Home bar in a surf shop...Now open - Home Tiki Bars

K kahalakruzer Member San Juan Capistrano, Ca Joined: Jan 29, 2008 Posts: 318	K kahalakruzer Posted posted on Thu, Feb 15, 2018 4:17 PM I figured after almost 8 years, it was time to check back in with Tiki Central. Since then, a few home bars have been built and demolished, thousands of miles have been traveled in pursuit of far-off tiki bars, many successful luau's have been had, thousands of cocktails have been consumed, and dozens of friends have been turned onto the life of sophisticated savagery. Now that that's out of the way, here I go. A few weeks back, my boss had expressed his interest in having me build a tiki bar in one of our retail stores that was undergoing a remodel. Basically something for people to look at and take pictures of. He had seen a small bar I had built in our warehouse with some stuff that I had had laying around (literally. After tearing the bar out of my apartment years ago, all of my stuff had been sitting in a back room at my house.) Of course I bit at the chance. Between planning, prep, searching all of the antique stores I could find, letgo/offerup/craigslist, and a few trips to Oceanic Arts, I have 15 days in (excluding Sundays) from start to finish. Since I'm short on time, I figure I'll post a photo of the little temporary bar that was built in the hallway of our warehouse that inspired it all, and a couple before shots of the open space that the bar now resides in. I wish I had uploaded some better photos earlier, but here's the bar that was built to store some of my stuff at work. It's about as basic as it gets as far as a good tiki bar goes, but that's for a purpose. Almost all of the stuff in it has to come down for a big luau that a group of friends and I throw each year (plus a ton of other pieces that are still stored at my house.) I think I may throw some palm panels up on the ceiling to cover the awful acoustic tiles, and accent the trim with some bamboo, but for the most part, I don't plan on spending too much more time on it. And here's the space I had to work with. It's a back corner of an expanded building that we were remodeling. It's 11' wide by 6' deep by 14' tall. Not exactly the dream space I would have imagined, but beggars can't be choosers. I'll get some progress shots going in the next couple of days. [ Edited by: kahalakruzer 2018-02-26 15:02 ]

I figured after almost 8 years, it was time to check back in with Tiki Central. Since then, a few home bars have been built and demolished, thousands of miles have been traveled in pursuit of far-off tiki bars, many successful luau's have been had, thousands of cocktails have been consumed, and dozens of friends have been turned onto the life of sophisticated savagery.

Now that that's out of the way, here I go.

A few weeks back, my boss had expressed his interest in having me build a tiki bar in one of our retail stores that was undergoing a remodel. Basically something for people to look at and take pictures of. He had seen a small bar I had built in our warehouse with some stuff that I had had laying around (literally. After tearing the bar out of my apartment years ago, all of my stuff had been sitting in a back room at my house.) Of course I bit at the chance. Between planning, prep, searching all of the antique stores I could find, letgo/offerup/craigslist, and a few trips to Oceanic Arts, I have 15 days in (excluding Sundays) from start to finish.

Since I'm short on time, I figure I'll post a photo of the little temporary bar that was built in the hallway of our warehouse that inspired it all, and a couple before shots of the open space that the bar now resides in.

I wish I had uploaded some better photos earlier, but here's the bar that was built to store some of my stuff at work. It's about as basic as it gets as far as a good tiki bar goes, but that's for a purpose. Almost all of the stuff in it has to come down for a big luau that a group of friends and I throw each year (plus a ton of other pieces that are still stored at my house.) I think I may throw some palm panels up on the ceiling to cover the awful acoustic tiles, and accent the trim with some bamboo, but for the most part, I don't plan on spending too much more time on it.

And here's the space I had to work with. It's a back corner of an expanded building that we were remodeling. It's 11' wide by 6' deep by 14' tall. Not exactly the dream space I would have imagined, but beggars can't be choosers.

I'll get some progress shots going in the next couple of days.

[ Edited by: kahalakruzer 2018-02-26 15:02 ]

Post #783974 by kahalakruzer on Thu, Feb 15, 2018 4:17 PM