Yes, you just expressed my exact idea right there. As I walk into the bar area now, it really has the look and feel of a "pub". It really adds some punch and it enhances things very nicely. As if I needed more reasons to walk into my bar and tap a beer!Most architectural styles and features you see in the US came from Europe. That pattern, covering the lower 2/3 of the wall must have been in style when a lot of the old German, British, Irish, etc. pubs were built, because it is really common in the ones that haven't been ruined by remodelling.
Cheers Beerheads.Ps. I forgot to mention that I lucked out with this project a little bit. In the first 'finished' picture, the design runs to the right and into a corner where there is a small garbage can so I didn't have to try to find a way to make the design end gracefully because it's completely out of sight. On the other wall, the design disappears behind the fridge so I didn't have to worry about anything there either. I did not move the fridge so what happens behind there is probably ugly but it won't be seen unless we replace the fridge which would probably be replaced with another fridge anyway.
