Post #784010 by Prettyman's Atoll on Fri, Feb 16, 2018 1:31 PM

Hamo, thank you again for your brainstorming and suggestions. This is exactly the sort of feedback I was hoping to get from the folks here at Tiki Central.

I've worked up Hamo's three ideas and my original plan as design options, and I'll present them below momentarily. I think turning the entry stair 90º and walling it in is genius, and that will definitely become a part of the design. Likewise, I really like the idea of moving the booth to the side of the room opposite the bar is great, and that will also almost certainly become a part of the design. Finally, changing the booth to be an L-shape is a much better use of space and actually results in a greater number of people being able to sit around the table, if additional chairs are brought in.

To refresh your memory, this was my original, pre-Hamo design:

And here are Hamo's three brainstormed designs:

Hamo's first brainstorm:

Hamo's second brainstorm:

Hamo's third brainstorm:

The only brainstorm idea not to work out is the first, and that's only because the curio cabinet restricts the flow of people at a couple of key areas. Move that cabinet to the south side of the entry staircase wall (as in his second design), and that problem is solved.

Of the three, I now agree with my wife that Hamo's brainstorm #2 will work the best for us. It gives us a lot of flexibility for the use and seating arrangement of the booth, it leaves plenty of space in the center of the room, there are no bottlenecks to people moving around or through the room, and we'll have a nice big design opportunity when/if the train table exits the tiki room.

Hamo and Prikli, whenever you may find yourselves in the SF Bay Area, consider yourself welcome at Prettyman's Atoll!