Danny (Tiki Diablo) Praise!! - General Tiki

S SeekingTiki Member Joined: Jun 11, 2004 Posts: 40	S SeekingTiki Posted posted on Mon, Aug 9, 2004 12:04 PM What seems like yesterday, we decided we needed a bar for the “Luana Lounge”. It’s kind of hard to have a home bar when you don’t have a bar so I called Danny (a.k.a. Tiki Diablo) and we talked about a few ideas. I tried to draw a picture of my vision but what came out was a very primitive sketch of a tiki style Manhattan bar. I really hoped he could see my vision hidden under this terrible drawing. We didn’t have enough space to do a walk behind bar so we improvised and came up with an cool bar that could seat a few people and also the bartender of the moment would have enough space to whip up some crazy concoctions. We hired Danny because after 5 or 10 minutes on the phone after receiving my drawing he was like yeah I can do this and starting telling me about all these ideas he had. I said let’s do it. We needed it by Aug 7th for the Luau. He agreed and we sent over some money to get this started. He called a few times in the beginning asking questions like how big the entire area is, how big is your bar fridge etc. He called me Thursday and said he had finished the carvings and gave me teasers, asked me what color I wanted the lights etc. I was getting excited and called vwtikigirl at work to discuss all the details. Well I’ll skip ahead just a little. Aug 7th came and the Luau was only a few hours away. Danny called let me know he was in route and that the bar was done and would be installed later. Danny showed up and WOW!!!! I could see only bits as the blanket was being removed and he was untying the ropes. He started to hand misc pieces to the guys waiting to help move it in. finally the last blanket was removed and I saw it! It was so exciting I had to go get another drink. After an hour he had it completely installed in the space. I have to tell you Danny was very professional and the craftsmanship is unbelievable. Now that I have you all wondering what he built TA DA! I give to you the official bar of the “Luana Lounge” The bar is 9ft 10in long This thing would make MacGyver jealous! It has lights and outlets for a blender, a removable bar cart for booze, enough counter space for anything, and the entire bar is hinged so you can store the stools inside, (ha-ha I said stools) a carved back splash, carved panels, and black bamboo. I keep finding more things as I look at it. We still have to do the wall treatments in the bar area but it will be coming soon! More detailed pictures are found here. http://www.tikibug.com/bar/ I want to thank these guys for helping us get the bar in place: Tiki Diablo, Polynesian Pop, King Kukulele ,Cousin Dave, Swampfire, Adam, Tim and well if you helped thanks it’s kind of blurry to me! [ Edited by: SeekingTiki on 2004-08-09 14:02 ]

What seems like yesterday, we decided we needed a bar for the “Luana Lounge”. It’s kind of hard to have a home bar when you don’t have a bar so I called Danny (a.k.a. Tiki Diablo) and we talked about a few ideas. I tried to draw a picture of my vision but what came out was a very primitive sketch of a tiki style Manhattan bar. I really hoped he could see my vision hidden under this terrible drawing. We didn’t have enough space to do a walk behind bar so we improvised and came up with an cool bar that could seat a few people and also the bartender of the moment would have enough space to whip up some crazy concoctions.

We hired Danny because after 5 or 10 minutes on the phone after receiving my drawing he was like yeah I can do this and starting telling me about all these ideas he had. I said let’s do it. We needed it by Aug 7th for the Luau. He agreed and we sent over some money to get this started. He called a few times in the beginning asking questions like how big the entire area is, how big is your bar fridge etc. He called me Thursday and said he had finished the carvings and gave me teasers, asked me what color I wanted the lights etc. I was getting excited and called vwtikigirl at work to discuss all the details. Well I’ll skip ahead just a little. Aug 7th came and the Luau was only a few hours away. Danny called let me know he was in route and that the bar was done and would be installed later.

Danny showed up and WOW!!!! I could see only bits as the blanket was being removed and he was untying the ropes. He started to hand misc pieces to the guys waiting to help move it in. finally the last blanket was removed and I saw it! It was so exciting I had to go get another drink. After an hour he had it completely installed in the space. I have to tell you Danny was very professional and the craftsmanship is unbelievable. Now that I have you all wondering what he built TA DA! I give to you the official bar of the “Luana Lounge”

The bar is 9ft 10in long

This thing would make MacGyver jealous!

It has lights and outlets for a blender, a removable bar cart for booze, enough counter space for anything, and the entire bar is hinged so you can store the stools inside, (ha-ha I said stools) a carved back splash, carved panels, and black bamboo. I keep finding more things as I look at it. We still have to do the wall treatments in the bar area but it will be coming soon!

More detailed pictures are found here.

http://www.tikibug.com/bar/

I want to thank these guys for helping us get the bar in place:
Tiki Diablo, Polynesian Pop, King Kukulele ,Cousin Dave, Swampfire, Adam, Tim and well if you helped thanks it’s kind of blurry to me!

[ Edited by: SeekingTiki on 2004-08-09 14:02 ]

Post #107181 by SeekingTiki on Mon, Aug 9, 2004 12:04 PM