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W WillTiki Member Joined: Apr 29, 2004 Posts: 56	W WillTiki Posted posted on Wed, Aug 18, 2004 2:39 PM We are in the process of planning a move. We have looked at a bunch of existing homes and are now leaning toward new construction. I am, of course, planning to put in a Tiki Bar. I know there are those out there who have converted rooms or spaces into Tiki bars, but, has anyone started from scratch? No drywall or ceiling, just bare cement floor and exposed ceiling joists. What I want input on is opinions and ideas as to where in the house (basement; outside-ish:sunroom/porch/cabana/gazebo (upper eastern shore of Maryland so not warm all year); or some other room), how big to make it (realistically, we are looking at probably a 5 bedroom house with full basement, hopefully with an outside entrance but that depends on the lot terrain)and what to incorporate into the space. Right now, I envision it being in the basement with "Tiki"/poly-pop being sort of an overall theme to a large rec room / play room for the kids with one end/area containing the actual bar (lockable cabinet for the alcohol). I have a fairly large number of hanging ceiling trash items (floats , puffer fish, nets, lamps etc and although I do not really like drop ceilings, I have found them to work well for hanging things from and for running custom wiring for Tiki lighting. But, I figure on getting the basement un/partially finished so that if we want to go the whole 9 yards on a natural materials ceiling (and walls?) treatment, we can do it from scratch. The idea of a full on, we are inside an actual hut look would be cool even to the point of walling off the entrance end of the room to be the "outside" of the hut. Here's what I have to work with so far: the ceiling clutter, several wall mounted items (sconces, torches converted to electric, carvings etc.), several table/shelf/other flat surface lights or display items(150% life size ceramic skull with light; Honululu restaurant table lantern; lava lamps etc.)lamps; mugs aplenty to shelve (no hard count lately but perhaps 100 or so regular size plus maybe 30 shot size and 5 or 6 volcano, kava etc bowls. So tell me, starting from scratch, with an unfinished room, what would you do?

We are in the process of planning a move. We have looked at a bunch of existing homes and are now leaning toward new construction. I am, of course, planning to put in a Tiki Bar. I know there are those out there who have converted rooms or spaces into Tiki bars, but, has anyone started from scratch? No drywall or ceiling, just bare cement floor and exposed ceiling joists. What I want input on is opinions and ideas as to where in the house (basement; outside-ish:sunroom/porch/cabana/gazebo (upper eastern shore of Maryland so not warm all year); or some other room), how big to make it (realistically, we are looking at probably a 5 bedroom house with full basement, hopefully with an outside entrance but that depends on the lot terrain)and what to incorporate into the space.
Right now, I envision it being in the basement with "Tiki"/poly-pop being sort of an overall theme to a large rec room / play room for the kids with one end/area containing the actual bar (lockable cabinet for the alcohol). I have a fairly large number of hanging ceiling trash items (floats , puffer fish, nets, lamps etc and although I do not really like drop ceilings, I have found them to work well for hanging things from and for running custom wiring for Tiki lighting. But, I figure on getting the basement un/partially finished so that if we want to go the whole 9 yards on a natural materials ceiling (and walls?) treatment, we can do it from scratch. The idea of a full on, we are inside an actual hut look would be cool even to the point of walling off the entrance end of the room to be the "outside" of the hut.
Here's what I have to work with so far: the ceiling clutter, several wall mounted items (sconces, torches converted to electric, carvings etc.), several table/shelf/other flat surface lights or display items(150% life size ceramic skull with light; Honululu restaurant table lantern; lava lamps etc.)lamps; mugs aplenty to shelve (no hard count lately but perhaps 100 or so regular size plus maybe 30 shot size and 5 or 6 volcano, kava etc bowls.
So tell me, starting from scratch, with an unfinished room, what would you do?

Post #109018 by WillTiki on Wed, Aug 18, 2004 2:39 PM