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V VampiressRN Grand Member (1 year) Sun City Lincoln Hills (NorCal) Joined: Nov 23, 2006 Posts: 6166	V VampiressRN Posted posted on Sat, Jul 23, 2011 10:46 PM I have been out of town on family matters but thinking about all the work I need to do in the lounge and pictures I need to take. I think a list of to-do's is in store and please anyone chime in if you have suggestions. The first item I am listing really needs some ingenuity by those of you who work in small spaces. ORGANIZE THE BAR WORK AREA. My space is limited, but I would like to make the area work well for friends that bartend. First, I need to clear off the top of the bar area, think I could leave the Margaritamaker on the corner next to the wall and it would not be in the way. The booze is stored in a cabinet behind the bar so no changes there except maybe some lighting options. When you are bartending behind the bar and looking forward, there is also a small space to the left by the wall where I have a small butcher block table...maybe this should be a more functional shelf unit or with the Margaritamaker off of there, I could keep the blender there and the ice-bucket. Maybe I could put some pull out shelves inside the back of my bar. I will try to get pictures but my goal is to make this a user-friendly area. IMPROVE MUG DISPLAY. I have those wonderful wavy shelves, but my mugs are kind of thrown on there willy nilly and need to be set up better. I was thinking about doing about 3 deep so would need some type of risers on each shelf to have graduated heights from front to back. Need to remove books from the shelves. NEED A BOOK SHELF. I would like one to match the wood on my shelves and run the length of them. I would like to include some type of a label system on the shelves so you could look through the books in a reasonable order "cocktail""decor" etc. Not sure what the best way to display books is. CEILING. What can I say...it is white...well really "off-white" so not stark but not good. So far, planning on getting some tapa up there and since it is at 14 feet, I would like a bamboo grid hanging down about a foot. I have the controversial Tiki Bike hanging over the fridge...I love it there so it stays. I am collecting other things to hang off the ceiling (including my big swizzle stick-on order). I have a feeeling the ceiling might not get done for another year or two, but I can live with that....sigh. FRIDGE. It is what it is...a big white box, but I need to paint it. Could go with the gold color that is on my walls and that would help it blend in. Then maybe it would need to be covered with matting...just not sure. I know there are great ideas I have seen on TC but wonder how hard they are to do and how well they hold up. Wish I had the money for an Elmira fridge...that would be my dream...LOL. LIGHTING. As time moves forward, I will continue to fill my wall with various art so don't have any concerns about reaching ultimate clutter...it will happen. I know (somewhere in my house) I have several boxes of new mini Xmas lights in blue. I was thinking about doing a line of those around the edge of the ceiling and then covering with a half bamboo wide style with opening face up so you couldn't see the lights, just the blue glow. Then place a row of the same lights under the bar. I have an aqua glass float light on the way so think I might put that over the top of my liquor cabinet. I have a light hanging over my card table that has about 5 arms on it with moderate lights that I need for playing cards so don't want to change that out, however I did replace the glass lampshades with wicker so for now it sort of blends into the background. I have a celing fan with light colored wooden banana leaf blades and a muted globe so very happy with that, it stays. What do you think of the blue light ideas? TIKIS. I do not have a lot of room for big Tikis so the main stars are the beautiful Vamptiki that Bill carved for me and she is against one pillar in my entry way on the lounge side. I am purchasing a Trader Vic's Marquesean from my friend Mike and it will be against the other pillar in the entry way on the dining room side. Those will be my babies. I tend to keep one theme to each room so Tiki is just in the lounge area (which is essentially the living room of my home). OK>>>I think that is it for the to-do's. I am very slow with all of this...so sorry. I am jealous of all of you who have building skills and mula...LOL. Thanks for listening, feedback and ideas welcome.

I have been out of town on family matters but thinking about all the work I need to do in the lounge and pictures I need to take. I think a list of to-do's is in store and please anyone chime in if you have suggestions. The first item I am listing really needs some ingenuity by those of you who work in small spaces.

ORGANIZE THE BAR WORK AREA. My space is limited, but I would like to make the area work well for friends that bartend. First, I need to clear off the top of the bar area, think I could leave the Margaritamaker on the corner next to the wall and it would not be in the way. The booze is stored in a cabinet behind the bar so no changes there except maybe some lighting options. When you are bartending behind the bar and looking forward, there is also a small space to the left by the wall where I have a small butcher block table...maybe this should be a more functional shelf unit or with the Margaritamaker off of there, I could keep the blender there and the ice-bucket. Maybe I could put some pull out shelves inside the back of my bar. I will try to get pictures but my goal is to make this a user-friendly area.
IMPROVE MUG DISPLAY. I have those wonderful wavy shelves, but my mugs are kind of thrown on there willy nilly and need to be set up better. I was thinking about doing about 3 deep so would need some type of risers on each shelf to have graduated heights from front to back. Need to remove books from the shelves.
NEED A BOOK SHELF. I would like one to match the wood on my shelves and run the length of them. I would like to include some type of a label system on the shelves so you could look through the books in a reasonable order "cocktail""decor" etc. Not sure what the best way to display books is.
CEILING. What can I say...it is white...well really "off-white" so not stark but not good. So far, planning on getting some tapa up there and since it is at 14 feet, I would like a bamboo grid hanging down about a foot. I have the controversial Tiki Bike hanging over the fridge...I love it there so it stays. I am collecting other things to hang off the ceiling (including my big swizzle stick-on order). I have a feeeling the ceiling might not get done for another year or two, but I can live with that....sigh.
FRIDGE. It is what it is...a big white box, but I need to paint it. Could go with the gold color that is on my walls and that would help it blend in. Then maybe it would need to be covered with matting...just not sure. I know there are great ideas I have seen on TC but wonder how hard they are to do and how well they hold up. Wish I had the money for an Elmira fridge...that would be my dream...LOL.
LIGHTING. As time moves forward, I will continue to fill my wall with various art so don't have any concerns about reaching ultimate clutter...it will happen. I know (somewhere in my house) I have several boxes of new mini Xmas lights in blue. I was thinking about doing a line of those around the edge of the ceiling and then covering with a half bamboo wide style with opening face up so you couldn't see the lights, just the blue glow. Then place a row of the same lights under the bar. I have an aqua glass float light on the way so think I might put that over the top of my liquor cabinet. I have a light hanging over my card table that has about 5 arms on it with moderate lights that I need for playing cards so don't want to change that out, however I did replace the glass lampshades with wicker so for now it sort of blends into the background. I have a celing fan with light colored wooden banana leaf blades and a muted globe so very happy with that, it stays. What do you think of the blue light ideas?
TIKIS. I do not have a lot of room for big Tikis so the main stars are the beautiful Vamptiki that Bill carved for me and she is against one pillar in my entry way on the lounge side. I am purchasing a Trader Vic's Marquesean from my friend Mike and it will be against the other pillar in the entry way on the dining room side. Those will be my babies. I tend to keep one theme to each room so Tiki is just in the lounge area (which is essentially the living room of my home).

OK>>>I think that is it for the to-do's. I am very slow with all of this...so sorry. I am jealous of all of you who have building skills and mula...LOL. Thanks for listening, feedback and ideas welcome.

Post #599021 by VampiressRN on Sat, Jul 23, 2011 10:46 PM