Post #734131 by EnchantedTikiGoth on Thu, Jan 1, 2015 9:46 PM

I would agree with the folks that have already given their advice. If you want standard Tiki kitsch, then you would probably have to do a complete rebuild. What you have already is rife with opportunity for that colonial, Victorian, adventurer's club motif. Besides Googling "adventurer's club" you might also try looking up historical photo archives for inspiration. For example, the Hawaii State Archives site is at http://archives1.dags.hawaii.gov/gallery2/main.php, and here's a Pinterest of old Samoa photos at http://www.pinterest.com/samoangenealogy/samoan-old-photos/.

So yeah, get some nice wicker/rattan chairs and potted (fake) palms, maybe some barrister's bookcases for your mugs, some nice pieces displayed on the walls trophy-like, look into some fine vintage wallpaper designs with South Pacific references (like a palm damask or something). It wouldn't have the "fun" of the Tiki kitsch aesthetic, but the Victorian adventurer's club opens up its own intriguing possibilities.