Post #564293 by Suicide Tiki on Tue, Nov 9, 2010 10:50 AM

Thanks for the suggestions. I have been collecting tiki stuff since the mid 90s. It was scattered all around the last house and the wifey was none to happy about that. So when we moved she made me promise to try and keep it to one room. As for the collection, those Tiki Room drummers were probably my most expensive pieces. I am always on the hunt for a good tiki bargain but sometimes you just gotta bite the bullet and pay what the seller is asking. In that case it was from Disney. There were only 500 of those made and the drums light up. I have to re-wire a switch on one of them and will post pix soon. I have a small fortune tied up in colored bulbs from Home Depot! I really appreciate the suggestions. Now to the drawing board. I spent several hours into the morning reading what others have done to their bars. I am planning to start to practice with a router soon so I can start some trim in the archway. I'll keep you posted. In the mean time, I rewired an old lamp I picked up from a swap meet over the weekend. I think it adds to the feel of the room. Not being able to find parts for these old lamps I had to do some surgery with a hanging light fixture and mate the two together. Its not all that pretty on the inside but unless you are right up under it you would never know. I just pray it does not burn the Lounge down!