Post #735687 by MaukaHale on Wed, Jan 21, 2015 6:54 PM

Slacks Ferret, Atomic Tiki Punk and VampiressRN thank you for the kind words. Its always very motivating when people like what you're doing.

Aloha Daddy - everything I'm doing is to preserve the existing walls and ceilings. I use very small nails for the tapa and matting. If I was to remove everything I would only need to repair small nail holes and touch up with paint. The screws in the ceiling are a little larger but they can be patched as well. I remember when I was trying to figure out how to attach the matting I asked Oceanic Arts how they do it. They told me they use contact cement. That would definitely destroy the finish on the wall.

I'm currently putting up bamboo board on one wall. If you're interested I could take more detail pictures to show how I install it.

Here is a new piece of trim I'm working on.

I've painted half of it white and the other half will be the same black stain that's on the trim piece under it.

After I fill this small area I can finish the last area of ceiling with bamboo.

"People are like islands. You have to get close to them to know what they are about."
~ Adam Troy

[ Edited by: MaukaHale 2015-01-21 19:45 ]