted File box .50
Paint $1.00
School chairs at school auction
all for $5.00
some stain and a little black
paint made all the difference
$2.00 from Salvation Army
Orange desk $5.00 auction
remove top, add clear crackle medium,
paint gold, add crackle medium again
then paint brown add a shinny finish and
new hardware (not pictured).