Post #706102 by raito on Wed, Jan 29, 2014 5:52 AM

Funny, I don't feel defensive. As I said, I debated with myself even replying. I did so to address a post in a topic I started. Perhaps my indications that there is more work to be done in the room were too mild. I'm afraid I'm going to have to disagree with you're assertion that you did not say the post was inappropriate. How else ought one take the phrase "there is nothing Tiki..."?

As for your assertion that there is no Sub-forum as 'Other', I'll quote: "...as well as other larger scale tiki transformations..." (bold mine). This would seem to imply two things. The first is that this is the correct sub forum for projects for spaces rather than single objects. The second is that a bar is not necessary. As you can see, it's no accident that I chose this sub-forum for the topic.

I presume that the two things wrong with my post are 'beach-themed' and 'child's room'. I still can't see anything wrong with either. As I pointed out, the definition of this sub-forum allows for spaces other than bars. As for beach-themed, as I pointed out in my first reply, every design element I've called out (the mural and its subject, the photos, even the surfboards) have been used in many of the projects here.

And as for the Other Crafts sub-forum, if 'beach-themed' is insufficiently Tiki, posting there would have been as inappropriate as posting here. For example, though the description of that sub-forum specifically includes painting, I'd hardly post a tutorial on painting spaceships there (unless it was a Tiki spaceship, but you catch my meaning).

But at least we do agree on two points. It's a shame when a project with potential goes unfinished (or at least undocumented). And El Jefe's reply was less than useful. If he's trying to defend me, that's nice, but unneccessary. If it's something between you guys, I'd rather not be involved.

Back to the subject at hand, being that it's a child's room, certainly I'll be designing differently than I would for an adult-only space. It's also rather small, and boys need their open area. Hence, the mural with a palm tree rather than an actual palm tree, for example.