The Alibi, Portland, OR (restaurant) - Locating Tiki

D DixonAlibi Grand Member (1 year) NYC from PDX Joined: Aug 01, 2015 Posts: 101	D DixonAlibi Posted posted on Thu, May 19, 2016 12:28 PM Good Morning! I am very excited that I finally finished repurposing the home Tiki Bar from the basement of Roy Ell (the man who started The Alibi)!! Working with my dad, we cut it down to the size we needed and refinished all the edges with the pieces we cut off. We had to do a lot of re-wrapping of the upholstery around the padded edge, and the trim pieces. We also cut down and reused the cedar hollow ceiling beams that hung above the bar in his house and hung them above it inside The Alibi! We are very proud that we were able to salvage everything from the basement! Photos below! The bar in as it was originally in Roy Ell's basement! Photo is from the 70's. You can see the ceiling beams above with the thatching. The Karaoke Host Booth that we had here at The Alibi that we wanted to replace. Empty space after the booth was ripped out! The finished product! We cut about two feet off of the shorter side, and four feet off the longer side. We cut down the original brass foot-rail to fit the space. The 'Alibi' sign behind was used on our outdoor signage during the 70's and 80's. Found some vintage red velvet curtains with a gold print for the curtain. On the bar top we made a guard for the soundboard and computer out of the pieces leftover from the ceiling beams. Better photo of the ceiling beams and thatching! The thatching was also from the basement! The only non-original piece we added was a bit of the Semi-Famous Portland Airport Carpet to one of the end caps! In another part of the bar we mounted and hung some Sea & Jungle Imports fish that we also found in the basement! For the wooden mounts we used panels from the bottom section of the bar that we had to cut off, as well as cuts from the ceiling beams. We sanded edges and torch them a bit to get the coloring right. Can't believe this refurbish project is finally done, and beyond thrilled that we were able to save and reuse almost every single piece! I kept every scrap I could to use for future projects! Come in and have a look! Enjoy!

Good Morning!

I am very excited that I finally finished repurposing the home Tiki Bar from the basement of Roy Ell (the man who started The Alibi)!! Working with my dad, we cut it down to the size we needed and refinished all the edges with the pieces we cut off. We had to do a lot of re-wrapping of the upholstery around the padded edge, and the trim pieces. We also cut down and reused the cedar hollow ceiling beams that hung above the bar in his house and hung them above it inside The Alibi! We are very proud that we were able to salvage everything from the basement! Photos below!

The bar in as it was originally in Roy Ell's basement! Photo is from the 70's. You can see the ceiling beams above with the thatching.

The Karaoke Host Booth that we had here at The Alibi that we wanted to replace.

Empty space after the booth was ripped out!

The finished product! We cut about two feet off of the shorter side, and four feet off the longer side. We cut down the original brass foot-rail to fit the space. The 'Alibi' sign behind was used on our outdoor signage during the 70's and 80's. Found some vintage red velvet curtains with a gold print for the curtain. On the bar top we made a guard for the soundboard and computer out of the pieces leftover from the ceiling beams.

Better photo of the ceiling beams and thatching! The thatching was also from the basement!

The only non-original piece we added was a bit of the Semi-Famous Portland Airport Carpet to one of the end caps!

In another part of the bar we mounted and hung some Sea & Jungle Imports fish that we also found in the basement! For the wooden mounts we used panels from the bottom section of the bar that we had to cut off, as well as cuts from the ceiling beams. We sanded edges and torch them a bit to get the coloring right.

Can't believe this refurbish project is finally done, and beyond thrilled that we were able to save and reuse almost every single piece! I kept every scrap I could to use for future projects!

Come in and have a look!

Enjoy!

Post #763998 by DixonAlibi on Thu, May 19, 2016 12:28 PM