Post #258671 by smiling gecko on Tue, Oct 3, 2006 10:05 AM

The "Smiling Gecko Bar", Okinawa, Japan. OK, I guess this isn't as elaborate or "Tiki-fied" as some of the awesome bars on the forum, but it's mine and I am pretty happy with how it turned out. I built this with an old metal and fabric bar that I salvaged from someone's garbage, and about $30 worth of bamboo from the local Do-It-Yourself store. It's a work in progress. I'm looking for some tiki carvings, but they're a little hard to come by in Japan.
Ugly original bar (No wonder they threw it away!)
Complete (for now)Side view
Complete (for now)Front view
More to come...
Next I plan to install a bamboo awning from the roof of the house. Any other ideas/suggestions are welcome!