Post #418206 by boutiki on Mon, Nov 10, 2008 2:22 PM

Though it has much lower ceilings and a totally different feel, we are fortunate to have nearly twice the square footage as our old Tiki room. The new space is basically just a large rectangle, but there is a storage room in one corner and a big chunk in the middle taken up by the furnace (hence the louvered doors– access and ventilation) and that cinderblock support. It is, after all, a basement. That cinderblock structure supports the stone hearth for the fireplace upstairs and houses an ash trap. When we are done there won't be much of it visible– the orange is just kind of a background color. It will be largely covered by framed artwork, Tikis, and display shelves. I didn't like it at first, but it divides the room in two spaces, the more Hawaiian side and the Witco side. Plus, it has to be there to hold up that fireplace which we love:

-Duke