Work on Cowra's latest venue, the Oxley Wine Bar in lower Kendal street, is off to a great start, with owners Ian Grant and Benjamin Pettit giving those boy scouts from The Block a run for their money as they get ready to open the doors in June.

"We've got a bit to do but it's nice to be able to start from the ground up and make it your own," Mr Grant said.

Stripping the building back from a dated 70s shop fit, the venue already has an industrial, old-world feel about it.

Furnishing the space with retro booths, stools, lounges, chairs and tables, the pair are creating a bar that would easily be at home in a Melbourne laneway or on a Sydney street.

Just like the bar's namesake, the intrepid explorer John Oxley, Mr Grant and Mr Pettit have been scouring secondhand stores, stockpiling bric a brac furnishings to give the bar a warm, intimate feel.

"It's going to be fairly eclectic due to budget restraints. There's going to be a fair bit of mismatched stuff," Mr Grant said.

"We've been doing a fair bit of op-shopping, picking up little bits and pieces," Mr Pettit added.

"We're not going to have LED lighting for the stage or anything, we're just going to have a couple of nice lamps and a rug maybe. It's going to be like one big living room."

The boys are putting in 12-hour days to ensure the venue is ready to open its doors come June.

"There's a bit of work in it and when we open the doors we want to have it right. All going well, we hope to be here a long time so whilst we're trying to do it on a budget, we don't want to skimp on things that need to be done," Mr Grant said.

"The kitchen's a bit of a challenge, so we're going to start from scratch and get some advice as to how best plan it out and go from there."We're going to get tradesmen in straight away to cut down on the time it'll take to get us up and running."

The bar will operate through a small bar licence and be able host a max of 60 people at any one time.

According to the conditions of the licence, the bar won't sell takeaway liquor or have gaming machines; would only serve alcohol from midday; and close at midnight.

The intimate venue is set to include a lounge and bar area as well as a small stage. It will also serve coffee in the mornings, with beans freshly ground on site.

Come June, the boys are planning on having a soft launch of the bar, with three invitation-only nights over a weekend before falling into the rhythm of regular trading come the Monday.

Mr Grant and Mr Pettit thanked the community for all of the support they've received since lodging their development application earlier in the year.

"We want to thank everyone for all of the positive feedback we've been getting, we haven't really had a bad word yet, it's been great.

"We just hope that transfers into people supporting it, which we think it will," Mr Pettit said.