Tiki Bar Vs a Tiki Lounge (or where Buffett fits into this) - Beyond Tiki

L Lingam Member Joined: Jun 23, 2006 Posts: 48	L Lingam Posted posted on Sat, Jun 24, 2006 4:53 AM On 2006-06-23 21:18, tikiskip wrote: Actually "tiki bars" as you put it were built cheaply. But the cheap stuff they used is expensive now. Godfather rattan, Is not for the sun porch any more! Plus have you ever priced 4 inch bamboo in ohio? If you use the real old stuff like they used. It would cost alot more to do a Tiki bar vs tiki lounge. Both are cool in my book. My house is a mix of both. I agree with you that both are cool. I have been inside of both types. As to your comments about the price of materials for a bar. Most that I have seen and been to do not use the really nice rattan and bamboo. They use the cheapest they can find. This is the type of bar that the total cost of the "decor" is less than $500. It is a place where the high contrast parrothead memorabilia is at. It is also a place where blow up beach balls, and beer signs have a place. It is usually a fun atmosphere that I occasionally like to go. This is a bar where plastic dominates from the glasses to the lights. You normally see a lot of driftwood items and corona merchandise. I don't find the same things in a lounge. I normally see a total "immersion" in the decor. There is nothing disharmonious in the decorations. It is a place where you are impressed with the decor immediately, but no one thing overpowers you. It is a place of subtlety where the longer you are there the more you notice.

On 2006-06-23 21:18, tikiskip wrote:
Actually "tiki bars" as you put it were built cheaply. But the cheap stuff they used is expensive now. Godfather rattan, Is not for the sun porch any more! Plus have you ever priced 4 inch bamboo in ohio? If you use the real old stuff like they used. It would cost alot more to do a Tiki bar vs tiki lounge. Both are cool in my book. My house is a mix of both.

I agree with you that both are cool. I have been inside of both types. As to your comments about the price of materials for a bar. Most that I have seen and been to do not use the really nice rattan and bamboo. They use the cheapest they can find. This is the type of bar that the total cost of the "decor" is less than $500. It is a place where the high contrast parrothead memorabilia is at. It is also a place where blow up beach balls, and beer signs have a place. It is usually a fun atmosphere that I occasionally like to go. This is a bar where plastic dominates from the glasses to the lights. You normally see a lot of driftwood items and corona merchandise.

I don't find the same things in a lounge. I normally see a total "immersion" in the decor. There is nothing disharmonious in the decorations. It is a place where you are impressed with the decor immediately, but no one thing overpowers you. It is a place of subtlety where the longer you are there the more you notice.

Post #239405 by Lingam on Sat, Jun 24, 2006 4:53 AM