Post #394011 by KreepyTiki on Mon, Jul 14, 2008 11:31 PM

Mahalos, Brad! Praise from someone as skilled as yourself is always doubly appreciated!

And I wouldn't go TOO far with the layering and clutter in your marvelous Jungalero Lounge, as the look you've gone for is sort of commensurate with Forbidden Island, which ain't exactly a bad thing! It has a restful, shabby elegance which the best designed, slightly more upscale Tiki Bars seem to have.

In Paradise Cove I was deliberately going for the kind of haphazard, cluttered effect of the Tiki Ti -- the kind that comes from YEARS of adding stuff. And my REASON for this (which YOU don't have) is that it would better disguise the plastic wall treatments and make them look more real -- especially in the particularly subdued lighting of my lounge.

I got a real kick out of the fact that even YOU were fooled, at first, by the illusion I created with some of the walls! Thanks again! :D

And as to not seeing what ELSE I can do with Paradise Cove -- Well, here's what I'd still LIKE to do...

I want to install a thatched, mini A-Frame with small hanging float-light near the ceiling in the NorthWest corner of the room. I'm also going to add a rattan (wicker?) peacock (plantation) fan-chair to the room, against the North wall (the one with the most artwork on it). They always add a nice touch, as the ones in your Jungalero Lounge certainly do. And, lastly -- and I'm not sure if I'd have ROOM to really pull this off or not -- but I dream of having a small bamboo bridge spanning an artificial water-feature enhanced with some kind of rippling light effect underneath!

That last bit may simply be more than the space can actually handle, but I still daydream about the possibility!

Cheers! :drink: