Post #705223 by congawa on Mon, Jan 20, 2014 6:43 PM

Netting and plants were added to the lava flow area, along with the not yet stained Tikis.

Sophie was already getting accustomed to her new area.

Tiki after the staining.

A friend of mine had some large red lava rock in her backyard she wanted to get rid of, which worked perfectly into our plans (with bags of small red lava rock added to fill).

The volcano area before lava rock.

And after.

A third Tiki was installed behind the blood orange tree.

Then lava rock was added.

Float lights (and non-drilled floats) were hung in the lanai, and Christine and I added some plastic party lights to the mix.

The inside lighting included a 16" cobalt blue float light (in front of a couple of Bosko fish).

Also one of Bamboo Ben's outriggers, and a Nelson's Tiki Hut Chinese light (which some might have seen in our 2012 Ding Dong Devils Tiki Oasis Chinese film noir restaurant room party).

And of course there was room for the Bahooka parrot I bought on what turned out to be the 2nd to the last day of operation for the late, lamented Bahooka.

Since the patio doubles as our dog feeding area (we have three large dogs), and only very occasional crating area, we had Ben build a large table to hide the crates.

Behind the bar, we hung a Lake Tiki Kelbo's sign. Kelbo's has a special significance to my wife and I, because a special event there in December 1991, led to our first date.

Another Bosko piece on the wall leading to the living room, along with shelving for glasses, cocktail books and Tiki mugs.

I added a snake plant and white rock to a Switched on Audrey bullet planter replica, which eventually went inside. Bamboo Ben's rope additions to the lanai posts are also visible.

It didn't take the pups long to get used to their transformed back yard.

The only question left is how it will all look at night.

Caltiki Brent