Post #160799 by Kailuageoff on Sun, May 22, 2005 7:38 PM

These photos are of work that started about three weeks ago. After our windows arrived, the framing started to go up...

Then the windows went in and the exterior walls went on..

And the door had to be hung.

I went to work hanging all the inside walls and Wahine Marian started painting...

Here I am cleaning up for the 100th time. I'm the one that looks like a mess.

The electrician and tile man came the same week, which was great. The electrician dropped the wires and installed all of the boxes. I wired up all of the lights and outlets.

The all-important tiki mug shelving went up next.

Then I spent an entire day working on a beam that runs the length of the room. I had to be careful not to split the beam but still carve out enough space to fit two of the Imperial Luau tikis around a support post in the center of the room.

After the tikis were in place, I started work on the ceiling. Where's Bamboo Ben when you need him?

After the ceiling was up, Marian and I couldn't resist the urge to start moving everything in even though there is a ton of bamboo that still needs to be inlaid on the walls.

There you have it. Welcome to the Honolulu Lounge.

Like I said before, the space we had to work with was fairly small (21 x 8 feet), but what helps make it work are two large doorways into the living room on each side of the room. They're not in the pictures, but they used to be sliding glass doors. Once I pulled those out, the room really opened up to the rest of the house. I'll post some more pictures when the bamboo work is done.
KG

[ Edited by: Kailuageoff on 2005-05-22 19:41 ]