Post #550736 by LiddleLola on Sat, Aug 28, 2010 9:37 AM

Finally getting around to posting some progress shots. I'll try to get some shots of the lighting in here at night, the ambience is nice. I hosted a party for my girlfriend, so stuff just got thrown up on the walls in a hurry. But all the non-tiki people were blown away.

After much debate I also came up with a name for the lounge...... The Kohana Wahine aka The Naked Lady

The framing around the glass shelves is from the Stockton Islander.

I didn't take much time getting the few art pieces arranged. Just had to get something on the walls for the party. Corner speaker shelves were a bitch to put up but sound great and so worth the effort.

Not a good angle on the puffer fish lights but they look very cool lit up.

The mug shelf needs a lip of some kind. I think I'll put another shelf over the slider. Definitely need to tikify the pub table (until I can find a vintage rattan pub table :wink:, perhaps some stenciling and rope? The flowers over the window are string lights.

Don't give me a hard time about the Oriental Trading company boxes. They are full of patio decorations for my girlfriend's party and will be stashed before any "real" tiki people show up for the crawl.
I still have lots of detailing to do, art, foliage, more tikis, lamps, beaded curtains for the doorways and of course more naked ladies, but I'm happy with the overall feel of the room. Being a doll collector and reliving my childhood, there is a lot of whimsy and feminine energy in the room. It makes me happy.

Mahalo for looking.
Darilyn