Making my Tiki Paradise--1 new pic added 6/05 - Tiki Carving

P pariartspaul Member Martiniland, California Joined: Dec 20, 2003 Posts: 159	P pariartspaul Posted posted on Mon, Feb 28, 2005 6:57 AM That looks so fabulous and huge! You are ready for a proper Luau now. Looks like something right out of Hawaii. Once your landscaping grows in it will be incredible. Is that a little king palm in the last picture? More, more! They look so great when they get big. And those giant birds of paradise? will get huge in a couple of years also. Great start. For your wood posts, they would look great stained or painted dark. You know there's a simple way to give rectangular posts a real nice tiki look without weakening them. You can take a router with a sign bit, one of those that makes a 'v' groove -and it is easy to carve in geometric patterns like concentric rectangles and stuff. It gives a real nice hand carved look and looks real good painted. Just a suggestion. Your going to have a great summer back there, thanks for showing us! Paul

That looks so fabulous and huge! You are ready for a proper Luau now. Looks like something right out of Hawaii. Once your landscaping grows in it will be incredible. Is that a little king palm in the last picture? More, more! They look so great when they get big. And those giant birds of paradise? will get huge in a couple of years also. Great start.

For your wood posts, they would look great stained or painted dark. You know there's a simple way to give rectangular posts a real nice tiki look without weakening them. You can take a router with a sign bit, one of those that makes a 'v' groove -and it is easy to carve in geometric patterns like concentric rectangles and stuff. It gives a real nice hand carved look and looks real good painted. Just a suggestion.

Your going to have a great summer back there, thanks for showing us!
Paul

Post #143660 by pariartspaul on Mon, Feb 28, 2005 6:57 AM