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Bora Bora Bamboo Barn with loft |
tikirancher
Grand Member (first year) 
Joined: Mar 26, 2012
Posts: 89
From: Atlanta, GA
|  Posted: 2012-03-28 11:53 am Permalink
Hey Lori,
thanks for the comments, it will be livable since it will have electric and a wet bar...what more do you need? Samoan Fog cutter anyone? Can't wait to camp out in it myself
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VampiressRN
Grand Member (5 years) 
Joined: Nov 23, 2006
Posts: 5085
From: Sin City Lincoln Hills (NorCal)
| Posted: 2012-03-29 8:47 pm Permalink
Your lab has good taste!!! Nice job.
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tikirancher
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Joined: Mar 26, 2012
Posts: 89
From: Atlanta, GA
| Posted: 2012-03-30 11:09 am Permalink
More progress this week...and a couple of sneak previews of cool items waiting to go inside.
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WestADad
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Joined: Mar 31, 2009
Posts: 731
From: Tornado Alley
| Posted: 2012-03-30 12:23 pm Permalink
Nice!
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tikirancher
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Joined: Mar 26, 2012
Posts: 89
From: Atlanta, GA
| Posted: 2012-03-30 12:34 pm Permalink
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On 2012-03-30 12:23, WestADad wrote:
Nice!
This was the front lobby of the hotel we stayed at in Tahaa French Polynesia it is called Le Tahaa...its on a motu off the island. amazing...I will have to attach some pictures from that trip...awesome but 1800 a night
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TikiVato
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Joined: Mar 03, 2009
Posts: 266
From: Whittier, CA
| Posted: 2012-03-31 08:59 am Permalink
Awesome craftsmanship. Looks great, keep the pictures coming.
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tikirancher
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Joined: Mar 26, 2012
Posts: 89
From: Atlanta, GA
| Posted: 2012-04-03 07:19 am Permalink
The roof is finally on and completed! check it out - this was the toughest part so far. I made the ridge cap out of sheathing, tar papered it and then applied the left over thatch from the rolls I bought. 3ft sections at a time. I had about 8 in of thatch left over...nothing like a proper take off before starting.
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tikirancher
Grand Member (first year)
Joined: Mar 26, 2012
Posts: 89
From: Atlanta, GA
| Posted: 2012-04-03 07:21 am Permalink
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On 2012-03-30 12:34, tikirancher wrote:
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On 2012-03-30 12:23, WestADad wrote:
Nice!
This was the front lobby of the hotel we stayed at in Tahaa French Polynesia it is called Le Tahaa...its on a motu off the island. amazing...I will have to attach some pictures from that trip...awesome but 1800 a night
My Wife made this mixed media piece from the photo we took at the resort - I need to make a bamboo frame
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Fallenstar
Grand Member (5 years)
Joined: Nov 01, 2005
Posts: 26
From: Panama City,FL
| Posted: 2012-04-06 4:50 pm Permalink
Wow! That is fantastic. I hope it holds up well to the rains in the Southeast. I am scheming as to the outdoor bar I want to build here in the FL panhandle, but the nasty storms make me worry about doing a thatched roof.
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forgotten tikiman
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Joined: Aug 18, 2011
Posts: 345
From: Forgotten Tiki Room. Pismo Beach, CA
| Posted: 2012-04-06 8:30 pm Permalink
Very cool. You got island fever like the rest of us. Prodject looks awesome. I can tell this is going to be stellar when its done. Aloha!!
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tikirancher
Grand Member (first year)
Joined: Mar 26, 2012
Posts: 89
From: Atlanta, GA
| Posted: 2012-04-16 10:45 am Permalink
This weekend I got a chance to do more work on the barn. Next step was figuring out how to do the walls....well, what I came up with what seems to be a good idea...time will tell. I used 5mm tri ply underlayment (luan) weather sealed it and then stapled reed fencing from Home Depot to give it that tiki feel and a nice texture on the outside. The inside surface will get a nice woven matting like in most tiki room walls. I will use contact cement to apply that and then trim it out with bamboo. Seems to be working...tell me what you think.
Found a great hammock this weekend at a garage sale for 15 bucks! Score
Also planted two banana trees last night in the dark....
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VampiressRN
Grand Member (5 years)
Joined: Nov 23, 2006
Posts: 5085
From: Sin City Lincoln Hills (NorCal)
| Posted: 2012-04-16 6:29 pm Permalink
Wow...that is certainly shaping up nicely. Fun watching the build!!!
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MadDogMike
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Joined: Mar 30, 2008
Posts: 6397
From: The Anvil of the Sun
| Posted: 2012-04-16 8:17 pm Permalink
Looking great and I like the tropical plantings. Be careful though about using "banana" and "hammock" in the same paragraph 
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hang10tiki
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Joined: Jul 18, 2010
Posts: 1969
From: Las Vegas
| Posted: 2012-04-16 10:19 pm Permalink
lookin good
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TheFrikiTiki
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Joined: Sep 25, 2011
Posts: 3
From: Mississauga Canada
| Posted: 2012-04-22 09:43 am Permalink
Really nice work!
Can't wait to see it finished
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