Post pictures of your Home tiki bar/space/yard!

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Owww ahhh, all of you. Great stuff!

Love your style Thortiki. Looks like you have a couple of Philippine and Asian pieces. Forgive me if I'm wrong.

When I was a little girl visiting my aunts apartment in Hawaii (1960's), she had Hawaiian, Philippine, Chinese and Japanese styles mixed together. It made for a very exotic world traveler sort of look.

MrsHoptiki

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Long time lurker, thought I'd hop in this thread and post a photo of my old Tiki Bar. This was in my old apartment, I just moved last month so it is now disassembled and I'm starting work on the new Tiki Bar in my new house!

Aloha Dodger. Nice bar you have there. Welcome aboard. Where are you from ? Thanks for posting the pics. Be sure to post some new pics of the new bar. Folks around here love to see progress pictures.

FABULOUS work, guys ('n gals, of course)!

Very inspired and inspiring!

And though I've recently posted a separate thread on my own home lounge, I'd like to share a few selected pics of my year-long labor of love with the folks on this excellent thread.

So here are some pics of my oasis in the desert of West Los Angeles -- the Paradise Cove Tiki Lounge...

Well, Major Mahalos for looking, and have a Mai Tai for ME in your various home Tiki Bars -- 'cause an actual BAR is the one thing I just couldn't CRAM into my Lounge! (Though I may YET find a way!)

Cheers! :drink:

Kreepy Tiki (aka, Castaway Clemens)

Well. I finally got around to covering up the pool equipment in the backyard as part of the Tahiti Pool Project. Here's a few pics of this stage of the project.

Here is the initial test fit of the PVC framework. I opted to go with pvc for the structure because my carpentry skills are not the greatest.

Added wood to facilitate the attachment of thatch and matting.

Decided to give the Dremel a little workout and make a trim piece for the end.

Trim board and lauhala matting getting the spar varnish treatment.

Starting to attach the matting we got from Oceanic Arts.

More matting attached, on a side note, the side panels are hinged so we can open it up to service the filter and such.

Now the thatch that we also got from Oceanic Arts.

Now it's looking like what I had in mind.

Now we need to get the wall on the side painted to match the other two and cover up the white vinyl fencing, add some netting and other decor and we'll call it a summer.

Vinman- Tiki Noob

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Pirates Secret Cove update.

Added hammock from Brazil.

Built better Tiki hut " Curt's Reef" out side.

There are a lot of plains and helicopters to watch so I put up aircraft identifying charts like in Father Goose.


I made my biggest Tiki to date. Choad the mighty!~

Nice tiki shampoovta.

Here are some pics of a small backyard deck I built this summer.

Here is my pad in action Night of the Living Tiki Finks 8/03/2008

Ok, I've not done this before so here goes. So this isn't an inside home bar, but it's my home away from home. That is by, say 150' out the back door.

OK, so this is just a few. And all of what you see was picked up at either yard sales, junk shops, etc. And I've put all the plastic leis away for the party guest, I know some people say they're tacky. And I'm sure there are a few other items that some will say are not tiki, and I'll weed them out as I find more vintage pieces. Now be nice, momma always said, if you don't have anything nice to say, then don't say anything at all.

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Here is my outsie sapce that is a work in progress. I am going to add many more tiki items but this year I am just glad to have this much done.

The Freaki Tiki in Bowling Green, KY. This is the first year for the banana plants, and they seem to be happy growing in red clay dirt. Quite a few pups sprouting, so next summer I should have a nice little jungle going.

Great ideas here. I wouldn't mind some advice on lighting and decorations especially if you know of places to buy Tiki lighting etc. in Vancouver or Victoria, Canada. First pic is failed roof attempt. Second is pic is better attempt. third is bamboo bar rail - crude but I could'nt make the rope stay on without sagging.

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Some cool places on here!

Hey vicman2, Get your ass over to Funhauser Decor on Pender in Vancouver for all the stuff you need to decorate that bar and any other spaces you may have! You can get some pretty cool lights locally at Home Sense, Home Outfitters and any of the other big home decor stores around. I was in Zellers and even they have bamboo string lights (natural colors) you can use and they are actually pretty cool.

