Tiki bar ...getting there
December 12, 2006 
On Thanksgiving weekend while Ben was home from college for a few days, we started building a bar ...with a bit of a Tiki theme in mind. No real plans. I sketched some ideas on notebook paper, took some measurements, eventually settled on a sketch of more or less what we were going for, and then bought some wood and supplies and we had at it. One can buy varying quality of finished bar for anywhere from about US$300 to around US$1500 ...probably more if one's been drinking. I'm guessing by the time it's done I'll have close to US$400 in this one. About double my original estimate ...just like when I'm writing code ;)
So if you click the thumbnail image you'll see the bar as it was last night. Most evenings I try to at least do something to make a little progress. Too busy tonight, so I'm posting instead. In general, it's supported by 4x4 inch posts on casters with an overall dimension of about 2 feet by 4 feet by 40 inches high ...the idea being to keep it small and mobile enough to roll inside if a hurricane is coming. Plywood all around, 3 shelves, bamboo slats wrapped around with heavy split bamboo trim at the edges. Lots of paint and water sealing. All wood joins glued and screwed, seams caulked, etc. I want this unit to be able to live outside (under the lanai cover) with no worries.
For the bar top, we're gluing down pieces of colored glass to form a random mosaic, with a palm tree design front and center. We'll grout and seal the top after we're done gluing down what seems to be about 5 million little pieces of glass.
But we're getting close ...getting real close. And I tested the Corona opener this evening after I got done on the treadmill :)
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