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OceaOtica
Grand Member (8 years) 
Joined: Sep 29, 2003
Posts: 869
From: la, home of Tiki Ti
|  Posted: 2011-07-17 11:00 am Permalink
Slacks, the place is lookin amazing! how are those teleportation pods comin so i can get up there for a drink and a mug?
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Sweet Daddy Tiki
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Joined: Jul 20, 2003
Posts: 1026
From: Edmonton
| Posted: 2011-07-25 6:42 pm Permalink
Tikiwahine & family passing through Calgary this weekend was an excuse for Alberta TC Ohana to gather at the fabulous Kanaloa Lounge.
L to R: Yours truly, Slacks Ferret, Tikiwahine & Logan, Mr. & Mrs. Brandomoai, Tiki A. Moaikingbird.
with the addition of Mr. Tikiwahine (DrunkenMunkey if I remember correctly) & Jasmine (asleep, not shy).
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Brandomoai
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Joined: Mar 05, 2008
Posts: 310
From: Edmonton, AB, Canada
| Posted: 2011-07-25 7:29 pm Permalink
We had a great time, and the bar looks even more amazing in person! Thanks for hosting, Slacks!
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Slacks Ferret
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Oct 02, 2003
Posts: 1173
From: Calgary
| Posted: 2011-07-26 08:38 am Permalink
T'was great to have you folks over. Good to see Tikiwahine again (and meet her husband and little ones) and to finally meet Brandomoai (and his Mrs.). Gary and Mike...not so much.  I keed I keed!
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Polynesiac
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Jan 29, 2004
Posts: 2022
From: San Pedro, CA
| Posted: 2011-07-27 9:43 pm Permalink
Holy hell, slacks. I'd seen your progress pics over the years and now I am totally blown away by how beautiful your home bar is! Your pics during the construction really showcase the amount of work you put into your hideaway and your artistic eye to the attention to detail and placement of your collections. (that mural is AMAZING!). Totally awesome. Like everyone has said, there is so much tikiness that emanates from the pictures, I can only imagine how impressive it must be in person.
Very inspiring, to say the least!
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Kapu Kai in Hi-Fi
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Joined: Aug 25, 2011
Posts: 7 | Posted: 2011-08-25 6:29 pm Permalink
Holy WOW!
What an amazing project. I've begun gathering ideas for a home bar project and yours is very inspiring. Thanks for sharing.
The painting of the concrete floor is brilliant. Do you find the floor too cold (I'm assuming it's in the basement)?
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Slacks Ferret
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Joined: Oct 02, 2003
Posts: 1173
From: Calgary
| Posted: 2011-08-30 10:53 am Permalink
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On 2011-08-25 18:29, Kapu Kai in Hi-Fi wrote:
Do you find the floor too cold (I'm assuming it's in the basement)?
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Good question.
Sometimes, yes. My basement is a cooler space than the rest of the house. I get around it by wearing slippers. Guests have to suffer through it, or until they get to the bamboo rug. I've been considerin' having cheap guest slippers (Not flip flops) with a beach-y theme, but I haven't really found any that slip-on that would suit my vision yet.
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Tikiwahine
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Joined: Apr 09, 2003
Posts: 3288
From: Ontario, Canada
| Posted: 2011-08-30 7:19 pm Permalink
Thanks for posting Slacks, your bar is truly amazing & a wonderful inspiration!
Thank you so much for hosting a wonderful evening! Logan's 'new' Happy Apple is one of his favorite toys 
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Slacks Ferret
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Joined: Oct 02, 2003
Posts: 1173
From: Calgary
| Posted: 2011-09-21 8:31 pm Permalink
Hey Folks. Just wanted to add a few photos of the new "A-Frame-like" entrance and the bamboo curtain that runs along the hallway to the entrance of the Kanaloa Lounge:
This is the same bamboo-print curtain the MadDogMike alerted me towards in another thread.
There's still a bunch o' work to be done on the "entrance experience" to the lounge (gawd... that sounds kinda lame), but these were two large projects towards getting to the goal.
Mahalla fer lookin'
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KAHAKA
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Joined: Mar 03, 2003
Posts: 756
From: San Jose, CA
| Posted: 2011-09-24 12:01 am Permalink
Sweeeeet!!
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harro
Grand Member (first year) 
Joined: Sep 05, 2005
Posts: 672
From: Australia / Argentina
| Posted: 2012-05-30 12:50 am Permalink
Such an awesome home bar!!! Well done, it was worth all the effort you put in. Very inspiring!
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Johnny Dollar
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Joined: Oct 01, 2003
Posts: 2916
From: Baltimore, Maryland, PNG
| Posted: 2012-05-30 05:52 am Permalink
niiice, slax!
you know, you could run a floor heating coil on the floor and pour a topping slab over it - or just put down sand ;D
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Slacks Ferret
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Joined: Oct 02, 2003
Posts: 1173
From: Calgary
| Posted: 2012-05-30 08:10 am Permalink
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On 2012-05-30 05:52, Johnny Dollar wrote:
niiice, slax!
you know, you could run a floor heating coil on the floor and pour a topping slab over it - or just put down sand ;D
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Thanks J$!
True about the floor, but it's really not an issue for me. The basement is pretty well insulated. I find it's perfectly acceptable/livable, even in the dead of Winter. Stone (concrete) gets cold, y'know?
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Slacks Ferret
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Oct 02, 2003
Posts: 1173
From: Calgary
| Posted: 2012-05-30 08:12 am Permalink
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On 2012-05-30 00:50, harro wrote:
Such an awesome home bar!!! Well done, it was worth all the effort you put in. Very inspiring!
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Thanks Harro! You've motivated me to post a few new pics soon! Hello!
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LoriLovesTiki
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Jul 03, 2011
Posts: 469
From: NJ
| Posted: 2012-05-30 10:49 am Permalink
Holy moly, what a bar!
I'll just chime in and repeat what everyone has said. Magnificient work! I am in awe. Makes me want to strive to do 1/10 as good with our bar.
The entrance is great too! Love the A frame.
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