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phinz
Grand Member (first year) 
Joined: Dec 30, 2007
Posts: 195
From: Southeast of Disorder
|  Posted: 2010-08-03 3:30 pm Permalink
So, we started out with our version of a tiki/Caribbean/coastal bar, much like our favorite bars in our favorite places. It grew and got cramped. I know it's not "pure tiki" but it was our little hole-in-the-wall, literally.
Tiki65 gives the thumbs up.
That's all about to change. Stay tuned. We're expanding the bar and moving it across the basement. 600 square feet to be exact. Stay tuned for pictures. The contractors come in sometime in the next couple of weeks to install flooring and a sink and I'll be posting progress pictures. We're moving toward more of a midcentury/traditional style. We've been collecting furniture, parts (like a two-door, slide-top beer cooler) and decor to begin. Any who were at Hukilau saw the Adrian Pearsall couch that was part of the Moderna Muerte display. That's now in our basement and is just the beginning, to go with our new-to-us Mai Kai chairs. Can't wait until we get this show on the road!
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lucas vigor
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Joined: May 12, 2004
Posts: 3453
From: "I've chopped my way through real jungle
| Posted: 2010-08-03 4:04 pm Permalink
This is in your house? Wow! Most awesome!
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phinz
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Joined: Dec 30, 2007
Posts: 195
From: Southeast of Disorder
| Posted: 2010-08-03 5:48 pm Permalink
Thanks. You can see more pictures of gatherings, progression, pictures with the bar as a backdrop, etc. here.
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lucas vigor
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Posts: 3453
From: "I've chopped my way through real jungle
| Posted: 2010-08-06 6:17 pm Permalink
Looks like a cozy and inviting place, Phinz! If I had a place like that, I would probably never leave my house!
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MustangScott
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Joined: Feb 17, 2010
Posts: 22 | Posted: 2010-08-07 8:29 pm Permalink
The lighting looks amazing and highlights all the hard work perfectly!
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phinz
Grand Member (first year)
Joined: Dec 30, 2007
Posts: 195
From: Southeast of Disorder
| Posted: 2010-08-24 4:19 pm Permalink
It has begun...
Dismantling the old bar area to move the bar to the new area.
Bar placed in its approximate location.
Everything moved to the wood-floored side for carpet repair in the old bar area.
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pennjones
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Joined: May 27, 2010
Posts: 66
From: Sarasota, FL
| Posted: 2010-08-24 6:01 pm Permalink
Trader Scott, your place was already GRRRRREAT! But now that you've expanded it's looking like it will be spectacular! The bar area already looks great!
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TikiG
Grand Member (2 years) 
Joined: Jun 17, 2008
Posts: 1519
From: Palmdale, California
| Posted: 2010-08-24 6:21 pm Permalink
Can't wait to see more progress shots phinz - such a great room to work with...Thanks for posting in advance. G
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Club Nouméa
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Joined: May 03, 2010
Posts: 326
From: Wanganui
| Posted: 2010-08-24 6:21 pm Permalink
Wow - it's HUGE!!!
You've got to include a stage. How about a bowling alley too while you're at it?
I'll be watching this thread with interest.
Best wishes,
CN
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phinz
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Joined: Dec 30, 2007
Posts: 195
From: Southeast of Disorder
| Posted: 2010-08-29 8:09 pm Permalink
Base of the bar is in.
Bar area is a little over 13' long by about 10' deep. Enough to get two bartenders (and maybe even three) behind the bar without them tripping over each other.
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VampiressRN
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Joined: Nov 23, 2006
Posts: 5089
From: Sin City Lincoln Hills (NorCal)
| Posted: 2010-08-30 6:29 pm Permalink
Wow...that is gonna be one big bar...you should even have room for torch dancing and a limbo line!!!
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phinz
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Posts: 195
From: Southeast of Disorder
| Posted: 2010-09-09 3:28 pm Permalink
Wooohooo!!! Major part of the bar arrived and is in the garage. Installation tonight!
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phinz
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Joined: Dec 30, 2007
Posts: 195
From: Southeast of Disorder
| Posted: 2010-09-11 9:33 pm Permalink
Cooler is in place (excuse the stuff stacked on top). Dishwasher will be modified to blend in once we get to the decorating/modifying stage.
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A bit of deconstruction to fix some minor things.
Beginning to build the sidebar/prep counter top with variegated strand bamboo flooring.
Starting the puzzle that is the sidebar/prep area.
Mrs. Tiki 65 gives a cheers. Countertop is assembled. Tomorrow it will be pinned and glued in place, then we start on the main bartop.
And Tiki 65 is wiped out after a 20 hour day (he was up at 5 for work and then came over for tiki bar assembly)
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phinz
Grand Member (first year)
Joined: Dec 30, 2007
Posts: 195
From: Southeast of Disorder
| Posted: 2010-09-13 2:05 pm Permalink
Laying in and gluing/toenailing the sidebar lower top.
Bar faced with OSB as subsurface for final overlay.
Note lights and plugs on the inside of the bar.
Bartop base test fit.
Visualizing the next stage of bar surfacing.
The LED lights go up into a groove routed on the underside of the bartop.
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McTiki
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Joined: Aug 22, 2004
Posts: 1939
From: Sunny Florida
| Posted: 2010-09-15 03:17 am Permalink
WHOOOOA!
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