Post #706220 by raito on Thu, Jan 30, 2014 9:25 AM

AdOrAdam,

Yes, the key is potential. As for including one or more tiki (don't worrya bout that), I have a theory of genres that's pretyt long but breaks down to the idea that it's not a single thing that defines a genre but a group of things. You can usually leave out any single item and still be within the genre, but the more you leave out the more you move away from that genre's center, until you reach the point where it's arguable whether something belongs or not. Add in genres that re-use the same elements, and that's where the arguments typically start.

But you might want to look at that picture again. I think there's a surfboard in it.

JOHN-O,

It's mot messing up the thread at all. Threads are like conversations. Someone else reading the thread for inspiration would want suggestions, as do I. Some of what I want to do I have planned out, but I'd take a good suggestion in a heartbeat.

And great minds think alike. But I was going to go with a stuffed Moai.

Atomic Tiki Punk,

No problem, though I was hoping to wait until I had more pictures. The bed part of the project in on a time limit, and having to make progress so I could post pictures ought to keep me moving. So far, I have these plans:

The Bed
This is a big thing that has to get done, as we're giving away the crib. The KURA bed is mostly square pine posts, and hardboard pices to fill in the non-structural parts. There's a panel along the side and foot. I'll be filling that in with bamboo (which I already have). The headboard portion rises up to where there's bars that sort of form a canopy when the bed is low, and the bed stands on them when the bed is high. There's 4 hardboard panels there, and those will get the surfboard shapes I showed. I'm still painting those, and his sister is helping. She's gotton good at pulling off masking tape. I very much like the routered/carved molding that a lot of people do for their projects. But I can't carve the bed posts, because I don't want to mess with the bed structurally. So instead I'll be making a bunch of woodburning tools from sheet steel and burning the patterns in. That will result on a dark on light pattern. I have a lot of steel and tools for working that, so it should go fairly quickly when I can get out to the garage. I'll also be welding some wire to the tools for handles. The trickier part will be to keep them flat. Not too hard, but requires working slightly more slowly that I might otherwise.

The bed has a tent canopy, too. It's like a little tent that covers 3/4 of the bed and snaps to the uppermost rails. His is green. I don't think a thatch/grass roof is good for him at his age. My alternative is to get some green plastic grass skirts and sew those to the canpoy to get that grassy feeling.

I'm not sure on the bedding. He'll be picking that out because he's the one who has to sleep under it.

I have a half-planned idea of taking some large white PVC pipe and some old LED lights I don't use and carving tiki into the pipe, puttng the lights in, and attaching that to the bottom bed rails. If I get it right, what you'll see when the lights are on in the dark are the lines I carved into the pipe. Might or might not work. I need to do some more research (and find where I put the lights). I may try for a tinted wash on the white.

His trash can is goiing to be his old diaper pail, as he's nearly potty trained (which also means that his changing table will just be his dresser). It's stainless steel and cylindrical. I plan to use some pinstriping tape to make it into a tiki. Sure, I could paint it like a palm log, but I know from extensive experience that trying to paint stainless is a waste of time. It'll be a bit modern looking, but still cool, as long as I don't mess it up.

I'm thinking of getting some fish netting and putting floats along the top and putting that somewhere on a wall. This netting would be used for putting pictures on. You can stick the corners of the pictures through the netting. Knowing how his day care works, this will be a constantly changing display. It might go well in the corner between the window and the closet door.

I'll be leaving the mural, but moving the photos and souvenirs to another wall. I think I'll be making some sort of frames for the photos. The frameless look is a bit modern. Not sure if I'll do anything with the souvenirs other than hang them again.

I need to do something with the window wall. I can't say whether the stars will stay or go. I highly doubt that the shades will be replaced. That leaves the curtains. I'll probably come up with something. SandraDee, I'm pretty familiar with Spoonflower, though I tend to use Fabric On Demand myself. Maybe I'll whip up some graphics and have them printed for curtains.

Similarly, I doubt that the carpeting will change. He does have a rug, which you'll get a picture of soon. More surfboards, and both thechildren pretend they're surfing with it.

He has a small rolling bookshelf that used to be his mother's nightstand. I think I can tiki that up a bit with some matting, etc. If I get really ambitious, I may go for shells and such in resin on the top. But I haven't done anything like that in 40 years or so.

So it won't be a total renovation. Mostly just stuff going in the room and on the walls.