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Show off your Rattan!
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Kamaina Kraig
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03/22/2009
Thanks Bongo....where in Indiana are you from. I graduated from Speedway High School. My mom and sis still live in Speedway and my brother lives on a lake in Martinsville where they all have Tiki Bars on their docks. |
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uncle trav
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03/22/2009
Hey Kraig Nice score on the shelf. You may want to attach it to the wall with some screws and some type of washer as those can get a little wobbly when you start to fill it up. Great space for a bar you have there. The dark paneling will lend it's self well to some low mood lighting. Enjoy. |
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04/12/2009
I just found this 3 section couch with cofee and end tables last week in Easton, PA. The set is by Beverly Hills Rattan and also includes a full dining room set (table and 6 chairs). I had already gotten the rocker about a month ago. |
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Thortiki
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04/12/2009
VERY NICE upgrades there Rugbymatt also like those two lamps you have! Is your tiki room a basement area? Are you putting the dining room set into your room? Hope you got them for a good $$! Thortiki |
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8FT Tiki
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04/18/2009
What's that coming in through my front door?? FINALLY, Craigslist gives up a vintage rattan bar in Kansas City!!!!!!! Of course my cats had to inspect it right away
Has a great little pull out shelf to hold bottles and more. Check out those hairpin legs! This bar is fantastic and is so well made that you can sense it was created by real craftsmen and not just a shop cranking out cookie cutter cheapos. Furniture Business I once was lost....... [ Edited by: 8FT Tiki 2009-04-17 22:17 ] |
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Dustycajun
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04/18/2009
8ft, That bar is absolutely beautiful. Awesome score. DC |
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Tiki Royale
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04/18/2009
Great score 8ft! Nice mix of tiki and mod there with the rattan front and hairpin legs, never seen that before. Looks like nice solid mahogany, at least where the nameplate is attached. |
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Big Kahuna
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04/18/2009
He shoots! He scores! Veerry nice! |
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1961surf
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04/20/2009
Nice clean little bar 8ft , great score . |
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Tiki Royale
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04/21/2009
The latest additions... [ Edited by: Tiki Royale 2009-04-21 16:00 ] |
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leleliz
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04/21/2009
Did you just get these off Craigslist? I posted the ad over in the Marketplace because I thought it was such a great deal. I am pretty sure these are them and I am so happy a TCer got em! They look fabulous and if I only had the room I would of loved to own em. They look great in that little nook. |
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Kamaina Kraig
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04/22/2009
What kid of plants are those outside the window....they look familiar...:) KK |
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Tiki Royale
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04/22/2009
Yep Leleliz, KK, what you're seeing through the window is the top of a Pittosporum tree. Plant on the table is Anthurium. [ Edited by: Tiki Royale 2009-04-21 21:56 ] |
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1961surf
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04/22/2009
Tiki Royale- My hats off to you .Thats dedication -if you drove all the way to |
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Tiki Royale
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04/22/2009
Thanks Bill, |
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Big Kahuna
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06/23/2009
Picked up this little table on Father's Day. $39.00 -35%, couldn't pass it up. |
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Sophista-tiki
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06/25/2009
Big Kahuna I have tha same table! three piece sofa, two chairs, foot stool coffee table and two end tables. six band with caining seats and backs. no cushions but I dont care I can make cushions easy! it was stinkin FREE! |
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leleliz
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06/25/2009
THAT is the best rattan score ever! Awesome! |
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Big Kahuna
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06/25/2009
WOW! |
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1961surf
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06/25/2009
Wild arms on that set Dawn.Those are not Frankl pretzel arms. |
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TikiDiego
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11/09/2009
Picked up this awesome dining set in Vegas over the weekend. No markings on it that we can find so far. We love it in our 'still in progress' dining room. Has anyone seen one of these sets before? Any idea on the maker? It came with two leaves for the table. Right now we only have one of them in.
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Big Kahuna
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11/09/2009
I saw that set. It really blew me away, but no chance of getting it back to Boston! Glad someone here grabbed it! |
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TikiDiego
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11/09/2009
It was a good thing we had a rental minivan with us, or we would have never been able to jump on it. It was just one of those crazy things that once we saw it, we knew we couldn't walk away from it. The lady that helped us gave us a nice discount as well, so that made the deal all the sweeter. |
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The Witch Doctor
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11/09/2009
i found this in the trash today...i put it on my skateboard and pushed it about 4 blocks it's date 1970 on the bottom boards with a JC Penney's logo need a good cleaning and a little love and care should make a great display case its about 7 fy tall and 4 feet wide.. wonder how much it was back in the day?
