The PeguLounge Puts on Its Grass Skirt - Home Tiki Bars

T TikiHardBop Tiki Socialite Rockledge, FL Joined: Feb 21, 2009 Posts: 584	T TikiHardBop Posted posted on Thu, Feb 7, 2013 10:11 AM Purely 100% my opinion, but I would start off with quality of quantity. The bamboo is nice and the lights probably go a long way, but the day-glo Party City decorations make my eyes hurt. There are some amazing tiki temples on TC, but I've found that you don't have to go "all-in" in order to have a nice tiki atmosphere. We went with the quality over quantity route for my home bar The Storm Shelter (http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?topic=41257&forum=20&hilite=the%20storm%20shelter). All the tiki elements are either vintage or made by a modern tiki artist, most of them local (my wife makes some of the tiki mugs -- can't get more local than that!). Bottom line, it's the people (and the drinks!) that count. I used to dress the bar up six-ways-to-Sunday for Halloween, but I've found that with the right people, it doesn't take that many decorations to give the place a good feel. So shop around on TC and start building a collection of mugs, masks, tikis and other cool stuff that will go a long way to giving your place a tiki feel. I'm sure Sven or any of the other scholars on TC can give you some great examples of modern design that was accented with tiki that look really, really cool. (And I love the blog!)

Purely 100% my opinion, but I would start off with quality of quantity. The bamboo is nice and the lights probably go a long way, but the day-glo Party City decorations make my eyes hurt. There are some amazing tiki temples on TC, but I've found that you don't have to go "all-in" in order to have a nice tiki atmosphere. We went with the quality over quantity route for my home bar The Storm Shelter (http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?topic=41257&forum=20&hilite=the%20storm%20shelter). All the tiki elements are either vintage or made by a modern tiki artist, most of them local (my wife makes some of the tiki mugs -- can't get more local than that!).

Bottom line, it's the people (and the drinks!) that count. I used to dress the bar up six-ways-to-Sunday for Halloween, but I've found that with the right people, it doesn't take that many decorations to give the place a good feel. So shop around on TC and start building a collection of mugs, masks, tikis and other cool stuff that will go a long way to giving your place a tiki feel. I'm sure Sven or any of the other scholars on TC can give you some great examples of modern design that was accented with tiki that look really, really cool.

(And I love the blog!)

Post #666592 by TikiHardBop on Thu, Feb 7, 2013 10:11 AM