Tips For Decorating Your Tiki Bar

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Tiki bars became hugely popular in the early part of the 1900s, when traveling was becoming more accessible and popular, and the relaxed atmosphere of tropical Caribbean vacations and surfing was on everyone's mind. Today, tiki bars are making a sort of come back, as more and more people opt to have tiki bars in their homes or back yards instead of the typical wet bar. Tiki bars are eye-catching conversation pieces and always make for a great environment in which to relax and enjoy a few drinks with friends.

There are a ton of bamboo bar styles to choose form. But whether you get a large tiki bar for your back yard, or a compact, indoor tiki bar, the best part about it will be decorating it in your own unique way. Tiki bars are modeled after the traditional huts built buy natives of the Caribbean and tropical island regions. They employ wood, bamboo and thatched roofing. For a lot of people, spicing up the look and feel of their tiki bars becomes a kind of hobby, since it can be great fun to be always on the lookout for statues, mugs and accent furniture that will look great hanging from the wall of the tiki bar.

Tiki bar decor can be artistic and rustic, or it can be kitsch and outrageous; either way, the point of it is to be fun and to add to the atmosphere of relaxation and fun. Some standard must-have decorations include tiki torches, tiki masks, totem poles, tiki statues, bamboo stools and furniture, moai statues and much, much more. You can also find a lot of especially unique items by keeping your eye open when you go to thrift stores and estate sales.

And remember also that you don't always have to buy your tiki decorations. You can make them! For example, if you have an old, broken or unused surf board, you make it into a sign to hang up on the roof or wall of your tiki bar. With tiki bar decor, the possibilities are literally endless. As long as it contributes to the relaxed, Caribbean aesthetic of the tiki bar, it all works.

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