Post #810911 by ECTiki on Fri, Oct 6, 2023 9:09 AM

Around about the time I finished the speakeasy door the price of bamboo slats went insane. Online prices were over $7 a slat. Even the ultimate supply connect in San Diego (Love you Cobain) couldn’t get bamboo slats for a reasonable price …..or if at all. I used to pay $0.50 or a dollar per slat….. now I would be happy to pay triple that price…..So more delays waiting for bamboo.

While waiting for bamboo slats to come down in price, to finish the northwest corner and the stairwell, I looked at working on other projects. One of those projects was inspired by a non tiki source. While we were walking around Ala Moana (I know the ultimate tourist trap area of Waikiki) I saw a bar that had the Indonesian carved “Hawaiian” looking masks across the front of the bar. It was in a sports bar burger joint…..Although I am not a fan of those masks I did however like the look of them all in a line down at knee level of a bar. So, my little brain went to work. What if I lined the stair well below the hand rail with similar tikis?