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H Howland Tiki Socialite Upstate, SC Joined: Jan 30, 2006 Posts: 751	H Howland Posted posted on Tue, Aug 22, 2006 10:00 AM Whew! been busier than a one-legged man in a butt kickin' contest but I'm back with a mild update. Alot of graphics work has kept me from getting a lot done on the tiki bar project. Had to take care of my peeps down at the Ft. Lauderdale International Boat Show--always a big job-multi designs-thousands of tee's. Also had to do some work for the Eastern Surfing Association's Governor's Cup of Surfing. I could've put some tikis in the design but for whatever reason, I didn't. However, they wanted me to give them a pic of myself to put in the program booklet so I took a pic of myself with one of my previous old-school polypop style carves. As a way of signing my work, I always try to add myself into the design somewhere--on the wave here, driving boats in Ft. Laud BoatShow designs, etc. OK-back to tiki stuff- The tiki-fied outdoor kitchen/bar project I'm working on shall from here forward be called "The Hukilau Hut" since the theme, however vague, is fish! I love to eat fish, catch fish, look at fish, draw fish, paint fish, flop around in the water like fish and occasionally, drink like a fish so I will incorporate more fishiness as I progress. (netting, glass fish floats, puffers, etc.--you know what I'm talkin' 'bout) Still haven't tweaked the teko on the gable ridge yet but I'm pretty sure I know what I'm gonna do about it now. Done alot of 'general carpentry' type stuff and some bamboo work--here's some pics: Capped the 2x4's with some bamboo that I split, flame burnished the nodes and finished w/ some exterior polyurethane. You can see here the salvaged fencing I put up for the back wall and will eventually cover with roofing felt/tar paper then cover that with reed fence. Here's a shot from across the yard-w/ roofing paper applied to back wall: Here's a shot from the deck. You can see the Ondura roofing panels I'm putting up--tuff stuff! Here's a dog's eye view--I let him snap the pic! You can see the reed fencing on the ceiling and the underside of the roofing panels (toward top of pic) And here's a pic from my nextdoor neighbors deck. Thank gootness I've got a super cool neighbor (Hi Carol!) and a super laid back HOA. When this is all said and done, I want to do a pond/pool/waterfall type thing beside the hut---back to work--Thanks for looking! When I read about the evils of drinking, I gave up reading. -- Henny Youngman http://home.bellsouth.net/p/s/community.dll?ep=16&groupid=260220&ck= [ Edited by: surf-n-turf 2007-04-11 20:34 ]

Whew! been busier than a one-legged man in a butt kickin' contest but I'm back with a mild update.

Alot of graphics work has kept me from getting a lot done on the tiki bar project. Had to take care of my peeps down at the Ft. Lauderdale International Boat Show--always a big job-multi designs-thousands of tee's.

Also had to do some work for the Eastern Surfing Association's Governor's Cup of Surfing. I could've put some tikis in the design but for whatever reason, I didn't. However, they wanted me to give them a pic of myself to put in the program booklet so I took a pic of myself with one of my previous old-school polypop style carves.

As a way of signing my work, I always try to add myself into the design somewhere--on the wave here, driving boats in Ft. Laud BoatShow designs, etc.

OK-back to tiki stuff-
The tiki-fied outdoor kitchen/bar project I'm working on shall from here forward be called "The Hukilau Hut" since the theme, however vague, is fish! I love to eat fish, catch fish, look at fish, draw fish, paint fish, flop around in the water like fish and occasionally, drink like a fish so I will incorporate more fishiness as I progress. (netting, glass fish floats, puffers, etc.--you know what I'm talkin' 'bout)

Still haven't tweaked the teko on the gable ridge yet but I'm pretty sure I know what I'm gonna do about it now. Done alot of 'general carpentry' type stuff and some bamboo work--here's some pics:

Capped the 2x4's with some bamboo that I split, flame burnished the nodes and finished w/ some exterior polyurethane.

You can see here the salvaged fencing I put up for the back wall and will eventually cover with roofing felt/tar paper then cover that with reed fence.

Here's a shot from across the yard-w/ roofing paper applied to back wall:

Here's a shot from the deck. You can see the Ondura roofing panels I'm putting up--tuff stuff!

Here's a dog's eye view--I let him snap the pic! You can see the reed fencing on the ceiling and the underside of the roofing panels (toward top of pic)

And here's a pic from my nextdoor neighbors deck. Thank gootness I've got a super cool neighbor (Hi Carol!) and a super laid back HOA.

When this is all said and done, I want to do a pond/pool/waterfall type thing beside the hut---back to work--Thanks for looking!

When I read about the evils of drinking, I gave up reading. -- Henny Youngman
http://home.bellsouth.net/p/s/community.dll?ep=16&groupid=260220&ck=

[ Edited by: surf-n-turf 2007-04-11 20:34 ]

Post #250192 by Howland on Tue, Aug 22, 2006 10:00 AM