Padre's Haven - Greenfield, Indiana

Hello all, I have slowly developed an itch for Tiki over the last couple of years and decided this summer to take the plunge. My home is not my own so I can’t take a room and make it all Tiki. However, I decided to make a bar to fit the sitting area attached to my kitchen. After visiting the "Inferno Room" and "Max's" I was inspired to create a design. Hopefully these posts will give you some idea of how it progressed.

First a picture of the “finished” bar and the area I am working with. Also included are the design mocked up in Tinkercad. The base cabinets were unfished from Home Depot stained in ebony. I attached the decorative pieces to these. The upper shelves are all made from scratch. Pine boards with routed designs. I finished them by staining in ebony, sanding the high spots and then staining again in red maple. The shelves are made from old barn siding.

The most involved part was pouring the epoxy counter top. I had an idea to use the old barn wood “floating” on the blue. I had done smaller epoxy projects in the past so knew a little bit of how it would go. I’d do a couple of things different but overall was I am very happy with the result.

A couple other side projects were carving a Moai head and making some syrup bottles. I am lucky enough to have access to a woods. I was able to get a couple of Sassafras logs to carve. This Moai head was my first attempt. If you don’t know about Sassafras is a common tree in the Midwest. Its soft and has an amazing smell when carved. You can make a lovely tea from its roots. I am not terribly happy with the base as I just round off the corners and made a simple stand. Hopefully on the next try I can get closer to neck and body shapes the original artists used.

The glass bottles are small and hold no more than 2 cups of liquid. Perfect size for my needs and since I have a background in glass blowing why not make some bottles.

Nice work!

Wow! Super impressive. It looks great. Thanks for sharing your process pics. You’ve included a lot of great details - I love the A-frame centered on the back bar. Cheers!

Fantastic work! Love that A frame! And The epoxy looks amazing! I look forward to seeing more of your work.

That is very impressive! Where did you get the lattice work behind the shelving? It looks so nice.

I found it on Amazon. They call it Bac Bac matting. I am sure you can find it elsewhere.

Nice! I really ;like the bar top.

Great use of limited space!