Post #63438 by Trader Woody on Fri, Dec 5, 2003 6:52 AM

I've been away from Tiki Central for far too long recently, but it's all been for a good cause. After much searching, we've managed to buy a house in the UK with a basement big enough to put in a Tiki lounge! Houses over here don't tend to have basements as they are usually built of stone/brick, so we had to look high and low for one that was affordable. We managed to find one in Lancashire with a 4 room basement that can be used almost exclusively as a Tiki bar!

My wife has given me carte blanche to decorate the basement as I see fit, and we can have all the 'tasteful' stuff upstairs on the ground and upper floors. So, It's been named the "Lono Lounge" as a nod to my favourite Author, Hunter S Thompson who wrote a great Tiki book called "The Curse of Lono".

I've a fair amount of Tiki stuff collected over the years ready to be displayed, but it'll take a little time to sort the place out and find crucial furniture for the bar. (Sadly we don't have a British equivalent of Bamboo Ben to help us out...) Still, the decorating is a big part of the fun.

Trader Woody