Post #162302 by missbecky82 on Mon, May 30, 2005 7:46 AM

Hi everyone! It's my first post here, and I've really enjoyed seeing all of the great and creative things all of you have done to your home. You've been such an inspiration to my fiance and I! Please keep in mind that I'm completely clueless about this stuff, so if I use the terms incorrectly, please cut me some slack, haha.

We just bought our first house a few months ago and want to begin renovating our basement. Yep, you guessed it - we're doing it Tiki style. Right now it looks like absolute crap. It was very dark, faux wood panelling and we just painted it last weekend. It turned out ok, but I'm still not sure what color to paint the bottom of the bar. In the picture below, it's just primer that's on there, waiting for a color. So if you have any cool ideas, feel free to let me know! I was thinking about doing that Lauhala matting but I'm not sure if I can find it locally?

Here is the photo (PLEASE excuse the mess!)
http://www.missdigital.net/uploader/store/bar.jpg

As you can see, the wall behind the bar is orange. I actually did a strie effect on it though you can't tell. It looks kind of neat.

So we need to figure out what to do with the top of the bar. Right now there's just a countertop there. Is it possible to dress up the laminate countertop somehow? Maybe cut out some pictures, glue them to it and pour epoxy or whatever on top of it? How do you pour epoxy without it leaking over the sides? Also, would it be possible to paint the bar and then epoxy that?

We bought some long sticks of thick bamboo that we would like to use as the trim on the edges of the bar. Of course I have no idea how to put them on there. Any thoughts??

Sorry for the annoying post, I am completely clueless but motivated!! Thanks in advance.