Post #746901 by Anaki_kiapolo on Sun, Jul 12, 2015 5:59 PM

Here is an update on our project.

The space has been constructed. As I said previously, we'll plan on enclosing the bar in its own room with a (locking!) double door.

Here's an early sketch I did, envisioning the inside of the double door. It has, by necessity, changed a little, but I think the overall design elements will remain. (Multiple sketches of each of the 4 walls ware made)

A couple views of the bar and back bar area:

Here are a couple tiki statues (the one on the left is about 5 ft). They will be perched on the back bar, on either side of a mirror.

I was inspired by the exquisite routing / trim work done by Scaramouch on the Bula Bula bar, got a trim router and some select pine boards, and started... well... imitating / copying / plagiarizing! If you haven't seen that post, you must! http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?topic=49315&forum=20&25

Nowhere near the level of sophistication of Bula Bula with staining. I simply torched the wood, power-sanded, and applied a heavy coat of deep red mahogany stain. I envision these pieces (1 x 4) as framing the double doors. The process of designing, routing, and staining was laborious, and made more so by the 100 degree, high-humiditiy Missouri swamp-weather!

Last item I will post for now: Tapa, with which I would like to "panel" the walls (interspersed with lauhala / other bamboo matting), has been a bit of an issue for us. I didn't think it would be a good idea to use real tapa. There really is not a whole lot of facsimile tapa out there to be had either. So, we embarked on making our own. We bought a few rolls of "woven" polynesian wall paper, then stained it with brown / sienna water colors. Sterotypical tapa patterns (i.e., google images) were painted on. I think the results are favorable. We will rough up the paper a bit (fold / crease, etc.), and then paste to the walls. Guess we will see how that works!

That is it for now. I expect a lot of progress in the next month. Thatch overhangs, banquette, wall trim, all to come. Thanks again for the comments!

AK