Post #637691 by retrolane on Thu, May 24, 2012 7:23 AM

Hi all. Been lurking for a little while and now that we finally are getting around to redoing our backyard after putting on an addition to the house I get to create a tiki inspired version I've been wanting to do for awhile.

I built the floating deck about a month ago and just finished up putting a thatched roof on the gazebo. I'll be covering the exposed concrete walls below the siding with some reed rolls and will be working on the steps from the sliders next.
Here's a pic just after finsihing the deck.

I'll be replacing the decking on the stairs with the same trex as the deck itself.
What I'm looking to do is create an overhang with a Jungle Cruise sign on top similar to what Tikinaut has done on his bar.

My question is what to do with the railings. The plain old ballisters painted white just doesn't theme well with the rest of the plan.
I was thinking going with some sort of bamboo railings or maybe a fishnet type railing lilke on the Jungle Cruise loading area.

Any comments or suggestions would be helpful.
I'll post some updated photos this weekend.
Here's a couple of the garden railroad I'm currently working on as well.

Erick