Post #765151 by AkronTiki on Fri, Jun 17, 2016 9:01 AM

As others have said, collections are nice…tikis, lights, decorations…my wife loves decorative candles, and we use a LOT on and around the bar, with torches generally out in the yard and around the pool.

I also like to see some personal items, especially framed photos of the owners, or images of places they have been, hanging in the space.

I have some framed photos of myself surfing and on surfboards in the water at Waikiki with my daughter, some mounted postcards from places we’ve been, like Duke’s and Trader Vic’s. I also frame and hang some smaller posters from beaches we’ve visited, like Huntington Beach and Palm Beach. It’s a little nostalgic and always inspires conversation.

Unless you’re printing with special UV-resistant inks, we generally expect to re-frame and reprint these every year or two; dampness (it rains here in Ohio) will get to them eventually, too - but it’s no big deal to kick out another copy and stick ‘em back in the frame.

[ Edited by: AkronTiki 2016-06-17 09:02 ]