Post #71630 by Swanky on Thu, Jan 22, 2004 9:46 AM

Kono, no, he is talking about a sort of wainscotting, which would mean cutting the bamboo fencing down to 3-4 feet wide. I just looked over and see that I have a piece like that on my wall just fine. In my mind I was thinking it was held together at the top and bottom only. Okay, so you can cut it down to size okay.

I still would be buying the lauhala. Price wise, you are not paying much more, but you are getting something that looks much better. It's already 4 feet wide, but that may be too tall.

The other real luxury might be to plan around a trip to Southern California. I say that all glib, like California is all right around the corner from each other. I'm sure it's like me getting to Memphis. Yeah it's in TN, but it's 8 hours away! But you never know. Should there be a trip in your future where you can go look at the options at OA or some such place, you are doing well.

I do wish the fencing was taller, but I plan to obscure the upper area by doing a drop ceiling with thatch and an over hang of thatch that covers that area. The big thing the drop ceiling also does, is control the light. Lighting is crutial in a tiki bar, and if you have a white ceiling like most people, a little light will bounce all over the place and one 40 watt bulb can be too much. Try a few lights and pretty soon it's just too bright. So putting in the dark thatch ceiling means the light is absorbed and I can put in a lot more lights and still have a warm, dark room.

By the way, one of my cats is obsessed with one section of my fencing and spends too much time messing with it. He chewed the string in two and keeps pulling at it. With that, it has been still very easy to put back. Cats. They also love to climb on my 7 foot Papua New Guinea Oratory Table...