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Hukilau Lounge , Kalamazoo. Come get bombed at the bar |
uncle trav
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Joined: Apr 27, 2005
Posts: 1543
From: Kalamazoo
|  Posted: 2007-09-25 2:11 pm Permalink
Welcome to our home lounge.
"Anyone who has ever seen them is thereafter haunted as if by a feverish dream" Karl Woermann
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Lake Surfer
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Joined: Oct 21, 2002
Posts: 3322
From: Milwaukee, WI
| Posted: 2007-09-25 9:19 pm Permalink
That's wild... I have a friend in Racine, WI that has the same kind of shuffleboard floor in his basement bar. Did it come with your place or did you put it down?
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Kabuddhabuddha
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Joined: Jun 20, 2007
Posts: 39
From: Sunny Southwest Florida
| Posted: 2007-09-26 05:45 am Permalink
Looking forward to seeing that done.
Do you have the disks and poles for the shuffle board? If so we need to break them out next summer after some drinks.
Keep it up.
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bamboobeavis
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Joined: Apr 20, 2007
Posts: 12
From: Athens, MI
| Posted: 2007-09-26 1:44 pm Permalink
The pattern on that paper is sweet Uncle Trav, looks like a good choice to cover that white tile with.
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uncle trav
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From: Kalamazoo
| Posted: 2007-09-26 1:50 pm Permalink
Thanks for taking a look. To answer a couple of the questions. The shuffle board was in the bar when we moved in. I do have the pucks and the poles, all original. The bar was built same time as the house 1950 and that's when the shuffle board was laid with the tile. I'll post more pics of the ceiling job a bit later. Thanks again.
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uncle trav
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From: Kalamazoo
| Posted: 2007-09-30 5:22 pm Permalink
I did a little more work on the ceiling today. Got all the paper up and some of the bamboo trim.
This is how it looks with the mood lighting, looks better in person any way.
This with the mood killing white light.
Still have a little more to do. Feels better than the old white ceiling.
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suzanne
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Joined: Mar 31, 2005
Posts: 660
From: A Jet to Paradise
| Posted: 2007-09-30 5:42 pm Permalink
Looks great!
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uncle trav
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From: Kalamazoo
| Posted: 2007-10-08 6:20 pm Permalink
A little more done on the ceiling. I'm no carver so I bought some small pre-finished aspen wood 1 1/2" x 1/2" and went after it with a Dremel tool. I picked an easy design. Some what like a design I have on edge detail of a tapa I have down in the lounge. I drew the design on in pencil and used de-burring bit to cut the design.
After cutting the design I sanded the trim down and rounded the edges. I should have stained the wood but I got lazy and painted it.
Last I highlighted the edge of the zig-zag in mat black paint and the diamond in another lighter earth tone. Cut to fit and installed with screws counter sunk through a couple of the "dot" details. I think it looks best in the mood lighting. It was a first attempt at this kind of thing and should do until I can pick up a few more skills. Thanks for looking.
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Tabu
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Joined: Sep 07, 2004
Posts: 137
From: Port Hope, Ont.
| Posted: 2007-10-08 6:48 pm Permalink
That tapa print paper was a real amazing score. Looks great over your bar. Nice job on the trim. I have'nt seen one of those shuffleboard tile floors since I was a kid in the 70's. Way cool.
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Kabuddhabuddha
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Joined: Jun 20, 2007
Posts: 39
From: Sunny Southwest Florida
| Posted: 2007-10-09 4:22 pm Permalink
Looks too cool Uncle Trav. Can't wait to get back up there and enjoy another amazing night at the Hukilau Lounge. You did a great job on the whole deal. Sissy say's post pictures of your Fabulous 400 and the rest of your house.
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uncle trav
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Joined: Apr 27, 2005
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From: Kalamazoo
| Posted: 2007-10-09 5:55 pm Permalink
Thanks Kabuddhabuddha. You and SavageSissy are our favorite customers. Mai Tais are always flowing. I may post the rest of the house circa 1959 on the beyond tiki thread sometime. "Blast from the cool past". I did put up a new mood light tonight. Took one of my hanging mask and put red craft paper behind the cutouts and a 7 watt bulb behind. No fire danger the bulb is plenty cool. I got a couple of bar stools with your names on them. COME ON UP!!!
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uncle trav
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From: Kalamazoo
| Posted: 2010-03-05 5:55 pm Permalink
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Mr. Pupu Pants
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Joined: Mar 06, 2008
Posts: 332
From: Edmonds, WA
| Posted: 2010-03-05 8:03 pm Permalink
Trav, that is one warm looking but extremely cool place. I really love the atmosphere. It looks like such a great place to hang out with family and friends.
...and I know I've said it before...but that shuffleboard court is sooo awesome.
We had one in our garage when we were growing up and my brother and sister and I spent quite a few rainy Saturdays holding 'super-de-duper-galactic shuffleboard championships' (re-matches had longer and more dramatic titles the longer we played). 
Anyway, hope you have a great weekend!!
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uncle trav
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From: Kalamazoo
| Posted: 2010-03-27 06:31 am Permalink
Thanks for the kind words Mr. Pupu. I thought I would add a fun touch to the home lounge and came up with some cocktail menus. I wanted a vintage feel so I used a mix of classic menu images and edited them and added the cocktail names and printed them out on heavy card stock.
Front
Inside
Back
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Dustycajun
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Joined: Nov 16, 2007
Posts: 3946
From: Santa Barbara, CA
| Posted: 2010-03-27 07:02 am Permalink
Trav,
Those menus are fantastic, great idea. How did you produce them?
DC
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