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Slacks Ferret
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Joined: Oct 02, 2003
Posts: 1175
From: Calgary
|  Posted: 2010-03-03 7:43 pm Permalink
Hey thanks everyone! It's so awesome to read the encouraging comments. Especially since some of you have such beautiful tiki spaces yrselves (I'm looking at you Lake Surfer and Zulu Magoo)...
I have a few photo updates. Last night I started stamping the tapa patterns on the soffit. I have to thank Howland and Tikiville for inspiring me to try it, but in all honesty, I've been dreading this step. I just wasn't sure if I'd be able to make it look authentic enough. Anyway, here are some snapshots:
Yes, that is me with the mutton chops SDT.
I DO like how the pattern melds with the pot lights.
But overall, I'm still not sure if I like it yet...and I'll prolly feel better about it when I'm done. I guess I can live with it for now.
A question: Does anyone have any ideas for the ceiling? I'm thinking burlap with bamboo accents at this time...Your thoughts?
Mahalo again everyone!
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skootiki
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Joined: Oct 04, 2009
Posts: 367
From: fallbrook,ca
| Posted: 2010-03-03 7:46 pm Permalink
I saw this new forum and this was the first thread........INCREDIBLE! I was so enthralled that I didn't even notice that you made your own tiles for the bar untill I scrolled through it again. Fantastic work, I am jealous and inspired at the same time.
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TIKIVILLE
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Sep 22, 2008
Posts: 635
From: Edmonton Alberta Canada
| Posted: 2010-03-04 11:20 am Permalink
I dig your stamped tapa...alot more refined than then the sloppy one I'm still chipping away at .
I find real TAPA for reasonable prices (sometimes) on ebay,and Michaels usually has black fishing nets ( best thing to do is buy something cheap and get a 50% off cupon and then buy the net or wit till the weekend flyers in the paper for cupons)and fill the ceiling with nets!
Or yeah your burlap idea is another ,I've purchease burlap by the meter for less than 3 dollars...
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ashman_atl
Tiki Centralite
Joined: Feb 23, 2010
Posts: 79
From: Atlanta, GA
| Posted: 2010-03-04 12:05 pm Permalink
Tapa stampage is looking real good. Are you using a Speedball type product for the stamps or woodcuts? Great designs. How much effort and $$ do you want to put into that ceiling? Seagrass looks great, but the idea about the netting is a good way to get effect at low cost and save your back.
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Mongoloid
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Joined: Apr 25, 2008
Posts: 555
From: Long Beach
| Posted: 2010-03-04 2:49 pm Permalink
Very Impressive!!! (understatement)
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pablus
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Joined: Jul 23, 2003
Posts: 2146
From: www.crazedmugs.com
| Posted: 2010-03-06 10:00 am Permalink
Yes, that rock wall is probably the coolest thing I've ever seen in a bar.
The rest of the place is first rate, too.
Nicely done.
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Kon-Hemsby
Grand Member (8 years) 
Joined: Sep 17, 2003
Posts: 1225
From: Andover, England
| Posted: 2010-03-07 07:45 am Permalink
Great work on the tapa and that rocl wall is truly awesome.
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surfer rob
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Joined: Mar 08, 2010
Posts: 2 | Posted: 2010-03-09 12:23 pm Permalink
man- that is awesome. Nice work!
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tobunga
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Joined: Apr 12, 2008
Posts: 896 | Posted: 2010-03-09 2:25 pm Permalink
WOW! I am completely blown away!
Glad to see all of the progress shots, the mural with the lighting effects looks fantastic!
Absolutely stunning!
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Slacks Ferret
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Joined: Oct 02, 2003
Posts: 1175
From: Calgary
| Posted: 2010-03-11 8:50 pm Permalink
Thanks again folks! Here's a few recent shots:
The bar with the bottles (and mood-killing flash):
And again:
The soffit is done, the Witco is up:
This is a side I haven't really shown much. It's kind of been a dirty little secret so far...In the near future I will be putting wood planks on the walls. That wood will have a busted nautical wreck appearance. Through a hole in the wreckage you will be able to spy the fish tank that will sit on that shelf:
Shots of the bar with different light:
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bigbrotiki
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Joined: Mar 25, 2002
Posts: 10566
From: Tiki Island, above the Silverlake
| Posted: 2010-03-13 12:03 am Permalink
That is just crazy! Making your own tapa, tiles, lava....your place is a GESAMTKUNSTWERK!
It makes me wish I could come by with a lighting package and replicate the mood one will experience in person in photos.
And I wish I had the time to view every thread on this whole amazing, exploding home bar section on TC. Mindboggling work, y'all!
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Trailerpark Tiki
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Joined: Mar 27, 2010
Posts: 321
From: Las Vegas
| Posted: 2010-04-01 2:04 pm Permalink
Great work! An inspiration indeed. Love the mural and the tapa cloth.
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Slacks Ferret
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Oct 02, 2003
Posts: 1175
From: Calgary
| Posted: 2010-06-11 11:03 pm Permalink
Thanks for the kind words folks! It's cool when you can get kudos from a guy like Sven.
Here's a few newer shots. I've been (very slowly) plugging away at getting the ceiling finished. I'm not near the end yet, but I thought I'd post a few progress shots anyway:
I've started adding a bit of the "shipwreck wood":
Here's just a few more random shots of the room:
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Brandomoai
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Joined: Mar 05, 2008
Posts: 310
From: Edmonton, AB, Canada
| Posted: 2010-06-13 11:10 pm Permalink
Everything looks great! I think the important question is... when do we get to see it in person??
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Murph
Grand Member (4 years) 
Joined: Jul 11, 2006
Posts: 673
From: SoCal
| Posted: 2010-06-14 12:28 am Permalink
Awesome!
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