So why is it that we all love tiki bar decor so much? It’s really quite ridiculous. I think it’s because we Americans just lurve to dress up. Halloween, for example, seems to be so much more popular here in the U.S. than anywhere else. The rest of the world watches our Halloween craziness and just scratches its much-more-restrained head. We are an exuberant nation. And maybe there was no single time more exuberant that post-World War II America. Heck yeah, I’ll have an umbrella in that mai tai. Life is good! Above: Brad’s “Junglero Room” — his own in-house tiki paradise. Yes, you can tuck a touch of tiki bar decor in most any mid century house. Our previous photo: Chad sells his Witco tiki bar and reader Ghost of Elvis buys it.
Readers, do you have some tiki going on in your house? Let’s see it! It’s easier than pouring some pineapple over some rum, get yer cameras started –>
Did you know we have a complete category called “Tiki and Bars”?
Update: Uploader is now closed. Thanks for playing, and enjoy the photos!
Tips to view slide show: Click on first image… it will enlarge and you can also read my captions… move forward or back via arrows below the photo… you can start or stop at any image:
Tiki Mateo says
LOVE the modernism tiki style. We just bought a house and it is large enough to display all of our loves. Our upstairs is craftsman, downsatairs mid century modern, laundtry/kitchen 50’s, guest house (“The Lodge”) 30s-40s national park theme, and we have our Tree House y Tiki.. This makes our house sound like an expan$ive compound, but it’s not :).
I would love to combine our tiki stuff with our modernism stuff to create a Sinatra Tiki Abode!….maybe one day.
Katie B. says
I love everyone’s stuff. So cool! I am still in the planning stages of my Tiki room, so I don’t have a lot to show yet. I also would like to do a VW van in a Tiki bar theme. Someday! I also wanted to share this picture that I found on Pinterest. Would be cool for a Tiki bathroom. 🙂
http://www.oddee.com/_media/imgs/articles2/a96741_tissue-box.jpg
Katie B. says
Oops. Here’s the correct link:
http://www.oddee.com/item_96741.aspx
sophista-tiki says
tiki VW http://pinterest.com/pin/213358101068978340/
cinnabar says
The Tiki throne chair looked familar…. we were at Graceland last Dec. and the twin throne is in Elvis’s “Jungle Room”. Somebody should snag that thing.
nina462 says
http://critiki.com/pictures/?loc_id=308#/0
In fact, here are some lovely photos from the Tur Mai Kai.
Enjoy the “Polynesian Paradise”.
nina462 says
I remember going to the Tur Mai Kai bar/restarant in Portage, MI as a kid and thinking it was so cool. Especially as you had to walk over a bridge of water in the building to get seated. it’s been long gone –
sophista-tiki says
I’m about to upload a couple of pics of my 54 modern in Seattle. I dont put all of my tiki in a designated room. I have an overall tiki modern decor inside and out. . I like a more sophisticated look as opposed to a “kitchy” thing. I am considered one of the original tiki revival artists so I’ve been cutivating my tiki flavor for a very long time. Look for me on the next cover of Tiki Magazine, out in April.
tammyCA says
Nice art work!
Patti says
Trader Vic’s anyone? As a college student I thought perhaps I would make it my mission to go to every Trader Vic’s and enjoy a Peachtree Punch. Alas, most of them are gone but what fond memories of leaving school in Virginia in the morning in time for dinner and cocktails at Trader Vic’s in the Plaza Hotel, New York.
modernT says
Seriously in the mood for a Mai Tai. These are GREAT!
Modern Flamingo says
I blame Disneyland’s Tiki Room and Sam’s Seafood for my Tiki obsession.
LauraRG says
The epitome of the tiki craze in this country was an entire TV show… Gilligan’s Island, anyone?