Enchanted Tiki Nursery - General Tiki

J joefla70 Tiki Socialite Fort Lauderdale Joined: Jan 17, 2005 Posts: 368	J joefla70 Posted posted on Mon, Apr 18, 2005 8:28 PM Ok, I tried to fix the pictures. I hope it worked. Tikilicious: Thanks for all of the great suggestions, Lenore. To answer your question, the reason why the walls were that color (they are actually a cream color, but look white-ish in the pictures) is because I had the whole house done that way when I bought it. It is a textured finish that was trowled onto the walls. Before I bought it, the entire house was wallpapered with grass cloth from the 1980s. What a pain in the ass it was to get it down. The previous owner even put the wallpaper on the vaulted ceiling, if you can believe that! I didn't get out to the Tiki Torch Night last week. Actually, I have never actually met anyone from TC in person (except for the time I unexpectedly ran into BigBro at the Mai Kai a few months ago). I didn't even know TC existed until last spring. I actually discovered it while I was searching online for ideas, music, decorating tips, etc. for a "co-ed wedding shower luau" that we were throwing for friends of ours who were supposed to go to Hawaii for their honeymoon, but were not able to go. So, we figured we would bring Hawaii to them. I had SO MUCH FUN planning that party in the months before it, that I really got into the whole tiki thing much more than I had already been. It was about that time that I started going to Mai Kai a lot more than I had in the past. I never realized what a special thing we had here in Ft. Lauderdale... and that I was taking it for granted! It was at that time I learned about TC and all of the events, like Hukilau. I REALLY wanted to come out to Hukilau last year, even though I did not know anybody, but unforunately I was a little too busy putting hurricane shutters on my house and my parent's house that entire weekend! I was surprised to later learn that the Mai Kai still opened up for it. I used to go to Mai Kai all the time for happy hour. (love those 2 for 1 rum barrels!). But with the arrival of the baby, the wife and I don't get out too much anymore! I fear my happy hour days have come to a screeching halt! But maybe we'll see you there this Thursday night or some other night we can find a baby sitter. I would love to see the decorative items that you are working on... both the baby and non-baby items. It never ceases to amaze me how talented the artists are on TC as I peruse the "Creating Tiki" section of TC. I hope to see your items there soon. Thank you for your kind words about the room. I'm glad you liked it. That means a lot coming from an artist such as yourself. I will definitely keep your suggestions in mind as I tinker and add too the room. :o) Hope to meet you and Steve soon. Joe

Ok, I tried to fix the pictures. I hope it worked.

Tikilicious: Thanks for all of the great suggestions, Lenore. To answer your question, the reason why the walls were that color (they are actually a cream color, but look white-ish in the pictures) is because I had the whole house done that way when I bought it. It is a textured finish that was trowled onto the walls. Before I bought it, the entire house was wallpapered with grass cloth from the 1980s. What a pain in the ass it was to get it down. The previous owner even put the wallpaper on the vaulted ceiling, if you can believe that!

I didn't get out to the Tiki Torch Night last week. Actually, I have never actually met anyone from TC in person (except for the time I unexpectedly ran into BigBro at the Mai Kai a few months ago). I didn't even know TC existed until last spring. I actually discovered it while I was searching online for ideas, music, decorating tips, etc. for a "co-ed wedding shower luau" that we were throwing for friends of ours who were supposed to go to Hawaii for their honeymoon, but were not able to go. So, we figured we would bring Hawaii to them. I had SO MUCH FUN planning that party in the months before it, that I really got into the whole tiki thing much more than I had already been. It was about that time that I started going to Mai Kai a lot more than I had in the past. I never realized what a special thing we had here in Ft. Lauderdale... and that I was taking it for granted! It was at that time I learned about TC and all of the events, like Hukilau. I REALLY wanted to come out to Hukilau last year, even though I did not know anybody, but unforunately I was a little too busy putting hurricane shutters on my house and my parent's house that entire weekend! I was surprised to later learn that the Mai Kai still opened up for it. I used to go to Mai Kai all the time for happy hour. (love those 2 for 1 rum barrels!). But with the arrival of the baby, the wife and I don't get out too much anymore! I fear my happy hour days have come to a screeching halt! But maybe we'll see you there this Thursday night or some other night we can find a baby sitter.

I would love to see the decorative items that you are working on... both the baby and non-baby items. It never ceases to amaze me how talented the artists are on TC as I peruse the "Creating Tiki" section of TC. I hope to see your items there soon.

Thank you for your kind words about the room. I'm glad you liked it. That means a lot coming from an artist such as yourself. I will definitely keep your suggestions in mind as I tinker and add too the room. :o) Hope to meet you and Steve soon.

Joe

Post #153663 by joefla70 on Mon, Apr 18, 2005 8:28 PM