Tiki-On-A-Budget - Other Crafts

K KreepyTiki Member Joined: Mar 18, 2007 Posts: 217	K KreepyTiki Posted posted on Wed, Jul 2, 2008 12:32 AM Since it completely relates to Tiki-On-A-Budget, please check out my recent thread here: http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?topic=28843&forum=18 As you'll see, I was going for a combined Bamboo-Ben/Tiki-Ti bar style makeover of my bedroom, transforming it into the 'Paradise Cove Tiki Lounge', and it took over a year to do because, A) I don't have a lot of capital to work with so it took time to save up enough to buy various things and materials both via eBay and Oceanic Arts, etc., and, B) because, to do it right and get the finished effects I dreamed of, took a lot of time in terms of planning & execution. But I'm quite happy with the end result which, I can safely say, looks a lot more expensive than it actually was. For example, because I live in a rented apartment, even if I COULD afford a Bamboo-Ben remodel, I would have been extremely leery of putting up that much actual thatch, matting and bamboo, etc. So I saved a ton of time and money by utilizing various tricks which, in the naturally dark lighting of my finished lounge, seems nearly undetectable in terms of being faux-tiki rather than the real deal. And to best demonstrate what I mean, I'll post two photos here of just one corner of my lounge: This first pic was taken with a flash and clearly shows the artificial detail of the plastic party-decoration wall-covering I utilized and then disguised by layering with actual 3-D objects -- menus (mostly photo-copied), shells, a Tiki-Torch, dried star-fish, strings of tiki-lights,etc. And this looks more believable in the photo than it did in person, where you could plainly see that the wall-covering was actually like one big painting. But now here's the exact same corner taken WITHOUT a flash in the actual lighting of the finished space... Slight difference, eh? And since the room is ALWAYS seen only with this special lighting, the non 3-D wall covering is no longer a real issue. Basically, the final "effect" is all that really matters -- the illusion is all! And since the illusion is pretty darn natural-looking, it basically doesn't matter matter HOW it was actually achieved, or how LITTLE it actually cost. In other words... :tiki:-On-A-Budget triumphs again! :) Cheers! :drink:

Since it completely relates to Tiki-On-A-Budget, please check out my recent thread here:

http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?topic=28843&forum=18

As you'll see, I was going for a combined Bamboo-Ben/Tiki-Ti bar style makeover of my bedroom, transforming it into the 'Paradise Cove Tiki Lounge', and it took over a year to do because, A) I don't have a lot of capital to work with so it took time to save up enough to buy various things and materials both via eBay and Oceanic Arts, etc., and, B) because, to do it right and get the finished effects I dreamed of, took a lot of time in terms of planning & execution.

But I'm quite happy with the end result which, I can safely say, looks a lot more expensive than it actually was.

For example, because I live in a rented apartment, even if I COULD afford a Bamboo-Ben remodel, I would have been extremely leery of putting up that much actual thatch, matting and bamboo, etc. So I saved a ton of time and money by utilizing various tricks which, in the naturally dark lighting of my finished lounge, seems nearly undetectable in terms of being faux-tiki rather than the real deal.

And to best demonstrate what I mean, I'll post two photos here of just one corner of my lounge:

This first pic was taken with a flash and clearly shows the artificial detail of the plastic party-decoration wall-covering I utilized and then disguised by layering with actual 3-D objects -- menus (mostly photo-copied), shells, a Tiki-Torch, dried star-fish, strings of tiki-lights,etc. And this looks more believable in the photo than it did in person, where you could plainly see that the wall-covering was actually like one big painting.

But now here's the exact same corner taken WITHOUT a flash in the actual lighting of the finished space...

Slight difference, eh? And since the room is ALWAYS seen only with this special lighting, the non 3-D wall covering is no longer a real issue. Basically, the final "effect" is all that really matters -- the illusion is all! And since the illusion is pretty darn natural-looking, it basically doesn't matter matter HOW it was actually achieved, or how LITTLE it actually cost.

In other words... :tiki:-On-A-Budget triumphs again! :)

Cheers! :drink:

Post #391066 by KreepyTiki on Wed, Jul 2, 2008 12:32 AM