lighting stores? Come on Steve get it together. Lightning storms :redface:

Talking to yourself is the first sign of madness..

Sounds about right, what's the second sign?

It sure is looking great, but it will not look like a bar until there are a couple of cold ones cracked open on top of that granite. Throw in a little spill and you would even have the bar christened.

In due time but the first beers served at this bar won't be from a can or bottle :wink:

Wow, gonna be one helluva nice bar

Nice work with the ceiling man!

What type of material are you using for the frosted inlays in between the woodwork? Looks pretty slick with the RGB led backlighting.

body shots or keg i need to know?

you meet the guy once and you're already asking for body shots? Get it together man!

that was time three do your homework boss. the last time around i stalked him at big als undetected though so not sure it counts.

sorry, I didn't know you had previously targeted him for stalking. Carry on then.

he bought coral off me too during my last rape'n'pillage fest.

What are the orange pipes? Fire suppression?

how do you make the beams? Are they reg lumber or plywood covered with a stained veneer?

+1

Was wondering this myself looking at that sweet ceiling again. My suspended ceiling is looking more ghetto every time this thread gets updated.

It's just maple plywood (3/4"), corner maple pieces hide the plywood edges. Here's a beam I haven't put up yet:

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...EB64D9AAC4.jpg

Maybe the pic is too small to see but I swear the grains are continuous edge to edge on all sides? You're staining the ends that show the plys? To my eyes all sides look like nice maple?

Wait by corner maple pieces you mean 3/4 veneer strips? Still can't even see those if that's the case.

Most of the pieces up there have edge banding on them to cover the edges. Originally I just planed on doing that without the corner covers but I later decided to add the corner covers because it looked better. By corner covers I mean these:
https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/i...76g_977BIBSMaH
So I won't be bothering with edge banding for the remaining beams.

I like your ceiling beam, i should have done something like that.

It's not frosted inlays, it's just drywall cut to size and painted white, here's a pic of one of the LED covers removed. You can see one of the screws holding the drywall up and the led strip light.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...3090593F10.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...309C17ADF7.jpg

It was actually Pisces :surprise: and for the record I just bought some corals, I don't need a jealous kien crying at my doorstep.

Yeap, my house has sprinklers installed in every room and closet. Ties straight into a 2" water line at 100psi so I only need to worry about drowning in my sleep and not smoke inhalation.

If you did you'd still be working on it. I am developing a severe problem relating to extending the amount of time and money involved to finish this basement. It was suppose to be done by Christmas.... 2011. A year over schedule and I'm half done.

Looks amazing. That is some very nice tile work also.

^^^
LOL!

Looking killer mang. If only I had half the DIY skills you do.... MAYBE I would be half done my build! lol

Thanks for posting the explanatory pics regarding the ceiling tiles. Man you are going to be needing alot of LED strip lighting to do the edges of all 8 panels!

30 meters give or take, 432W total

That's alot of LED strips indeed.

Where are you sourcing the led strips from if you don't mind me asking?

I did RGB controllable LED backlighting on my wall mounted TV and got a kit from barlighting.com but they were pretty pricey.

They are 5050 72W 5 meter strips, looks identical to that website but I bought mine from ebay for significantly less. I'm still deciding on what controller to use as the standard ones are pretty crappy and only power 5m unless you use signal amplifiers which I did order but they are total crap and no way I'm trusting them.

That's looking sweet Steve! Heather said you were knee deep in a new tank so I thought I'd log on and check it out. Very impressive buddy! I like where your heads at with the bar! Next time Wendy and I make it that far west we will have to get together.

On a side note, any interest in advising me on some of my plumbing/sump set up? We are getting the basement designed and I have my fish room set aside. I'm not going for anything near what you have put together but I value your input.

Cheers!
Scott

Bar done before Christmas.... check

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...ps80f6f925.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...psf07fac05.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...ps7b01003d.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...psa2c0fef9.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...ps7b1ab718.jpg

Well except the doors but they're on order :redface:

Thanks Bud, I sent you a PM but contact me anytime if you need anything.

Dude that looks amazing, we should do the next reef meet here. Wonna pick us up and drive us home after lol. Nice work dude

Holy crap you suck Steve! Frig that is so sweet it angers me lol. Reef meet sounds good if you serve wings at the bar.

That's a nice looking room!!

Thanks guys, I have to agree it did turn out quite well :mrgreen:

As for meeting my house, I can handle wings and beer but not taxis :lol:

Why, because you live far away? I thought you said it wasn't that far. :)

Very nice work by the way! I might have missed this but what are the panels themselves?

Yeah it's not THAT far but still far.

The panels are just cut to size drywall painted white.

Wow! That bar is impressive man! It almost takes away from the tank. :lol: Nice work.

That's not such a bad thing :biggrin:

Beer anyone?

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...ps1012979d.jpg