Enchanted Reef Bar in UK

Wow, that's a lot of work done! Looks really nice.

Finally finished off the main area of the entrance stairwell with some lovely Dawn Frasier designed Spoonflower fabric, we wanted a bit of colour rather than just Beige/browns so i think the green gives it a Pop!, It wasn't easy to fit as so flexible being a light cotton fabric P1400550

[ Edited by TIKIWAGON on 2023-06-07 02:04:46 ]

Where did you get the carpet from?

We rescued it from the bins at Trader Vic's London!, It is a complete patchwork quilt as there were only small pieces and i wanted to pattern match it(luckily that is my normal job, floor laying)

Figured it was from there as i've seen that some people were able to get their hands on a piece. Clearly you got your hands on more than just one. Good job patching it together as that's why i asked where you got it from because it looks like it was done with one piece.

Yes we started the Campaign to save Vic's in November and had a lot of support but those corporate idiots don't listen so as you know it shut New years eve, We got a tip off and a couple of weeks later it was in the bins and they would be emptied the next day, so we got in our car for a 2 1/2 hour journey and got what we could, we had quite a lot of people message us about possible leftovers and we just sent them out free of charge

I am just blown away at the amount of work and attention to detail you've put into this space. And good on you for saving at least a little place of yet another tiki classic I'll never be able to visit.

Thanks for the positive replies

That is an amazing build. Especially here in the UK. If I hadn't known I would have said this has to be in the States. Some of those pieces are so rare here.

Thanks for your kind words, We have been collecting this stuff since the Mid 90's and luckily got a lot at flea markets etc before the prices rose, Even have our own online business selling Tiki stuff since 2003

Great job taking a huge space and still such a layered look. Great depth and variety of unique finds. As others have said you really have quite a collection of Tiki. Some really cool mugs too.

SWINGING Tiki style!

Thanks, It is constantly evolving with new bits being added

Here are a few lights i made recently all hung up in the bar, The shell light was hard work but worth doing