Happy Thanksgiving.........In our last report, we had just finished up installing the metal, jungle ceiling panels. Having your tiki bar look like a jungle is good, having it filled with insects like a jungle is not. To solve this problem, we installed and secondary, screened garage door. It pulls down and separates the flies, from your Mai Tai's. It even has a sliding walk through door, to keep outside exposure to a minimum.
We then added a new outdoor porch light, a new run of neon rope light around half the room, and new ceiling fans to keep the sultry summer air moving inside the bar.
One of the unforeseen advantages of having a metal ceiling, is the ability to easily hang just about anything you want with a magnet.
I had some storage area and shelves over by my fridge, that I wanted to hide. I solved this problem by purchasing extra long bamboo blinds. I hung the blinds using heavy magnets with hooks, stuck to the ceiling. I then unrolled the bamboo blinds and presto change-o, the shelves and tools disappeared.
One of the things I love about Frankies Tiki Room in Vegas, is the canopy they have hanging over their bar. It was a look I really wanted to replicate here. After doing some research, I found out that large construction grade, bamboo poles are expensive to buy and expensive to ship to the mid west, so I gave a picture to my contractors and told them what I was trying to achieve. This is what they built me.
So we bolted this thing to the ceiling.......
We then added a new outdoor porch light, a new run of neon rope light around half the room, and new ceiling fans to keep the sultry summer air moving inside the bar.
One of the unforeseen advantages of having a metal ceiling, is the ability to easily hang just about anything you want with a magnet.
I had some storage area and shelves over by my fridge, that I wanted to hide. I solved this problem by purchasing extra long bamboo blinds. I hung the blinds using heavy magnets with hooks, stuck to the ceiling. I then unrolled the bamboo blinds and presto change-o, the shelves and tools disappeared.
One of the things I love about Frankies Tiki Room in Vegas, is the canopy they have hanging over their bar. It was a look I really wanted to replicate here. After doing some research, I found out that large construction grade, bamboo poles are expensive to buy and expensive to ship to the mid west, so I gave a picture to my contractors and told them what I was trying to achieve. This is what they built me.
So we bolted this thing to the ceiling.......
