Shopping for Bamboo Accessories

You don't have to spend hundreds of dollars to enjoy a Singapore Sling in Singapore's Raffles Hotel or savor the best Mai Tai north of Fiji. You can appreciate these classic cocktails right in the comforts of your own home with matching ambiance and furniture.

To closely re-create the Waikiki Beach environment, equip your Tiki bar with classic bamboo Tiki bar stools that cost much less than a plane ticket to an exotic island. There is nothing quite like making use of authentic materials to build a perfect entertaining area for your home.

What are the qualities and uses of bamboo?

Bamboo, often mistaken as a tree, is actually a variety of grass. These plants vary in height, from dwarf varieties growing to just about a foot, to the huge timber species that can grow to over forty meters.

Bamboo plants have an incomparable stately beauty and are now widely cultivated in more temperate climates, although they originally thrived only on mountainsides or dense forests.

Bamboo plants are categorized according to the type of roots they have. "Runners" tend to spread quickly while "clumpers" have roots that gradually spread from their original location. There are also several species that are a combination of these two types. Bamboos that grow in temperate climates are generally runners, while those that thrive in the tropics are clumpers.

Both decorative and useful, bamboo is also used as food. Bamboo is the favorite staple of the giant pandas in China, and the tender shoots are a special ingredient in Oriental dishes. In Asia, where bamboo is highly prolific, it is used as a primary construction material in the manufacture of utensils, kitchen tools, dinnerware, chopsticks and various home accessories.

Faux bamboo

Because bamboo is hard to come by in the Western world, faux bamboo material in the form of PVC has been developed. PVC, like bamboo, can withstand all types of harsh weather and is also easy to maintain. Imitation bamboo Tiki bar stools, as well as faux bamboo Tiki columns, Tiki shelves and a faux Tiki thatched roof, can serve the same purpose as bamboo and reflect the Polynesian spirit to liven up your Tiki parties.

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