Post #748748 by ErichTroudt on Fri, Aug 7, 2015 12:35 AM

Looking for advice?
My advice would be research. Go thru the tons and tons of home bars and restaurants in the locating tiki threads and study.
everyone has different tastes. You'll know what you like when you see.

Plenty of people on here will tell you whats "tiki" or "polypop" or several other annoying buzz words they created. Doesn't mean thats what you want or like.

I'd put bamboo or trim boards up side to side on the walls of your room. I'd get rid of all the glass in the frames. I'd throw stitch out.... Doesn't mean I'm right and you should do it...because obviously you like it....and the space should be all about what you like.

Study the restaurants. The cool ones are all about the details. Go further back and study the actual cultures all this stuff was loosely based on. Study and look at tons of pics. Find the little details that make you happy.

Don't sweat how long it takes you. Mine took 3 years just for the insides.

Erich