The bar looks good. The roof needs a bit of help. If you leave the seagrass outside for a few days, it will straighten out itself. You can lay it out and put some weight on it if you like and it will go straight. You could also put a couple pieces of bamboo across your roof to hold it down or just add some weight right to it for a while while it settles.

TabooDan

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On 2008-08-18 22:26, vicman2 wrote:
Great ideas here. I wouldn't mind some advice on lighting and decorations especially if you know of places to buy Tiki lighting etc. in Vancouver or Victoria, Canada. First pic is failed roof attempt. Second is pic is better attempt. third is bamboo bar rail - crude but I could'nt make the rope stay on without sagging.

Welcome vicman! I was up at the Coombs Market (just outside of Parksville) a few weeks ago, they have stings of all sorts of cool tiki lights! Little tiki huts, hibiscus patterned lanterns, there must have been about 20 different designs for $10 a string. They also had neat bamboo fountains and fencing.

I heard that there were tikis with light-up solar eyes here in Victoria a few months ago, but I seem to have missed them.

Bamboo World in Chilliwack has Thatching for patio umbrellas as well as bars, they have fencing and specialize in bamboo plants.

Is there any type of lighting you're looking for specifically?
The Rope Doctor just moved to Victoria from Tofino. He makes beautiful tied fish net floats and he'll even make a float lamp.

If you have any other questions, don't be afraid to ask! I'm working on my home bar at the moment, though it's inside.

Cheers!

Here is one of my space at night...

On 2008-08-18 09:28, Tiki Zen wrote:

wow, the parties you could have there...and make a killing renting it out for weddings!

I thought that I'd post some pictures of the remodel of our home bar.
Our house is a 1957 Palmer & Krisel design part of the "Living Conditioned Homes" built by Sanford D. Adler.
Originally the living room and the family room (there was no dining room) were divided by shoji screens. The original owners decided very early on to remove the shoji screens and build a bar to divide the two areas. The overhead cabinet that they designed and built, beautifully echos back the butterfly roof shape of the house itself. The bar was hand-built very carefully, and as the original owner was an engineer, it was built to last.
The workmanship is really nice and everything was in perfect condition, but the base of the bar is made of glass block which did not seem to go with the rest of the house. Now don't get me wrong, I enjoy glass block in it's place, but it just wasn't working for us. We liked the placement and shape of the bar, but the glass block was just not integrating with the rest of the house. After a multitude of discussions and drawings SparkleGem and i came up with the idea to just cover the glass block (non-destructively) with bamboo. Great idea, but I had not thought about how to attach bamboo to the glass block without ruining it. I came up with the idea of putting a mesh fence around the glass, making it rigid with a wooden nailer at the bottom and then, essentially sewing (with bailing wire) the bamboo onto the metal mesh. Below are some pictures before and during the operation.

I will add more pics of the bamboo facade later.

best
Mark

Here's the original bar

Here's the living room side

I bought all of the bamboo at Oceanic Arts as whole pieces that i split by hand using an Ikea chef's knife and a hammer.
(I still have all of my fingers and toes)

Here you can see the wire mesh before I nailed on the wooden footers.

Here you can see the bamboo making it's way around the glass.

More to come soon.

Mark, your bar is looking great. :o And the fact that your cared enough not to destroy the glass blocks underneath is even better. Most would have just slammed a hammer at it. I have to say, I'm liking the way it's coming out with the large bamboo you're using. :) I actually thought about doing something like this on my own bar. You really can't tell what's under ours with the thatch that's covering it. But it really has a great curved shape and I know I can make it look much better than it is right now. I was thinking of using a nice material on the inside of it so that it shows through the wire meshing that's there. Or maybe the bamboo would look better?

I think you've just inspired me to start working on it. :) Let's hope it not going to be one of those things, I say I'm going to do and never finish. :lol:

The bamboo is looking nice. I too appreciate the fact that you preserved the glass block underneath. I really liked that look too, so good to know you could return to that if you ever wanted too. Good luck with your project...looking forward to more pictures of your progress.

