Post #764814 by Jeff Bannow on Wed, Jun 8, 2016 11:33 AM

Here's my first home Tiki bar, The Lili-kai Club. The name mashes together lilikoi (passion fruit) with kai (ocean), and club (a large piece of wood used to hit people over the head.)

We moved into the house last year. It came with the basement already finished, but in a decidedly un-tiki baby blue color.

Before we moved in:

Despite my protests, remodeling the basement wasn't the first item on the agenda. So, I've been slowly adding furniture and decorations for the last year, until we reached this point.

The Lili-Kai Club, May 2016, during the day:

"Beach Campfire" by Rob Kaz, Gyotaku print, vintage postcards from the 20s-50s, and "Baby Kon" tiki by Tuga.

"Predator of the Deep" by Rodel Gonzalez, Frigidaire circa 1947, just rebuilt electrically.

"Midnight Tiki" by Doug Horne

Some Craigslist furniture finds, and 2 Pacific Northwest Native American masks, and 2 Japanese masks

Adolphe Sylvain repro by Zenon Matias Jimenez, "The Accidental Crossstepper","Kalalau Ku" by Lake Tiki

"Freaky Threeki" by Tuga

Pool table.

2 canvas giclees by Brad Parker, Malaysian Airlines airline beverage cart.

And at night:

It's been a great space for entertaining, and I've learned a lot about what we want from the space. My cocktail skills have been getting slowly better over time. We finally decided it's time to tear it all down and put some legitimate wall coverings up.

Stop by our home bar, The Lili-Kai Club.

[ Edited by: Jeff Bannow 2016-06-08 12:21 ]

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