Two years ago, Donna and I bought a house, our dream house on a lake. It's built on a berm, making the basement rec room level with the lower end of the yard on the lake side - perfect for entertaining. At first sight, Donna said, "We should make this a tiki room."
Months went by before this idea went from the wish list to the planning stages. I started out by re-reading an old FLIP article about Alan Smart's tiki room. He took a room much like mine, with white walls and grey carpet, and completely transformed the space. I contacted Alan, who gave me a few links for places to go to for materials. I also did a lot of Google image browsing on tiki rooms.
