Post #759460 by TabooDan on Sun, Feb 21, 2016 8:50 AM

Yep, you should bang your head really hard! And a couple more times!!

It's all true! Not an exaggerated South Seas tale at all!! Years ago I heard about a large house in Vancouver that had a pool and was based on the Waldorf. But nobody knew who owned it or where it was. I kind of just put it under my hat and hoped to one day learn about it.

About five and half years ago or so when I was moving, I heard about a house for sale in Vancouver that had a Polynesian lounge that was based on the Waldorf. This had to be the same place I heard about years earlier. Unfortunately, I just couldn't get out there to find anything out. I tried looking on line but also couldn't find any listing.
My good friend Peter, PePe LeTiki, called me and said he had a friend who knew about it and was on his way to check it out. I need to ask him about it again and see if he got any pictures. He told me he did get to go to the house and said it was unbelievable and was like a time capsule. Just like it was described in the above email.

The "store in Chinatown" was Funhauser Décor (closed now) but I'm not sure how much he actually got. I kind of forgot about this so I will have to ask him and see. Well, as the email goes "and sold some at garage sale and threw out the rest" who knows what and where the rest ended up. People would have bought some items from the garage sale and this stuff will probably never be seen again. At least with the direct history of it being in this lounge decorated with the Waldorf fame. There are some who collect in Vancouver that don't post on here so who knows, maybe it will resurface again one day.

I actually managed (and was lucky enough) to get 3 hand carved paddles that were hung on the wall along with a small and quite unique end table from this house. I got these items from Funhauser. I was going to tell this tale on the Waldorf thread but just haven't had the opportunity yet. I'll have to dig them out and post a pic.

"That room was mind bending when you walked down stairs and into it." I love that line!!
You have to try and get pictures!! If it's in your family or a family connection, there must be some around. Somebody's got some pictures somewhere and we would love to see them! Who knows, maybe there's a relic like a mask or another carving that somebody had to keep instead of getting rid of.
You should start asking other family members too! Good luck!! TabooDan

[ Edited by: TabooDan 2016-02-21 13:09 ]