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The Saga of Tiki Lee's Home Tiki Room - Chapter Eleventeen - pg. 8 |
Tiki Lee's
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Joined: Aug 23, 2003
Posts: 772
From: Las Vegas
|  Posted: 2007-06-05 7:06 pm Permalink
Well Friends...
It's taken me 2 1/2 years of living at the "Sanford Arms", but I'm FINALLY starting to build my Tiki Room! Other projects in our "fixer-upper" that we bought back in 2005 have taken precedence, and now that they're (almost) done, it's time for MY room!
I'm doing all the work myself, with the help of a friend that does house rennovations for a living. He's got the cool equipment and the know-how, & I gots da stuff!
I'll take you thru the process in stages. The photos will always be in the same order, so you can get a feeling for the progress as it happens bit by bit.
So, first off, here's a few shots of the room full of what I like to call "raw stock:"
My wife and I spent a night moving as much "raw stock" out of the room as possible to make room to work. Now the rest of the house looks like a hurricane hit it. Every room has something in the way! Even with tons of stuff moved out, there's still a huge "island" of stuff in the middle that had to be covered 'cuz there's nowhere else for it to go.
I think my wife's artwork is GREAT, by the way!
Then came what many consider to be a "Home Sale Killer"; painting the ceiling purple!
The wifie's artwork still intact!
Boy, my wife's gonna KILL ME when she gets home! 
Actually, she wants the ceiling dark as much as I do. It'll give the room a very close and comfy feel, and will also make the fiber optic stars and directional lighting show up much better.
Well, that's it for today. Tomorrow the walls get done. Wish me luck!
Alooooooo - HA!
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Tiki-Kate
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Joined: Sep 21, 2003
Posts: 1700
From: Yucaipa, CA
| Posted: 2007-06-05 7:10 pm Permalink
You're off to a great start, Lee.
What color are the walls going to be?
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pablus
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| Posted: 2007-06-05 7:18 pm Permalink
What are ya, some kind of freak? Paintin' yer ceiling purple!?!
I love it.
Freak on.
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Cammo
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Joined: May 18, 2006
Posts: 1808
From: San Diego
| Posted: 2007-06-05 7:30 pm Permalink
FIBER OPTIC STARS?!
Will they cycle through different colors???
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Mr. NoNaMe
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Joined: May 10, 2006
Posts: 1866 | Posted: 2007-06-05 8:08 pm Permalink
Wow! I dig the purple man. How about some gold spec on the purple? Hmm?
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VampiressRN
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Joined: Nov 23, 2006
Posts: 5086
From: Sin City Lincoln Hills (NorCal)
| Posted: 2007-06-05 9:06 pm Permalink
I like the purple too....that is going to be neat. 
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ZuluMagoo
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Joined: Jun 26, 2002
Posts: 468
From: Denver, CO
| Posted: 2007-06-05 9:11 pm Permalink
Good Luck Lee! Enjoy the journey, now the fun part starts.
Looks like you have a nice space and tons of great 'raw materials' to work with. Keep the photolog coming.
Zulu
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mzoltarp
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Joined: Apr 28, 2006
Posts: 163
From: Bakersfield, California
| Posted: 2007-06-05 9:41 pm Permalink
From one Lee to another, good start Lee!
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ScarabaTiki
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Joined: Nov 30, 2006
Posts: 44
From: Hemet, California
| Posted: 2007-06-06 05:48 am Permalink
A purple ceiling? Excellent! It's going to be fun watching you transform this room. Have fun!
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Chongolio
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Joined: Oct 02, 2002
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From: The Coast of Kauai
| Posted: 2007-06-06 1:59 pm Permalink
I like the Graffiti! Great start Lee. The purple ceiling look cool to me.
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Tiki Lee's
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Joined: Aug 23, 2003
Posts: 772
From: Las Vegas
| Posted: 2007-06-06 7:14 pm Permalink
Aloha Gang!
Thanks for all the encouragement on the Purple Ceiling. It's a pretty un-conventional color, but then, I'm going for a pretty un-conventional room! Besides, my room at the antique mall is the same purple, so I guess it's just a natural fit...
Cammo: I'm getting an LED Fiber Optic Starfield kit that just randomly twinkles the white lights. Colors and shooting star kits cost a bit too much, plus alot of it is going to be obscured by hanging objects.
Mr. No: We were actually going to throw Gold glitter into the wet paint so we could have sparkles, but I forgot to buy some to have on hand on painting day. Maybe I can put a gel in the LED light generatror and have gold stars that way. We'll see if it's possible when the kit gets here.
TikiKate: Your answer is below....
And Now, ON TO TODAY'S PROGRESS!
Today was grasscloth wallpaper day, and we almost got done in the 8 hours we worked on it. Man, is that stuff difficult to work with! You really have to struggle to get it all lined up, and trimming the flash is a bitch 'cuz it's so thick! But, as you can see, the final outcome it worth the extra effort:
This is my buddy Ron (who is doing most of the work) putting up the very first piece.
The Wifie's Graffiti is almost gone now. Sorry Baby!
There's a few pieces above the window and sliding glass door that we'll get to tomorrow, but you can still get a general idea of how the purple and red look together. Also, if you look hard at the middle room photo, you can see my little experiment of how the matting will look on the bottom half of the wall.
Tomorrow, the walls should be finished; luhala matting, bamboo trim and all!
-loha!
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Tiki-Kate
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Joined: Sep 21, 2003
Posts: 1700
From: Yucaipa, CA
| Posted: 2007-06-06 7:19 pm Permalink
I'm loving the purple/red combo. Can't wait to see more.
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Sneakytiki
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Joined: Mar 31, 2003
Posts: 1795
From: Boise, Idaho
| Posted: 2007-06-06 7:39 pm Permalink
VEREEEEEEEEE Interesssssstink....
It looks good, very unique so far. I love the walls!
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sweetpea
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Joined: Jan 14, 2003
Posts: 877
From: Seattle
| Posted: 2007-06-07 08:51 am Permalink
did I see an OWL CLOCK???
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Caber-Net
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Joined: Mar 25, 2002
Posts: 120
From: Manchester, CT
| Posted: 2007-06-07 10:00 am Permalink
Man you got alotta STUFF!
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