Post #395928 by geedavee on Tue, Jul 22, 2008 9:09 PM

Hello everyone, I had a project that I kind of made on the cheap and I wanted to share it with everyone since it was fairly simple.

I had some extra parts lying around so I wanted to make a tiki bar.

Here is what I came up with.

I made it with mostly spare parts and street finds.

Item----------How I acquired it--------------------------------------------Cost

Bookcase------found on the street------------------------------------------free
Googy top-----freebie on craigslist some guy was remodeling----------------free
tiki fabric---1 yard at fabric store on sale-------------------------------$5.00
bamboo--------mostly grows outside, but I had to purchase a few---------$2.00
stain---------I got the stain for free, but I will say I used $2 worth-----$2.00
casters-------yard sale----------------------------------------------------$2.00
bottle shelf--scrap piece which I routered---------------------------------free
black drainer-1ft. Worth at OSH--------------------------------------------$2.00
tiki mask-----bought at Tiki Farm event (still learning to carve my own)---$25.00
Wooden edging Iron on laminate----OSH--------------------------------------$6.00
Rubber edging---Old flat bike inner tube – cleaned, cut and glued----------free
Barstools-----Yard sale- covered with remaining fabric---------------------$5.00
assorted glues and hardware Shelf supports, bolts for the top,
glue gun sticks, sealant, sandpaper,staples--------------------------------$5.00

The total was $54.00 in costs

The top is removeable with 3 bolts and the bottle shelf on the bottom will hold the larger bottles.

Here are a few more pix.

It's not perfect, but for about $50 I have a tiki bar.
I may try to sell it on Craigslist or something.

If anyone has any ideas or feedback, let me know.

Just added on 9-18-08

Woo hoo, I sold it on Craigslist for a fair profit.

[ Edited by: geedavee 2008-09-18 20:56 ]