Post #741949 by Anaki_kiapolo on Tue, Apr 28, 2015 7:07 PM

After moving into a new house with an unfinished basement, we decided to begin construction on our home tiki bar, which my wife and I have dubbed "Ninth Island". We've been attracted to the classic Las Vegas tiki lounge -- hence the name. There's just something about the juxtaposition between tiki and Vegas excess, where the denizens of the dark lounge are the unrepentant sinners, and the eyes of the surrounding angry tiki statues and moai silently bear witness... Well - maybe that is a bit dramatic, but if you've ever been to Frankie's, you'll get the mood we're going for!

I plan to "borrow" liberally from the ideas posted here -- this forum has truly been a wealth of great ideas, to which I am already indebted. I've included a few contraction in progress photos.

The space - about 17' by 12'. Will be completely closed off (by double doors) from the rest of the basement.

Our carved sign:

Our bar countertop. I'm particularly pleased with this. It is dark stained bamboo flooring, with photocopies (8x8) of exotica albums, all under several clear layers of epoxy.

And one of the tiki statues:

More to come!

AK