Is there an official place to post about home bars on Tiki Central? - Home Tiki Bars

H hanford_lemoore Tiki Socialite Tiki Central Joined: Mar 23, 2002 Posts: 1899	H hanford_lemoore Posted posted on Wed, Jan 27, 2010 12:40 PM This comes up from time to time. Here's my take on it: Are we talking about showing off final pics of one's home bar? Or construction photos? Tikiaki's post sounds like he's looking more for showing off. Mai Tai's request sounds like more of a how-to. Regarding how-to: I kinda feel building a home bar is not a single project but a bunch of mini-projects, that all would go under Creating Tiki. If you make a lamp for your home bar, clearly that's a Creating Tiki -> Other Crafts post. If you build some shelves, does that go in Other Crafts? or Home Bar? I've always felt that it still goes in Creating. I've always felt that you can break down any home bar into many projects that, by themselves, don't belong in a "home bar" section. Or perhaps another way of putting it is: "Other Crafts" is basically a Home Bar how-to section. I'm not saying that's the final word; just it's never been really defined otherwise by members here. If we can define what a "Home Bars" subsection of Creating Tiki would include, and how it is different than "Other Crafts", I'd seriously consider creating it (again, as a sub-section of Creating Tiki). Regarding Tiki Architecture (as mentioned in tikiaki's other post): That would be a cool section to have, I'd love to hear more about how it would differ than the other forums on TC, just so I have a good idea as to where it belongs. I already feel that sometimes you've got postcards of buildings being posted to General, and other times they're posted to locating. So I'd like to hear a bit more about how people see Tiki Architecture fitting in with the other forums. Also, if Home Bars were included in this section, I would assume it's for finished photos only, or perhaps general in-progress shots, but real how-tos and step-by-steps would belong in creating. And additionally, if this forum included home and commerical spaces, I don't think this would satisfy what Mai Tai and others have been asking for, which is a single place for Home Bars. I'm open to hearing people's thoughts on this.

This comes up from time to time. Here's my take on it:

Are we talking about showing off final pics of one's home bar? Or construction photos?

Tikiaki's post sounds like he's looking more for showing off. Mai Tai's request sounds like more of a how-to.

Regarding how-to: I kinda feel building a home bar is not a single project but a bunch of mini-projects, that all would go under Creating Tiki.

If you make a lamp for your home bar, clearly that's a Creating Tiki -> Other Crafts post. If you build some shelves, does that go in Other Crafts? or Home Bar? I've always felt that it still goes in Creating. I've always felt that you can break down any home bar into many projects that, by themselves, don't belong in a "home bar" section. Or perhaps another way of putting it is: "Other Crafts" is basically a Home Bar how-to section.

I'm not saying that's the final word; just it's never been really defined otherwise by members here. If we can define what a "Home Bars" subsection of Creating Tiki would include, and how it is different than "Other Crafts", I'd seriously consider creating it (again, as a sub-section of Creating Tiki).

Regarding Tiki Architecture (as mentioned in tikiaki's other post):
That would be a cool section to have, I'd love to hear more about how it would differ than the other forums on TC, just so I have a good idea as to where it belongs. I already feel that sometimes you've got postcards of buildings being posted to General, and other times they're posted to locating. So I'd like to hear a bit more about how people see Tiki Architecture fitting in with the other forums.

Also, if Home Bars were included in this section, I would assume it's for finished photos only, or perhaps general in-progress shots, but real how-tos and step-by-steps would belong in creating.

And additionally, if this forum included home and commerical spaces, I don't think this would satisfy what Mai Tai and others have been asking for, which is a single place for Home Bars.

I'm open to hearing people's thoughts on this.

Post #507388 by hanford_lemoore on Wed, Jan 27, 2010 12:40 PM