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F freddiefreelance Member San Diego, Ca. Joined: Feb 15, 2003 Posts: 3006	F freddiefreelance Posted posted on Fri, Jul 1, 2011 7:35 AM Tasco, if you line the walls with plywood sheeting you will improve the look of the interior by hiding the 2x4s, and you can make the interior look a lot more exotic by staining or painting the sheeting brown or green (to camouflage it), & mounting bamboo or palm leaf coverings over that; a cheap way to do this is to use a mixture of "American Bamboo" (AKA Cane from your local Cane Brake. It grows wild in Missouri), dried, trimmed, cleaned & split, then cut to matching lengths and mounted as a 3-4' high wainscoting, and Lauhala or Bac Bac matting, or even Reed Fencing from Home Despot, above that for that Polynesian Island feeling. Add some fish netting, some cheap Indonesian masks, some Polynesian travel posters, even a piece of Tapa cloth in a bamboo frame, to break up the walls. A little Palm Thatch tacked to the ceiling to cover the roof beams and it'll look like your own Little Grass Shack. I'd also suggest making boxes to cover the top & sides of the TV & Stereo equipment from view; you can cover the boxes with Tapa-pattern cloth from Jo Ann's Fabrics to give them a Tiki feel.

Tasco, if you line the walls with plywood sheeting you will improve the look of the interior by hiding the 2x4s, and you can make the interior look a lot more exotic by staining or painting the sheeting brown or green (to camouflage it), & mounting bamboo or palm leaf coverings over that; a cheap way to do this is to use a mixture of "American Bamboo" (AKA Cane from your local Cane Brake. It grows wild in Missouri), dried, trimmed, cleaned & split, then cut to matching lengths and mounted as a 3-4' high wainscoting, and Lauhala or Bac Bac matting, or even Reed Fencing from Home Despot, above that for that Polynesian Island feeling.

Add some fish netting, some cheap Indonesian masks, some Polynesian travel posters, even a piece of Tapa cloth in a bamboo frame, to break up the walls.

A little Palm Thatch tacked to the ceiling to cover the roof beams and it'll look like your own Little Grass Shack.

I'd also suggest making boxes to cover the top & sides of the TV & Stereo equipment from view; you can cover the boxes with Tapa-pattern cloth from Jo Ann's Fabrics to give them a Tiki feel.

Post #595748 by freddiefreelance on Fri, Jul 1, 2011 7:35 AM