New bar/tiki room in progress

Hey! It´s been a while since my last post here so it´s good to be back :wink:

We recently bought a new flat and came up with the idea of transforming one room to a tiki room...
This is what it looked like when we moved in in, very white.

We painted the room and the plan was to keep it like that and just add a bar and some lamps.
But now i´ll cover one wall with lauhala and bamboo (to begin with). Unfortunaly all these materials
are quite expensive and hard to get in Sweden so it´s gonna take a while until everything´s finished.

I´m not gonna do anything about the ceiling, my wife loves it the way it is
(the apartment is built in 1936 and she loves vintage stuff from 40-50´s)

The bar in progress

Added some lauhala, tomorrow i´ll cut some bamboo to frame the matting.

My plan is to cover the walls next to the bar with lauhala, but should i go with some other matting instead?
Since i´ve already covered the bar in lauhala? Suggestions?

Mahalo!
/turbosickboy

Just a little Bamboo trim would give the bar a more finished look
Oh and a Tiki Mask in the front maybe?

On 2012-07-16 15:56, Atomic Tiki Punk wrote:
Just a little Bamboo trim would give the bar a more finished look
Oh and a Tiki Mask in the front maybe?

that´s my plan! starting with the bamboo tomorrow.
and the tiki mask is waiting here to get in place

thanks man!
/turbosickboy

How fun...I'm sure you will end up adding some hanging lamps to complement that ceiling. The room color is good and looking forward to seeing your finished bar. Keep up the great work.

I covered my bars walls with Lauhala matting, and although it looked great I felt it looked a bit 'new'. So I painted my walls with a matt 'teak' varnish and it gave the Lauhala an aged look. It also gives a bit of contrast.

Also you could try to use a larger weave on the walls than on the bar and that would give a contrast also.

VampiressRN: thanks alot!

Kon-Hemsby: Great advices, thank you!

continued the work today, more pictures is coming

some progress...

Sorry for all the tools, bags etc. in the pictures

finally some small updates...

"New walls". Had to put plywood on the wall

Wiring for lamps

Putting up the lauhala...
The lauhala was delivered folded. So we decided to let it hang for some time.
Does anybody have some useful hints to make it smoother?

See if you can rent something like this...

Bear

I don't think you would look good in a wedding dress...but whatever!!! :lol:

Vamp,

What made you think I wasn't talking about the woman? :wink:

Bear
:lol:

Twisted mind...sorry couldn't help that. :wink:

Bear: Thanks! I put an ad in the local newspaper "looking for a woman, must be a professional steamer".

I also tried to iron on a wet towel, worked fine but i guess your way is better... Thanks for the answer!

"New walls". Had to put plywood on the wall

What is the reason for plywood over the the dry wall? Is that to staple the lauhala matting?

MaukaHale: Exactly! The walls isn´t drywall, it´s some kind of plaster... too hard for the staples

TSB, I just used a standard iron on the matting and if it was a bit stubborn misted it with some water and then ironed it.(P.S. I bought a cheap iron especially for the job as it does scratch it).

The iron worked fine! There will be some pictures as soon as I come home from my business trip

I decorated 1 of the rooms in my house last year with Hawaiian Decor. I used some tiki masks and a couple of surfboard signs.

Tiki Masks make great looking Hawaiian Decor. I recently ordered one from * spam link removed* Everybody gives me compliments about it.

[ Edited by: Hakalugi - spam link removed - 2012-09-20 18:46 ]

Tiki Spam?

Is that spam?

Considering that Matt101's "homepage" is the same website he mentioned as having great looking stuff...for sale, the answer is a resounding yes.

Link removed.

Matt101, if you want to plug your business, be honest about it and buy a banner ad.

damn spam robots! Start your own thread! :)

Some progress... It´s been pretty hard to build, work and study during the same time. And of course, building a tiki bar isn´t the easiest. I salute you people who have built those amazing bars!

This took some time, but turned out pretty good... Next to do is some bamboo trim

Planning to build a roof for the bar as well...

Some bottles waiting to move in.

Deep down in the jungles of Bambooland
There's a place so wild you just can't stand
Spider-monkeys swinging in the top of the trees
And the crocodiles are rocking in the Crockodile-creek

[ Edited by: turbosickboy 2012-10-08 10:35 ]

Looking good already.

thank you!

Looking really great! Some of those rum bottles looks a bit full to me. Perhaps we should all drop by and help even out the bottles. :)

• Dale

On 2012-10-09 07:11, littlegiles wrote:
Looking really great! Some of those rum bottles looks a bit full to me. Perhaps we should all drop by and help even out the bottles. :)

• Dale

thanks... come over as soon everything is in place, the drink´s on me! :wink:

Some more bamboo trim

Couldn´t find any good lamp brackets, so I made some in stainless steel

Found the shelf on "blocket" (like craigslist here in Sweden) lamp baskets from Cheeky tiki

By day...

By night...

Those lights turned out great!!!!

Thanks alot!

some small updates...

The white extension cord is just temporary...

next up: Build a shelf behind the bar and replace the barstools

Hea ja (hay do) :)

Lookin good

It's coming along nicely. I like the green color on that wall too.

Your place looks awesome! I like the "Basket Sconce" idea.

thanks everybody! preparing for the first luau to be held soon...

Very, very nice! Great job!

Built this shelf from two IKEA shelves and some leftover bamboo...
Turned out pretty good with plenty of room for some rum bottles (unfortunaly not shown in the picture)

Really like your lamp baskets! Great idea. Your place is looking good!

Chris