Tiki Bath Progress

Well we got a little further in the Tiki bathroom. Our friend Mike Grover gave us some nice dark bamboo strips that were already to be used on a wall. I had given them to us before we bought our house and we had been saving them for something interesting. We just didn't know what at the time. The bathroom seemed like the perfect place. So Brad got all the pieces cut and was able to use his finish nail gun and just mount all the pieces on the walls. The bamboo was a little tricky work with in that it not necessarily a straight material. Overall I really like the way the bathroom looks. It feels tropical. But I think the bamboo finishes off the thatching on the walls nicely.

Tiki Surf Bathroom

Since we live a mile from the beach. We thought mine as well go Tiki Surf for the "boys" bathroom. The plan is to down the road remodel this bathroom and upgrade it. But for now we are having fun with the Tiki Surf theme.

First I painted the walls a beige color called Gobi Desert.
Then I put this grass thatching on the wall from Lowes. It took two rolls which were about $25 bucks each. To attach the thatching we busted out the old staple gun. Which worked fine. I tried two methods of stapling, on the wire and on the thatch, both seemed to work about the same. Then I went to town hanging masks and surf art.
Next we are going to add these big dark bamboo strips that we have across the top of grass thatch to finish it.
I love it. Feels so tropical when you are in there.