Post #460400 by TikiMookie on Tue, Jun 9, 2009 9:21 AM

It's official! It started in the back bedroom, which became the tiki bar. Migrated to outside, then when we ran out of room in the tiki bar, we created the Tiki lounge, and took over the IH Scout room (in progress) and now, our latest project is shelves flanking the fireplace so we can bring in the tiki :) The shelves are not tiki, but we're over half done and it gives the living room a more mid century look (in my eyes since our house is no where near mid century style). It makes the room look much bigger too!

We'll finish the shelves tonight (hope to)

Before shot, our 3-legged mutt Woody is here to supervise!

We bought the wood at Home Depot, painted it and cut it to size with a very old saw that smoked like crazy when we cut the wood, but it did the job.

We spray painted the brackets to be more invisible, I'm so glad we did.

We tossed a few mugs on, haven't organized the collection yet but wanted to get an idea of how it would look. I think it turned out great for a couple of novices :)

We plan to mount the tv to the wall on a swivel so we can get rid of the cabinet and put the components on the shelves.

My husband was thinking of puting in a mantle accross, but I think it looks better without it. Plus, if I could find a nice centerpiece to put on the rock, like a Trader Vics logo mask or something, I think it would look better...

What do you think? Mantle or not??

Mahalo!