About the wire mesh. It was green 1" wire mesh from OSH, the kind that you might use to make a garden fence or a chicken coop. With the way the bamboo fits together there are lots of spaces in between AND i did NOT want to see the glass block underneath let alone the green wire mesh. So to make a nice opaque substrate for the bamboo, I just put a layer of brown craft paper behind it. I poked a wire through the paper and looped it around the wire mesh to tie down or sew each stick of bamboo at the top and bottom.
On the inside I got lazy! I wasn't about to spend the time needed to put 2-3" Bamboo all around the inside and besides it would mostly go unnoticed. I used a matting material from Oceanic Arts, one that might typically be used for roll-up blinds. I should have pictures of this part in my next post.

Best
Mark

wishes he owned a house so he could deck it out all teekee like yous guys

Here are the after shots of the Bamboo Bar

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Mark

Wow Mark - what an awesome room. The Bar looks great and love the high ceilings! Great Job! I've always imagined I would live in a house with a room with that feeling! Kudos!
Jon

Nice job...it looks like a good fit for your beautiful home.

WOW! First I wasn't so sure you should cover the glass blocks. Now, I just wish I had your house!

:o It's looking great, when is that party starting? :D

Well executed conversion of your bar!
I think most of us would love a pad like your place..
It's great to see someone create something cool and not destroy what should be preserved...

Thank you all for the kind words.
We hope to have many a party here and Sparklegem and I will post a notice here when we do.

Another note on the pictures above:
The wooden box that is opposite the counter side of the bar used to be two big planters.
I had some texture-y plexiglass cut to fit the top and I put some colored lights below to make a display area that is like glowing lava. Now if I can just find some cool tiki mugs to display on the lava.

Best
Mark

There are some very cool places on this thread. Makes me wonder why there isn't more Tiki in the world!

Here are a few pics of my home office. I spend a good deal of time in the office making a living, so I figured I should make it someplace fun to hang out.

Now, it's by no means 100% Tiki. However, there are tiki mugs, glass fishing floats, flotsam and jetsam, nautical themed items, shells, contemporary tiki carvings, an artificial tropical tree, Shag art, a giant fork and spoon, and a shellacked pufferfish.

I personally retrieved the fishing floats and flotsam from beachcombing trips to the north shore of Lanai'i (my brother lived there for about 10 years). The walls are hand-painted and textured. I built the extra-long desk from scrap wood and aged it to look like it was a chunk from a shipwreck that had washed up on shore. The legs are wrapped with rope and covered with barnacle-like shells. The shelves are also custom built and have weathered edges as if they had been floating in the ocean for a long time. The non-Tiki items, which there are many, are souvenirs from my days working in film production. Most of the books are software books as I'm a computer animator by trade (all the art books are in the other room).

In the corner opposite the desk, I have a little reading area. The small window beside the chair is a miniature diorama of a grotto. I can flick a few switchs to turn on an artificial rain storm in the grotto and change the lighting from day to sunset or night. I love the sound of rain. Since it rains so rarely and briefly in Southern Nevada, I figured I would just make my own thunderstorms!

Niceeee BeezleBug, looks great and I love an over loaded room.. :lol: But I couldn't find the puffer fish. Did I miss it or do you have it just out of range of the camera? I'm looking for a real large old puffer fish lamp.. Some day I'll find me one out there in the wild.. But for now, candles will have to do. :D

Yes, I've always loved the high-density quality of the tiki establishments I've visited over the years.

The puffer didn't make it into the first shots. Here's a flash photo of what's over the right side of the desk...

He's at the top (I assume it's a he). He's around 10 inches long. He's not a lamp at this point, but I suppose I can convert him if the mood moves me. I liked the fact that his eye holes were covered over with canvas instead of having those glue-on google eyes. I picked him up on E-bay awhile back for a reasonable amount. I also have an antique taxidermied 12 inch Brazilian piranha on another shelf (although he doesn't qualify as Tiki).

I painted the mermaid last year and made the frame with a hot glue gun and leftover beachcombed shells and beach glass. I picked up the Shag litho, "The Boardmeeting," back in 2000. I also have a Shag "Tiki Planet" poster from 1999 in another part of the room.

