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Puamana & Selector Lopaka's backyard Bali Hai |
Sassattack
Tiki Centralite
Joined: Dec 03, 2003
Posts: 14
From: Albuquerque
|  Posted: 2004-01-07 4:46 pm Permalink
Okay Selector, can you give me a hint of where you live so that my stalking duties will be a bit easier. I live near Stan the Bamboo guy (if you know where he lives) in North Seattle.
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mattfink
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Joined: May 05, 2003
Posts: 579
From: Detroit
| Posted: 2004-01-08 07:18 am Permalink
Beautiful!!! Even in the depths of winter!
Matt
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Benzart
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Joined: Jan 09, 2004
Posts: 10306
From: Port Saint Lucie, Florida
| Posted: 2004-01-14 8:02 pm Permalink
Man oh man, what a nice place. That would be a great carving studio.
Great carvings also.
As I'm goin' thru these pages , I'm just seeing too much good stuff, don't know if I can handle it.
Envious
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Rorysm
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Joined: Mar 17, 2003
Posts: 161 | Posted: 2004-01-16 08:36 am Permalink
growing up here in Kentucky my mom always had a bananna tree outside, but we always dug up the new sprouts at the end of summer and brought them in. The big tree always died, but the little ones grew inside all winter (in some light) and did fine the next year. I bought a little tree late in summer and brought it in, it's growing pretty quick in my sunroom.
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Benzart
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Joined: Jan 09, 2004
Posts: 10306
From: Port Saint Lucie, Florida
| Posted: 2004-01-18 7:25 pm Permalink
As RevBambooBen said "A little pool acid goes a long way"..Here is an Example of coloration for a rooftop made from the same metal as yours .
Don't get me wrong, your whole back yard has Me and Many others drooling as it is but if you were going to change the color or look of the roof, there are ways besides thatch. This roof was painted and then chemically Aged.
thanks for getting us all drooled up,
Benzart
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Unga Bunga
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Joined: Jun 06, 2003
Posts: 5734
From: CaliTikifornia
| Posted: 2004-01-18 8:08 pm Permalink
Well Puamana,
Regarding your question about raising the property value? A most definite, YYYYEEEESSSSSSS!!!!
This will definitely go under on the,“Tiki Central's Masterpiece” archives.
I now have to get to my bar and start workin (no, not drinkin) on it some more, thanks to your inspiration.
Enjoy it !!
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Polynesiac
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Joined: Jan 29, 2004
Posts: 2020
From: San Pedro, CA
| Posted: 2004-03-03 09:40 am Permalink
Well I just found this through a link in another thread and...OOH MY GOD! Your tiki hut is absolutely beautiful. The construction is awesome, the carvings are awesome, the lights are awesome, the plants are awesome...ah, hell, YOU'RE awesome!
Thanks for posting these pics, and special thanks to the TC member who posted the link to this thread.
I can't wait to see pics from this spring!
I'll bet your mai tais taste even better under that tiki hut!
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Benzart
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Joined: Jan 09, 2004
Posts: 10306
From: Port Saint Lucie, Florida
| Posted: 2004-03-03 7:43 pm Permalink
I've had that #8 picture as my Desktop background since I been here I think. That is just too great .I'll keep lookin at it every day and maybe I'll get my yard done some day
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Selector Lopaka
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Joined: May 07, 2003
Posts: 204
From: Jet City
| Posted: 2004-03-04 12:11 am Permalink
Mahalo for the most recent responses y'all. Thanks for the roof treatment tips too. We also can't wait for spring back there. Things are stirring though. Bulbs are beginning to pop up, and our landscaper friends will be coming over soon for a post-winter assessment of the plant life. It's hard to tell what has survived. A mega-mulching will occur soon as well. We'll post more photos when the time is right.
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BARNETT
Tiki Centralite
Joined: Dec 02, 2003
Posts: 82
From: SanAntonio, Tx.
| Posted: 2004-03-04 12:30 am Permalink
Outta sight!! I am totally envious! 
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monkeyskull
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Joined: May 08, 2004
Posts: 260
From: Seattle
| Posted: 2004-05-08 11:43 pm Permalink
Wow, beautiful -- and right here in Seattle!
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dogbytes
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Joined: Mar 24, 2002
Posts: 2240
From: seattle, wa
| Posted: 2004-05-09 02:02 am Permalink
how did i miss this thread for almost 9 months?? omgosh your yard is incredible! it absolutely reminds me of the bali hai grounds in san diego..
the tikis were carved by Fast Eddie, right?
did all your plants survive the winter? did you do anything special for the banana plant?
awesome..
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tikitortured
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Joined: Apr 08, 2004
Posts: 329
From: Huntington Beach Ca.
| Posted: 2004-05-13 9:06 pm Permalink
Just came across yer pics and...they brought a tear to my eye. Can I spend the night at yer house, I'll sleep in the backyard.
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SES
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Sep 14, 2003
Posts: 992 | Posted: 2004-09-25 2:53 pm Permalink
So how does it look 1 yr later?
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Selector Lopaka
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Joined: May 07, 2003
Posts: 204
From: Jet City
| Posted: 2004-10-06 7:22 pm Permalink
Here's a few shots of one year later in the Backyard Bali Hai, which includes the addition of a Witco "Big Joe" that we found last year at an antique mall north of Seattle. He was pretty weathered already, so we slapped a coat of sealer on him and put him outside next to some recently transplanted black bamboo.
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