Hapa Haole Hideaway Rebuild Again! - Open - Home Tiki Bars

S Swanky Tiki Socialite Hapa Haole Hideaway, Knoxville, TN Joined: Apr 03, 2002 Posts: 5398	S Swanky Posted posted on Tue, Oct 2, 2012 10:29 AM On 2012-10-02 10:15, Dagg wrote: Your bar front is wicked!Love it! Note to self, must practice with the plunge router..... The background is a large drop cloth. We drew out the lines of the trim and then used coffee and tea bags to tea stain it. The diamond shapes behind the masks are charger place mats we picked on clearance at Target. The other side is a traditional matting beige color. One last thing to do is light the back of the masks. They are mounted with a 1/2 inch or so of clearance and I will paint the back of them white and put a light in the center to get a glowing edge... I hope. That is to be figured out. Building a home bar is years of hording and then a year of building. We can now stop hoarding at least! Mai-Kai Memories Series Custom ceramic mugs! [ Edited by: swanky 2012-10-02 11:25 ]

On 2012-10-02 10:15, Dagg wrote:
Your bar front is wicked!Love it!

Note to self, must practice with the plunge router.....

The background is a large drop cloth. We drew out the lines of the trim and then used coffee and tea bags to tea stain it.

The diamond shapes behind the masks are charger place mats we picked on clearance at Target. The other side is a traditional matting beige color.

One last thing to do is light the back of the masks. They are mounted with a 1/2 inch or so of clearance and I will paint the back of them white and put a light in the center to get a glowing edge... I hope. That is to be figured out.

Building a home bar is years of hording and then a year of building. We can now stop hoarding at least!

Mai-Kai Memories Series Custom ceramic mugs!

[ Edited by: swanky 2012-10-02 11:25 ]

Post #654159 by Swanky on Tue, Oct 2, 2012 10:29 AM