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Ceramic tiles offer alot of versatility in color and texture, they can also be cut to any shape fairly easily. The downside is maintenance of the grout.
I also thought about a bar I saw somewhere made out of old bowling alley flooring, that was cool...
If it were my house, it would be tile or hardwood.
I also thought about a bar I saw somewhere made out of old bowling alley flooring, that was cool...
If it were my house, it would be tile or hardwood.
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Xislandgirl
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- Joined: Tue Aug 08, 2006 4:03 pm
- Location: Slightly left of center
I just built a bar in my house this past summer and looked at about 100 different options. Everything from the giant fish tank to the glass block to the stainless steel - you name it I considered it. I jotted notes down on a note pad over the course of probably a year and when it came time to actually build it, I reviewed everything I came up with and ultimately decided to go low-key and traditional. I guess I felt if I ever decided to sell my house, I don't necessarily want my "creative vision" or "unique" bar to be the deal-breaker. I know, I wimped out. But such is life.
One interesting idea I liked for the top that I may still use is to place pictures underneath a slab of plexiglass. Pictures of the building before and after, of people drinking and having fun, anything. By using the plexiglass, you can update and change or add over the years. If you want them to be permanent, you can pour liquid glass epoxy resin over the whole top. Looks like glass but doesn't have the glassy sound to it. Another interesting way to light the bar is to get EL Wire, which looks like neon but is flexible, and run it around the edge of the plexiglass but under some wood trim. It will light up the plexiglass and the pictures without being seen.
I have many more ideas if you're interested. I'll have to find my notes though...
One interesting idea I liked for the top that I may still use is to place pictures underneath a slab of plexiglass. Pictures of the building before and after, of people drinking and having fun, anything. By using the plexiglass, you can update and change or add over the years. If you want them to be permanent, you can pour liquid glass epoxy resin over the whole top. Looks like glass but doesn't have the glassy sound to it. Another interesting way to light the bar is to get EL Wire, which looks like neon but is flexible, and run it around the edge of the plexiglass but under some wood trim. It will light up the plexiglass and the pictures without being seen.
I have many more ideas if you're interested. I'll have to find my notes though...
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StJohnRuth
- Posts: 1989
- Joined: Mon Aug 07, 2006 8:42 pm
- Location: St. John, VI
Hi Jorge!
I don't know much about bars, but you named the material corian, which I think looks very nice. But some of our friends have a kitchen table and a sink in corian, and she is not so happy with it. If she spills too example red wine or other colourful things on it, the colour is to be seen afterwards. You can grind it off, but who want to do that every time? Concrete is named too. We have a concrete table in our bathing room. I like it, but I have to be careful about, what I place on it. If I have something with acid in, it will leave stains on the table. I agree with the comment about stainless steel. It has to be polished often to look nice. The very best and strongest material I know is "silgranit". It's 80% pulverized granite mixed with 20% acryl. We have a big black sink in my kitchen in this material, and it's just fantastic. Easy to clean, don’t need to be polished, you can place very hot things on it, (don’t think there will be any problem with cigarettes), and it don’t have the same “glass sound” as granite. I presume that you can find the same material in USA, but I don’t know, if you can make a table of it, but why not?
Linne
I don't know much about bars, but you named the material corian, which I think looks very nice. But some of our friends have a kitchen table and a sink in corian, and she is not so happy with it. If she spills too example red wine or other colourful things on it, the colour is to be seen afterwards. You can grind it off, but who want to do that every time? Concrete is named too. We have a concrete table in our bathing room. I like it, but I have to be careful about, what I place on it. If I have something with acid in, it will leave stains on the table. I agree with the comment about stainless steel. It has to be polished often to look nice. The very best and strongest material I know is "silgranit". It's 80% pulverized granite mixed with 20% acryl. We have a big black sink in my kitchen in this material, and it's just fantastic. Easy to clean, don’t need to be polished, you can place very hot things on it, (don’t think there will be any problem with cigarettes), and it don’t have the same “glass sound” as granite. I presume that you can find the same material in USA, but I don’t know, if you can make a table of it, but why not?
Linne
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nothintolose
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- Location: New Orleans, LA
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Poohwear
- Posts: 60
- Joined: Sun Mar 16, 2008 12:32 pm
- Location: Staten Island, NY & Mahogany Run, STT
Re: Building a Bar.
"The owner is a lesbian friend of my wifes that thinks I can perform miracles."
Jorge...why do we need to know her sexual orientation??? Very offensive!
Jorge...why do we need to know her sexual orientation??? Very offensive!
Poohwear
Jorge,
I wouldn't go with Corian, we have that in our home. It looks nice but it scratches very easily. You have to sand out the scratches and repolish it. I can still see where we sanded it down, even after the polish. I really don't think it will hold up to the abuse that a bar takes.
Tiki bar sounds like a good idea, never thought of that for being in the mountains of southern Virginia
but it is a college town right? in the winter they can change out the surf boards for snow boards.
I wouldn't go with Corian, we have that in our home. It looks nice but it scratches very easily. You have to sand out the scratches and repolish it. I can still see where we sanded it down, even after the polish. I really don't think it will hold up to the abuse that a bar takes.
Tiki bar sounds like a good idea, never thought of that for being in the mountains of southern Virginia
but it is a college town right? in the winter they can change out the surf boards for snow boards.