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*Updates* Shipwreck Kelly & Tina's Backyard project.
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I'm new to this board, but I've been an avid Tikiphile since a trip to Disney World's Enchanted Tiki Room in 1974. I have been making and enjoying various Tiki stuff, since then. We began our project with only a dream, and raw materials. This weekend though, we moved on to creating a reed & bamboo fence. There's a long, fun trip ahead! http://www.astrodesia.com/Fence/index.html I'd love to hear your feed-back! Mahalo, [ Edited by: kewlava 2007-10-07 18:14 ] [ Edited by: Kewlava 2008-07-21 16:02 ] [ Edited by: Kewlava 2008-07-22 06:16 ] |
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suburbanpagan
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06/25/2007
Welcome aboard! Great start! Check out Bongofury's thread on his place as well! It is very inspirational! |
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ShawnJuanTiki
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06/26/2007
Nice work! Looks like you have a nice start to work from........ I'm relatively new to this too. I started with my old deck and over the spring, I've been able to convert it into somewhere far,far,away. Kinda a South Pacific hangout with a little Caribbean influence as well. It's all good.......... Keep us updated on your progress! SJT-- |
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06/26/2007
Nice start and welcome to TC! There are hundreds of inspirational threads regarding homebound paradise here. Just remember....They don't happen overnight and be patient. Mine took over a year. Many here took longer and some shorter, But, they are all fantastic! Mahalo McTiki |
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VampiressRN
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06/26/2007
Welcome to TC....and looking good so far. Need some tiki torches & tikis, but at least you already have the tropical lagoon. :lol: |
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06/26/2007
That fence looks absolutely perfect. You did a beautiful job with it. It really gives the yard a great tropical background, and the horizontal contrasting framing was a great touch. |
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06/26/2007
You're smarter than I am! When I put up reed fencing two years ago with 1/2 staples, I was CONSTANTLY having to restaple. Putting the "rail" over it is such an obvious solution. I'm glad you thought of it. |
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Kewlava
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06/26/2007
Thanks so much for the support, everyone! Oh, here's one of my original tiki mask designs. I'll use him somewhere. Kelly |
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06/28/2007
if you need custom tikis done---look me up--I am in Gilbert--you design I carve--or let ME design--I almost have a current order done so I will be freed up |
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Kewlava
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09/27/2007
It's been awhile, and our backyard project is coming right along. http://www.astrodesia.com/kewlava/PL/index.html Kelly |
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VampiressRN
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09/28/2007
It is looking beautiful. I love those two palms you have planted right next to your pool...nice touch. :) |
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09/29/2007
Nice work! That backyard was a blank slate if I ever saw one. My backyard project too was inspired by the Tiki Room at Disneyland. What is it about the Tiki Room that made such a lasting impression on us?? I mean, we're not building backyards based on the Small World ride..yikes! |
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Kewlava
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10/07/2007
I added a new Tiki that I carved from a VERY dry piece of palm. I left it to look kinda crude so it would look old when it weathered a bit. Kelly |
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Kewlava
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07/21/2008
Since my last post, I've added more stuff. A sign... A Self-Serve bar... a Pond and waterfall... ...and just more Tiki stuff! Oh, can't forget the Tiki-Room style birds! Tune in for more Tikification coming soon! Shipwreck Kelly [ Edited by: Kewlava 2008-07-21 16:35 ] |
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07/21/2008
Kwel!!! |
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07/22/2008
That's a beautiful backyard setting! The surfboard bar looks awesome, nice work! We've got a "tiki-fication" project going on in our back yard as well, around a pool that was put in earlier this year. Where did you get the ringed "curtain" that's next to the paddle in that one photo? That's a neat way to create some separation without blocking the view. |
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06/10/2009
I started a Moai that I scaled up from a picture of the one in front of Trader Vics Outrigger. And after the first coat- I still have to finish the ears, and the back. Then an all-over finish coat! Kelly [ Edited by: Kewlava 2009-06-10 14:17 ] |
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06/10/2009
Awesome Moai! Beautiful backyard. |
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Beach Bum Scott
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06/10/2009
Very nice!!! I like seeing what I wish I could do... |
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Mr. Pupu Pants
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06/11/2009
Great job Kewlava! |
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Kewlava
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06/11/2009
Thanks MP, Beachbum Scott, and Mr Pupu. The birds I created. The red parrot was a party store parrot that I added better eye and cheek areas to, as well as new tail feathers. The toucan was a halloween crow that I fashioned a bill for, and added colorful areas with fun fur, and new eyes. Okay- Next day - More updates to come! Kelly [ Edited by: Kewlava 2009-06-11 14:26 ] |
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Kewlava
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06/12/2009
Here it is torched up at nite! Kelly |
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06/12/2009
That is so kewl! :D |
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06/12/2009
Very nice . just love it . |
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06/12/2009
That moai turned out great! You did a really nice job on it. |
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06/12/2009
It looks like you've had a lot of fun making that big maoi head, I can imagine it's awesome at night! Hide a speaker behind it playing the Hawaiian War Chant and it'd be perfect! |
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06/12/2009
Thanks one and all! It was a fun project, but my hands are a wreck from the metal mesh and the stucco. I'd like to hide some radio controlled "rock speakers" out there though, but since I got the outdoor ones I have at goodwill for $10.00, I kinda spoiled myself. I'll post more pics of the whole thing later- since the bar is no longer self-serve, but a service bar, and there have been many other changes including a 14" floatlight and tin signs. Kelly |
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06/13/2009
Way to go, Kelly! That Moai is FANTASTIC! And that night shot with the torches is just soooooo koolamundo!!! |
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08/14/2009
that tucan is amazing , i cant believe that was ever a raven |
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Kewlava
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06/25/2010
I spent a few hours and ripped this guy out of two, 2 1/2 foot palm logs pinned together with re-bar. He's a little over five feet tall. It's the first time I used an oscillating saw to carve bamboo. It works like chiseling, but there's no hammering! I'll do more refining, and something with the bottom, but he's done enuf to show. [ Edited by: kewlava 2010-07-04 07:57 ] |
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06/25/2010
KewLava!!!!! I was looking up your fake bamboo today and wondered what happened to you. Low and behold you had posted TODAY! Nice lookin' carve, good to have you back. |
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Kewlava
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06/26/2010
Thanks Maddog! I HAVE been away for too long. This summer I'm planning to add to my yard's T.I.P.S.Y. factor quite a lot. Here is a Fire Bowl, and patio area that I added this spring. The fire bowl runs on a propane bottle I have hidden under a fake rock (see pink arrow)in the picture on the right. I also re-worked the little pond and waterfall. I put blue rope lights in the bottom, and built a little meeting hut around the waterfall, which I moved to the back of the pond. The seashell has an amber light behind it. |
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MadDogMike
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06/26/2010
Looks good, I posted your pond pic in the Let's See Those PONDS thread. Looks like you've learned the secret to tropical plants in the desert (silk :lol: ) |
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Atomic Tiki Punk
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06/26/2010
That big Moai is great! |
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06/26/2010
Very nice place you've created! |
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