Well, after moving back to Orange and 3 miles from my studio,
i gave it a makeover and transformed two of the rooms into kinda Tiki-themed ones...
(as much as a cluttered artist's studio can be tiki!)
the first area is in the front/library area...
here's the view after you walk in the door and turn the corner...

Walking in,here's a left to right 180 degree spin...
those are all 40 of my sketchbooks (since 89)
it's great to be able to reference back and re approach vibes..
There's two other shelves on the other side of those big two
(those are my Religious/Conspiracy/and UFO books)
this side is Encyclopedias/World Mythology-FairyTales/Despotism and Warfare/
World history (by culture) Freemason-Cult-Occult stuff/more Ufo's/Erotica/and Plants and Animals....

these two shelves are Oceanic books and reference and Art/Art history books
and a Clysdalle Tiki in the corner!

Here's my Kiegs Paddle...eat your heart out Ernie!!!!!

Here's most of my sad small mug collection...


Here's a view from the curtained storage room..

here's some more mugs and my beautiful Crazy Al Chess Set with bamboo ben chess board! Joy!


so ends the tour of the library....

Next is the TOTAL TIKI ROOM!
where i work whenever I'm not at home or at work...
KNOCK!KNOCK!

C'mon in!

going right to left this time...180 degrees.....


i think I've only bought about 2-3 of the masks
most were gifts from friends and patrons....what a mix!




in the far corner is where i sit on a pillow and work on the coffee table
(unless it's a big easel piece-that's in the (non-Tiki) open area...

here's how it looks when i work at the studio from dawn to midnight.....


Hope you enjoyed that tour! this is a great thread! it's been so inspiring to see how many people
really like to spruce up their surroundings!

On 2008-10-05 22:56, little lost tiki wrote:

Here's most of my sad small mug collection...

Your mug collection may be small, but your Ruzic collection is phenom! :D :P

Boss pad Yo! Nice tiki spaces full of bright painted faces, polynesian mace(s) and what's that I smell??? Whiffs of spliff traces!

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I didn't realize that the "Baby Cannibal" painting was as large as it was. Looks great on the wall. Any plans to paint more characters on cross-sections of tree trunk? I think the format works really well.

On 2008-10-06 08:35, BeezleBug wrote:
Any plans to paint more characters on cross-sections of tree trunk?

Not sure....
i'm stumped....
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WoW!! vintage VHS porn... you should have em put on DVD..

On 2008-10-06 17:58, Tiki Trav wrote:

WoW!! vintage VHS porn... you should have em put on DVD..

That's a VHS/DVD player Wankster!
and Dolemite-the Human Tornado
is not considered porn in the US....
it may be that way in EnglandLand
but you're all repressed! :lol:
Stay away from the states,Troublemaker!

More stuff, new stuff and moved stuff...

More pics on the Hale Nalu thread! :drink:

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Looking swank LS!

On 2008-08-18 22:26, vicman2 wrote:
Great ideas here. I wouldn't mind some advice on lighting and decorations especially if you know of places to buy Tiki lighting etc. in Vancouver or Victoria, Canada. First pic is failed roof attempt. Second is pic is better attempt. third is bamboo bar rail - crude but I could'nt make the rope stay on without sagging.

Hey Vicman, I saw your bar for sale, did you buy/build a new one?!

I live in Orange, Ca.... This is the 2nd incarnation of my Tiki Bar, the first one was distroyed by some bad-ass Santa Ana 90MPH Winds, but that's typical Tiki for ya.

I had just repainted the Outside of my house prior to rebuilding the Tiki-Bar,
I fell off a ladder and broke my wrist and arm. The whoe Tiki Bar you see here
I built all myself with my Left Hand and I am right handed, true story.
Sorry for the white stucco, I am going to cover that soon, the lights at night
are awesome, Black Lights and Chepo Flourscent Paint, I will have to upload a
shot of that.

My new tiki room, in a very very small bedroom in a early 50's appartment in a subburb of Paris...
Not finished yet, but I guess it'll never be.

Love it!