No-Name Bar finally up and running - Other Crafts

L LavaLounger Member The Great Plains of Kansas Joined: Dec 27, 2005 Posts: 81	L LavaLounger Posted posted on Fri, Feb 10, 2006 8:38 AM Lava Lounge, Volcano Room, TAcky TiKi Shack, who knows, nothing has stuck so far other than the "lava lounge" for the closet with the lava wall. But the bar is finally up and running so thought I'd post some pictures. In the beginning, there was nothing. A big ugly cold basement bar area. Void of warmth. After seven months we created light, installed carpet, slapped up gallons of paint, had 1600 arguments with spouse and electrician, screwed, stapled, hammered, glued and taped up boxes of accumulated decor and twinkle lights....and voila.....tiki bar is open for business! Our job here was to make this bar in a new house look like the bar has been here for 40 years. Hope we pulled it off. First, the entrance with the little lei rack right at the door for those that don't show up with their own: Oh and the umbrella table we created because we had to have one of those dam basement support poles to "hide" in plain sight, we didn't even paint it, just left it in primer. I tore apart a beach umbrella and wrapped the ribs around the pole and held it with a hose clamp and brass wire. Tore the umbrella apart and used it for a pattern to make a clear vinyl umbrella and hot glued raffia skirting around it. Little table is a plastic $15 patio table that I jigged in half, cut out the circle in the middle for the post, then lag-bolted it back together with a 2x2 in the middle for support, used Krylon paint to paint the legs brown. Peek behind the bar, please excuse mess, haven't cleaned it up since bummer tiki party Saturday night: Glass racks and misc stuff under the soffet: bartender's view: The "food court" area (under stairway)... Waterfall wall: Doorway to my best work, the LAVA LOUNGE, (otherwise known as a tornado shelter/closet: Just for fun, a "before" photo of the lava lounge, and yes, I hand painted all that siding to sort of resemble lava rocks...I really need my head examined: DA LAVA LOUNGE! Ok, probably too many photos, as you can imagine. I have a lot more, but I'll spare everyone and leave space on Tiki Central for others. Hope you enjoyed the tour! LavaLounger - can finally REST and enjoy a tiki drink on the weekends!

Lava Lounge, Volcano Room, TAcky TiKi Shack, who knows, nothing has stuck so far other than the "lava lounge" for the closet with the lava wall. But the bar is finally up and running so thought I'd post some pictures.

In the beginning, there was nothing. A big ugly cold basement bar area. Void of warmth.

After seven months we created light, installed carpet, slapped up gallons of paint, had 1600 arguments with spouse and electrician, screwed, stapled, hammered, glued and taped up boxes of accumulated decor and twinkle lights....and voila.....tiki bar is open for business!

Our job here was to make this bar in a new house look like the bar has been here for 40 years. Hope we pulled it off. First, the entrance with the little lei rack right at the door for those that don't show up with their own:

Oh and the umbrella table we created because we had to have one of those dam basement support poles to "hide" in plain sight, we didn't even paint it, just left it in primer. I tore apart a beach umbrella and wrapped the ribs around the pole and held it with a hose clamp and brass wire. Tore the umbrella apart and used it for a pattern to make a clear vinyl umbrella and hot glued raffia skirting around it. Little table is a plastic $15 patio table that I jigged in half, cut out the circle in the middle for the post, then lag-bolted it back together with a 2x2 in the middle for support, used Krylon paint to paint the legs brown.

Peek behind the bar, please excuse mess, haven't cleaned it up since bummer tiki party Saturday night:

Glass racks and misc stuff under the soffet:

bartender's view:

The "food court" area (under stairway)...

Waterfall wall:

Doorway to my best work, the LAVA LOUNGE, (otherwise known as a tornado shelter/closet:

Just for fun, a "before" photo of the lava lounge, and yes, I hand painted all that siding to sort of resemble lava rocks...I really need my head examined:

DA LAVA LOUNGE!

Ok, probably too many photos, as you can imagine. I have a lot more, but I'll spare everyone and leave space on Tiki Central for others. Hope you enjoyed the tour!

LavaLounger - can finally REST and enjoy a tiki drink on the weekends!

Post #213794 by LavaLounger on Fri, Feb 10, 2006 8:38 AM