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Chuck Tatum is Tiki
Tiki Socialite
Joined: May 12, 2011
Posts: 1674
From: Southern Cailifornia
|  Posted: 2011-07-21 10:35 pm Permalink
Isn't it great to have your own Tiki place to hang after a hard days work.
Nice TikiVato, keep up the great work.
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Tiki Zen
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Mar 15, 2007
Posts: 352
From: Too far from the beach Bowling Green, KY
| Posted: 2011-07-22 07:27 am Permalink
You are a master of re-purposing furniture - I'm in awe.
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Trader Mitch
Tiki Centralite
Joined: Mar 16, 2011
Posts: 25
From: Lake Forest Park, WA
| Posted: 2011-07-22 10:40 am Permalink
I just discovered your bar today. What an awesome transformation! Love your curved bar. Did you make the tapa for it? It's perfect.
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arriano
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Jun 13, 2006
Posts: 1122
From: Birdland - San Diego
| Posted: 2011-07-22 1:33 pm Permalink
Awesome work.
Question - Did you leave the bar top all marked up like that, or did you refinish it somehow. Just curious.
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TikiVato
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Mar 03, 2009
Posts: 266
From: Whittier, CA
| Posted: 2011-07-22 3:21 pm Permalink
Chuck Tatum, I am retired so when I am not out hunting tiki, my wife and I like hanging out in our little get-a-way. Thanks for the encouragement.
Tiki Zen, Thanks, I try to recycle when possible.
Trader Mitch, I bought the tapa at a Tongan festivity.
Arriano, I put some matting on it. I will tile it someday. Thanks for reminding me.
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sur2baja
Tiki Centralite
Joined: Dec 01, 2006
Posts: 27 | Posted: 2011-07-22 8:11 pm Permalink
Love that bar!
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VampiressRN
Grand Member (5 years) 
Joined: Nov 23, 2006
Posts: 5085
From: Sin City Lincoln Hills (NorCal)
| Posted: 2011-07-22 8:44 pm Permalink
Nice job on the bar...keep up the great work!!!
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TikiVato
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Mar 03, 2009
Posts: 266
From: Whittier, CA
| Posted: 2011-07-28 11:33 pm Permalink
I just got back from a week down in Baja. At a local pottery, I found a tiki head made of red clay. Fits right into my wife's patio. Slowly finding more decorations for her.
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TorchGuy
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Apr 24, 2008
Posts: 200
From: Renton, WA
| Posted: 2011-07-30 06:52 am Permalink
Love it! For a novice, you're doing great! Coulda fooled me if I'd walked into your bar.
Me, I'd leave the carved-up bar top exposed. Call it history. Gives the impression that the bar is old. It's mock wear-and-tear, just make up tales of the colorful people who visited your tiki bar back in the 50s and left their mark.
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WestADad
Grand Member (2 years) 
Joined: Mar 31, 2009
Posts: 731
From: Tornado Alley
| Posted: 2011-07-30 07:51 am Permalink
Love all the things you've done, they all look great. I'd love to hang out with you there, I'll bring some rum.
Mahalo!
Chris
WestADad
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TikiVato
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Mar 03, 2009
Posts: 266
From: Whittier, CA
| Posted: 2011-07-30 11:01 am Permalink
I'll give it some thought about leaving the bar top as is.
West, when in town, give me holler, my brother and I craft a mean Trader Vic recipe Mai Tai.
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little lost tiki
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Jun 12, 2006
Posts: 7459
From: Orange,CA-right near the Circle!
| Posted: 2011-07-30 11:30 am Permalink
Hey TikiVato!
The Tiki Nui is looking AWESOME!
Great work!
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WestADad
Grand Member (2 years)
Joined: Mar 31, 2009
Posts: 731
From: Tornado Alley
| Posted: 2011-07-30 2:08 pm Permalink
Those look delicious!
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gold zephyr
Tiki Centralite
Joined: Jun 29, 2010
Posts: 87
From: Los Angaleeze
| Posted: 2011-08-01 3:55 pm Permalink
Orale tiki vato, working hard and hardly working at same time! Will have to look you up next time I'm at OA!
Oscar
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TikiVato
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Mar 03, 2009
Posts: 266
From: Whittier, CA
| Posted: 2012-07-20 09:21 am Permalink
I just came across a deal on large bamboo and some thatch. I decided to try to build an A-frame to the side entrance to the Tiki Nui. Without any experience or plans, my buddy and I put together the frame from images I remember from A-Frames I've seen here in tiki central.
We starting attaching the thatch from the bottom up.
Took some evening shots. Lighting is from green patio light and red LED lights I attached to top of float.
Here's one with only red LEDs
I have to rope all the joints and a few other finishing touches.
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Mahalo,
TikiVato
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