Post #338870 by hodadhank on Tue, Oct 16, 2007 5:50 PM

Just found an old file with pics from our big fire and thought I'd share some before and after pics. Many many mahalos to our wonderful ohana who helped us remove, reimagine, rebuild, restock and reopen.

I just had to keep one of these big puffers from the pitch black Mug Grotto where our MUNKTIKI case stands today. One of the only things not destroyed by fire, smoke or water, it now hangs in my house along with a Mendiola/Foi Mo tiki and a miraculously unscathed autographed Arthur Lyman Group photo, a gift to Freaky Boutiki from Harold Chang.

...Whoops! Forgot the "afters" here's just a few so nobody has nightmares. I'll try to match the above pics shortly...

A view to the Mug Grotto. Alohas by Reyn Spooner Hawaiian Traditionals. Outrigger beam by OnaTiki. A-frame by Rich Miller. You can also see a Crazy Al tiki, some OnaTiki Cook Island masks and a fraction of our constantly evolving mug selection.

A beautiful Harvey Mendiola/Foi Mo Tahitian tiki stands proud in the post fire Grotto

" :music: Happy family one-hand-clap...:music: " Freaky Boutiki Ohana

Artist Robert Tobin helped me realize my designs for our exterior frieze work. Here he's climbed up into the window display mouth of our grateful gargantua.

The Dread Pirate Murf "Schmaltzes" up a Yipwan with hand blended pigments and natural hemp cording, (no extra charge!)

I don't have to pay Charlie extra to be this cute.... Bonus!

[ Edited by: hodadhank 2007-10-20 12:32 ]