Post #389298 by hala bullhiki on Tue, Jun 24, 2008 7:48 PM

so ive been here since 2002, and have never posted any pics prior to today (just posted a few on the aku tiki room page as well). i decided to finally give it a shot, so anyway, heres some random shots from around our place. ill add more as time permits me to:

one corner of our tiki lounge room, which is a 3 season room between our kitchen and garage. its a small space, but were trying to fill it..in this pic,print by flounder,vintage lamp,shadow box we customized a bit with some of our favorite mugs on it,and our small blow fish:

tiki mug shelf with most of our other mugs...outrigger on top was designed by crazy al, and made by smokin tiki's,a few great necklaces hanging on the side by benzart,lake tiki and purple jade:

our bar lit up...we got our bar from a friend who bought a house that had a bar they didn't want in the basement. we tore it apart, and reupholstered it. bought the mask on the front at bamboo bens shop back in 2002 i think. my wife wove together all the raffia holding all the bamboo on the front together,we re covered the seats,and added the bamboo ends,recovered the front (behind the bamboo),and added a glass top.the tiki bottle opener on left is from smokin tiki's:

in this pic, my wife made a wall box light with a cast from the warrior mug by tiki farm,the cook island carving on the wall box light(on upper left) and the Maori carving on the shelf on the right were gifts our pals cas and andrea picked up for us at oceanic arts.shield walk plaque from lake surfer,new guinea mask and velvet painting were also gifts from friends:

large tiki on left from smokin tiki's, our first shag print we got back in 2001 i think,great old school rattan chair from furniture lounge:

a shot from the bar side with mood lighting. yes ,the blue blur is our large blow fish light from O.A.( this pic is pretty dark, sorry...lol!):

another bar shot with new witco shield behind the bar (we'll prolly move it though):

my lake tiki marq, which was my wedding present from my wife purchased at the 2005 exotica event(prolly my favorite of all):

our love seat, and assorted stuff....i believe in clutter in tiki rooms, and this is where we put alot of that stuff, and alot of our cheap stuff, and gifts from people whom don't really know what "tiki" is(god bless'em for trying though...lol)"

another tiki which was a wedding present. this ones from south carolina, but the carvers name escapes me right now.and our tiki book case with our books,zines,menus,etc are:

new pole from aku tiki room on right, bamboo book rack with various stuff on it:

another one of my wifes projects(the black hanging shelf with old school stone moai,pisco decanter,hala kahiki piapple liqouer bottle,various mugs,etc...the carving hanging in the window was a gift from a friend who went to fiji. its supposed to be a fijian cannibal brain picker:

flounder,shag,doug horne prints in our living room:

shadow box with various mugs in our daughters room:

tiki tony original painting purchased at the hurricane hukilau:

the bar , agian lit up:

[ Edited by: hala bullhiki 2008-06-25 16:06 ]