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Smuggler Joe's Emporium of Exotica |
SmugglerJoe
Tiki Centralite
Joined: Jul 07, 2010
Posts: 11 |  Posted: 2010-07-07 7:25 pm Permalink
Have been lurking for about 3yrs and the addiction has taken full hold we are onto the bar after the mugs and the music why fight the tiki in me anymore....So the first thing we did was to enclose the patio with a railing and then the bar its not close to being done as I end up working on it 1 day a week and have very little funds for any projects. The siding of the bar is recycled from a Gypsy Wagon from my Ren Faire days...
The wagon sat behind the garage for years until I got the Tiki bug. I only have a few pics and am much farther along now but the ideas for the bar evolve and continue. Still need bamboo trim probably from pvc pipe. My initial trials with fake bamboo impressed me so it will be aded. Have diceded on a tin roof didsnt want extra fire hazards here and so far hated the look of thatching i bought. Then fountains, sand box behind bar, lighting, bar top,etc etc etc. So here are a few pics more to come soon...
The weather here is very hot in summer 115+ in Redding Ca. so sure im going to have to invest in silk plants. The goal is to have the misters on, the drinks flowing and sitting on the patio as cool as possible surrounded by the sound of water and exotica foliage birds calling in the distance and.........
well you get the point...
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Wayfarer
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Jun 03, 2009
Posts: 290
From: Mamlakat al-Baḥrayn
| Posted: 2010-07-08 02:13 am Permalink
Sounds like you have a good start, good luck!
Oh, and welcome aboard.
[ This Message was edited by: Wayfarer 2010-07-08 02:20 ]
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MadDogMike
Grand Member (3 years) 
Joined: Mar 30, 2008
Posts: 6403
From: The Anvil of the Sun
| Posted: 2010-07-08 11:14 am Permalink
Nice start! Here's a link to a TC thread on Faux Bamboo but some of the pics are missing. Here's aother method that I tried and liked.
I live in El Centro CA, between you and Hell. I use real plants that will grow and add tropical silk flowers 
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ka'lenatiki
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Nov 13, 2009
Posts: 184
From: redding ca.
| Posted: 2010-07-10 9:21 pm Permalink
Welcome and great to see pics of your bar. Be good to see it done with a Mai Tai 
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SmugglerJoe
Tiki Centralite
Joined: Jul 07, 2010
Posts: 11 | Posted: 2010-07-12 10:10 pm Permalink
Well 2 days off and not much done i wanted to get done but, temp bar top went on, wood for roof up fountain 75% done and some walls and posts stained, got the tiki on the deck and misters are up and working. pics to come this weekend
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SmugglerJoe
Tiki Centralite
Joined: Jul 07, 2010
Posts: 11 | Posted: 2010-07-14 6:21 pm Permalink
start of the witchdoctor fountain.I wrapped orange rope lights so it glows through the volcanic rock at night still need to pain up the skull and adorn it with its jewels, paint the planter in the barrel or age it so its not so orange...started tossing my change into the fountain at night when I get home from work think there is about 20 bucks in there lol.
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SmugglerJoe
Tiki Centralite
Joined: Jul 07, 2010
Posts: 11 | Posted: 2010-07-15 8:41 pm Permalink
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thetmaxx
Tiki Centralite
Joined: Jun 22, 2010
Posts: 12 | Posted: 2010-07-15 11:22 pm Permalink
Does the inside of the bar have cabinets or anyhitng? I'm trying to figure out how I will do that.
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atomictonytiki
Grand Member (8 years) 
Joined: May 14, 2002
Posts: 1267
From: Bangkok
| Posted: 2010-07-16 03:33 am Permalink
Nice fountain, I like that skull idea alot. You could do a version of it with a skeleton in a cook pot.
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Bau
Tiki Centralite
Joined: Jul 27, 2010
Posts: 40 | Posted: 2010-08-02 8:48 pm Permalink
yeah that fountain is neat!
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SmugglerJoe
Tiki Centralite
Joined: Jul 07, 2010
Posts: 11 | Posted: 2011-02-13 8:35 pm Permalink
With the spring like weather, its time to get the Emporium cleaned up and restocked. Ye cursed pirates fountain is almost done now and the Emporium of Exotica itself got some new paint. More to come...
Smuggler Joe
[ This Message was edited by: SmugglerJoe 2011-02-13 20:38 ]
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SmugglerJoe
Tiki Centralite
Joined: Jul 07, 2010
Posts: 11 | Posted: 2011-02-13 8:37 pm Permalink
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Lodge 9
Tiki Centralite
Joined: Mar 22, 2010
Posts: 29
From: Wylie Texas
| Posted: 2011-02-14 05:11 am Permalink
Love the Foutain, Great idea!
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VampiressRN
Grand Member (5 years) 
Joined: Nov 23, 2006
Posts: 5086
From: Sin City Lincoln Hills (NorCal)
| Posted: 2011-02-14 05:50 am Permalink
WOW...that fountain is awesome....GREAT JOB!!!
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teaKEY
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Nov 09, 2004
Posts: 3663
From: The thumb !
| Posted: 2011-02-15 3:08 pm Permalink
Like that fountain too but that glass ball is looking to be netted up.
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