Post #775583 by RanchoMahalo on Wed, May 3, 2017 9:31 AM

On 2017-05-02 12:54, Prikli Pear wrote:
Gorgeous, man! Very sleek, stylish and modern. Quite different from many of the old-school, tiki clutter bars here, but you've really pulled it off. It's hard to go wrong with cedar lumber as the prime building material. The back-lit tikis are gorgeous. I'm quite taken with the dark matting on the walls. Did it come that color, of did you stain it? I'm definitely taking inspiration from you for my own build!

And hasn't it been a crazy, bumper crop year for lightning bugs? They're everywhere!

[ Edited by: Prikli Pear 2017-05-02 12:57 ]

Thanks! yeah - tried to do something kind of modern and spacious to match the vibe of the house - a mid century ranch built in 1962, but still make the lanai feel very tiki - the big A-frame design matches the roofline and makes it feel period-correct.

The dark paneling behind the backlit tikis came that way - it was actually a roll of matting that was already sort of chocolate brown stained - worked great pop out those masks and have a different texture behind the bar from the rest of the lauhala matting on the walls.