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W WillTiki Member Joined: Apr 29, 2004 Posts: 56	W WillTiki Posted posted on Wed, Oct 27, 2004 3:36 PM I am in Maryland; more specifically, the house will be in Easton. There are literally dozens of antique and collectible stores in that area selling nautical themed stuff, much of it authentic. But, very little if any "Tiki" stuff. I suppose that pretty much limits me to mail order for most of these things. I have the Oceanic Arts catalog plus bamboo and thatch suppliers info from the web. I was surprised that O. Arts was not as expensive as I had feared; I am wondering how bad the shipping will be however. Since I first posted this, we have signed a contract on a house to be built starting next month. The Tiki zone will be in a lower level that in developer-speak is called an "English Basement". Basically it is an entire lower level of the house (2 more stories above) partially below grade but with full size windows set slightly higher in the walls. At this point, we are havng them finish one end of this as a large bedroom (they call it "den" on the prints for code reasons) and bathroom suite separated from the main area by a door and hallway. The rest of this lower level will be an unfinished blank slate. I am thinking of trying to do an overall theme of Tiki / poly-pop family or rec room without making the whole thing scream BAR. The model home for this builder had a really cool dockside, fishermans' wharf themed bar on one end of the basement (the whole house had an over the top nautical theme anyway)with the rest of the basement furnished in rattan furniture etc Perhaps the non-bar area could be painted (or nice themed wall paper) above chair rail and matting/bamboo below. Then the bar area could be more overall matting and bamboo. I was and still am trying to work out in the design where and how to incorporate a wall and doorway into the bar area for the effect of entering a hut. Oceanic Arts has some really nice carved posts that I would like to use as bannister uprights for the stairs down to this level and carry the same carving style into uprights for the doorway/wall to the bar. The idea posted earlier by someone about making panels of thin plywood with matting glued to them and them attaching those to existing walls is one I will probably go with since having drywall and insulation underneath everything will make it much more livable and reconfigurable. Anyway, here is a link to the floorplan of the basement I am working with; the bar area will be in the top center of the image: http://www.arteryhomes.com//Images/Community/ACF316E.jpg Any input is welcome. I am especially interested in the details of attaching natural tropical materials to existing conventional framing and drywall. Thanks.

I am in Maryland; more specifically, the house will be in Easton. There are literally dozens of antique and collectible stores in that area selling nautical themed stuff, much of it authentic. But, very little if any "Tiki" stuff. I suppose that pretty much limits me to mail order for most of these things.
I have the Oceanic Arts catalog plus bamboo and thatch suppliers info from the web. I was surprised that O. Arts was not as expensive as I had feared; I am wondering how bad the shipping will be however. Since I first posted this, we have signed a contract on a house to be built starting next month. The Tiki zone will be in a lower level that in developer-speak is called an "English Basement". Basically it is an entire lower level of the house (2 more stories above) partially below grade but with full size windows set slightly higher in the walls.
At this point, we are havng them finish one end of this as a large bedroom (they call it "den" on the prints for code reasons) and bathroom suite separated from the main area by a door and hallway. The rest of this lower level will be an unfinished blank slate. I am thinking of trying to do an overall theme of Tiki / poly-pop family or rec room without making the whole thing scream BAR. The model home for this builder had a really cool dockside, fishermans' wharf themed bar on one end of the basement (the whole house had an over the top nautical theme anyway)with the rest of the basement furnished in rattan furniture etc Perhaps the non-bar area could be painted (or nice themed wall paper) above chair rail and matting/bamboo below. Then the bar area could be more overall matting and bamboo. I was and still am trying to work out in the design where and how to incorporate a wall and doorway into the bar area for the effect of entering a hut. Oceanic Arts has some really nice carved posts that I would like to use as bannister uprights for the stairs down to this level and carry the same carving style into uprights for the doorway/wall to the bar. The idea posted earlier by someone about making panels of thin plywood with matting glued to them and them attaching those to existing walls is one I will probably go with since having drywall and insulation underneath everything will make it much more livable and reconfigurable.
Anyway, here is a link to the floorplan of the basement I am working with; the bar area will be in the top center of the image:
http://www.arteryhomes.com//Images/Community/ACF316E.jpg

Any input is welcome. I am especially interested in the details of attaching natural tropical materials to existing conventional framing and drywall.
Thanks.

Post #122065 by WillTiki on Wed, Oct 27, 2004 3:36 PM