Jungalero Lounge featured in IMBIBE magazine (NEW PHOTO) - Home Tiki Bars

H Howland Tiki Socialite Upstate, SC Joined: Jan 30, 2006 Posts: 751	H Howland Posted posted on Wed, Oct 3, 2007 7:37 PM On 2007-09-23 11:47, GatorRob wrote: Can you clarify for me what exactly you did to get the "grout" lines to look darker? I'm amazed by the results of using just paint and duct tape. Our own home bar project is finally about to start and I've been using this shot from the Mai-Kai for my own inspiration: For the floor, we're wanting to get that slate look, but slate is expensive, so you're giving me the idea to look into just painting the floor. And torching the boo and spraying the walls to give it that aged nicotine look is definitely the way to go. Keep the pics coming! Can't wait to see more. [ Edited by: GatorRob 2007-09-23 11:48 ] Hey GatorRob--when I saw how white my grout lines looked, I just mixed some of the floor paint w/some mineral spirits to thin it out a bit, then just painted the entire floor over with it. It made the 'grout' lines a good bit darker but didn't seem to affect the 'stone' portions of the floor since they were already very dark. I'm guessin' I ended up using about a half-n-half mixture of paint/spirits. I experimented on the area behind the bar to get it right. It dries to alot lighter of a color than when it's wet so it's good to have an area you can run some tests on (and let them dry) before you start doing the whole floor--another option would be to paint the whole floor to the desired grout color THEN do the tape/stonepaint. I've gazed over many Mai Kai pics for my inspiration too. On 2007-09-23 13:57, VampiressRN wrote: I do park my car in the garage though and would hate to paint something that lifts off on the tires or gets scratched off by chair legs, etc. T Thanx VRN- the paint I used is made for garage floors and it's supposed to be superduper durable and resistant to all kinds of spills and stuff --so far-so good. You can get it at any DIY or hardware store but your color palette is very limited--no Martha Stewart or Ralph Lauren shades with this stuff. Thanx for the props, BK and Clarita. Brad glad Grog like, too! Have had a little time to put the bar together. Still undecided about what to do with the top and what to do for the outer edge of the top. I've got a few ideas--just haven't weeded out the good from the bad ideas yet. Here's some shots. painted so wood wouldn't show through between bamboo you can kinda see where I made a section of the bar top that folds out of the way and you can push the door open that's mounted on spring hinges to get behind the bar. Here's a better shot of hinged top and door under it. with bamboo applied with nail gun and a couple a' beads of liquid nails. Set my backbar aquarium up last night too. Still need some fish or some little mermaids would be extra nice :) OK-on to phase 2,837 now :lol: Thanks fer lookin' and I'll be back with you shawtly. Formerly known as 'Surf-N-Turf' http://www.myspace.com/bhowland [ Edited by: Howland 2007-10-03 19:41 ]

On 2007-09-23 11:47, GatorRob wrote:
Can you clarify for me what exactly you did to get the "grout" lines to look darker? I'm amazed by the results of using just paint and duct tape. Our own home bar project is finally about to start and I've been using this shot from the Mai-Kai for my own inspiration:

For the floor, we're wanting to get that slate look, but slate is expensive, so you're giving me the idea to look into just painting the floor. And torching the boo and spraying the walls to give it that aged nicotine look is definitely the way to go.

Keep the pics coming! Can't wait to see more.

[ Edited by: GatorRob 2007-09-23 11:48 ]

Hey GatorRob--when I saw how white my grout lines looked, I just mixed some of the floor paint w/some mineral spirits to thin it out a bit, then just painted the entire floor over with it. It made the 'grout' lines a good bit darker but didn't seem to affect the 'stone' portions of the floor since they were already very dark. I'm guessin' I ended up using about a half-n-half mixture of paint/spirits. I experimented on the area behind the bar to get it right. It dries to alot lighter of a color than when it's wet so it's good to have an area you can run some tests on (and let them dry) before you start doing the whole floor--another option would be to paint the whole floor to the desired grout color THEN do the tape/stonepaint. I've gazed over many Mai Kai pics for my inspiration too.

On 2007-09-23 13:57, VampiressRN wrote:
I do park my car in the garage though and would hate to paint something that lifts off on the tires or gets scratched off by chair legs, etc. T

Thanx VRN- the paint I used is made for garage floors and it's supposed to be superduper durable and resistant to all kinds of spills and stuff --so far-so good. You can get it at any DIY or hardware store but your color palette is very limited--no Martha Stewart or Ralph Lauren shades with this stuff.

Thanx for the props, BK and Clarita. Brad glad Grog like, too!

Have had a little time to put the bar together. Still undecided about what to do with the top and what to do for the outer edge of the top. I've got a few ideas--just haven't weeded out the good from the bad ideas yet.

Here's some shots.

painted so wood wouldn't show through between bamboo

you can kinda see where I made a section of the bar top that folds out of the way and you can push the door open that's mounted on spring hinges to get behind the bar.

Here's a better shot of hinged top and door under it.

with bamboo applied with nail gun and a couple a' beads of liquid nails.

Set my backbar aquarium up last night too. Still need some fish or some little mermaids would be extra nice :)

OK-on to phase 2,837 now :lol:
Thanks fer lookin' and I'll be back with you shawtly.

Formerly known as 'Surf-N-Turf'
http://www.myspace.com/bhowland

[ Edited by: Howland 2007-10-03 19:41 ]

Post #336324 by Howland on Wed, Oct 3, 2007 7:37 PM