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1961surf
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11/09/2009
CJ strikes again. |
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The Witch Doctor
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11/10/2009
its becasue i'm sick!!!!!!...Trash is always King |
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Humuhumu
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11/14/2009
Wow, there's a lot of beautiful rattan in this thread... thanks to everyone for taking a moment to share it! TikiPops, those chairs (p. 5) are amazing! I've never seen anything like that before. Great score. Pyro, not only is your set (p. 5) lovely, you're so lucky to have the family backstory. Very cool. tikipaka, thank god you were the one who found that fabric (p. 7), and put it to such perfect use. I'm sure that more than a few people turned their nose up at it, and it warms my heart to see it in a good, appreciative home. Gorgeous. I realized while looking through this thread that I don't think I've ever shared my rattan here on TC. I just took a quick, crappy picture that isn't exactly a great showcase, but here goes:
It's a great, big curved sectional! I've never seen another one. It's just the standard 3-band 3/4 pretzel, but I honestly like that design best, and its ubiquity means it's been easy to find complementary pieces (including an end table I got from Martiki). The set that got me started included the sofa, a matching chair, another matching reclined chair, and an ottoman. I bought it when I lived down in L.A., and Utopian Dreem & Tiki Bird helped me get it to my apartment (didn't exactly fit in the Miata). My L.A. apartment was far, far too teeny for this set, but I knew I'd need it someday, and someday is here! I love it. (We're still getting settled -- don't worry, those white walls will be meeting their doom. DOOOM!) |
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tikiskip
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12/23/2009
Nice stuff! |
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snackbar
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01/17/2010
A dear friend of ours gave us this fabulous chair designed by Franco Albini as a wedding gift.
I never heard of Albini before, but he seems to be a quite famous Italian designer: |
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Big Kahuna
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01/17/2010
That chair's beautiful. Howza bout a peek at what's in that display case? |
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USAF Retired
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01/18/2010
These are the bar stools and recliner that I picked up off of craigs list from 2 different sellers, $20 for the stools and another $20 for the recliner. BTW the recliner is a genuine Barcalounger...Also a shot of the wicker table that I dug out of a dumpster....And getting off topic, I made the leg lamp from an antique wooden prostetic leg
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snackbar
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01/18/2010
There you go:
[ Edited by: snackbar 2010-01-18 11:50 ] |
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Big Kahuna
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01/18/2010
Nice! Love the wahine in the upper left. |
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Tiki-Vivi
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01/19/2010
Aloha! Love this forum, it's tikitastic!
[ Edited by: Tiki-Vivi 2010-01-19 01:55 ] [ Edited by: Tiki-Vivi 2010-01-19 02:14 ] [ Edited by: Tiki-Vivi 2010-01-19 02:53 ] [ Edited by: Tiki-Vivi 2010-01-19 09:12 ] [ Edited by: Tiki-Vivi 2010-01-19 09:14 ] |
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kahalakruzer
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01/28/2010
Here's my new living room set that I found on Craigslist. It's a 3 band 3/4 pretzel sofa, with matching single band 3/4 pretzel side tables, and a kidney shaped coffee table. They had it listed as bamboo/surf furniture, so obviously nobody was biting on it. Sorry for the small pics. I broke my camera the other day, so these are off of my phone. Here's a picture of a shelf that I've been working on. I found it out back of a secondhand store in really bad condition. I got some glass shelves cut, sanded it, stained it, and clear-coated it. I don't really like the cane (it was caned on every joint before) so I think I'm going to leave it as is, with only the bottom joint covered where the rattan comes together. And last but not least, here's the view of my bar from the couch. |
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leleliz
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01/28/2010
This is the set I would ideally love to find for myself . |
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Tiki Royale
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01/28/2010
Nice set Kahala, LOVE the cushions! Are they original? |
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kahalakruzer
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01/28/2010
leleliz, I've been looking for a set like this for some time too. I got lucky this time. I just happened to find this set for a very reasonable price, get my tax return, and convince my roommate to let me take his enormous sectional and table out of our living room. I can't stress enough to look up bamboo furniture on craiglist, as well as rattan obviously, because the uneducated (nontikiphiles) can't seem to tell the difference, which also seems to drop the price! I just need one more matching chair, and my living room set should be complete.
I believe the interior part of the cushions are correct, but the barkcloth is probably a newer addition. The cushions weigh a ton because they are sprung, as opposed to being just a nice thick foam. I too love the top of the cushions (all in great shape by the way, minus a little needed cleaning), but the sides are covered with a lavender colored upholstery fabric. I don't know what it's made of, but it's definitely not barkcloth. And for full disclosure, they're pretty damn uncomfortable, but I still love them! If you want to see my bar in all it's glory, it has already got it's own thread over in Creating Tiki. Just search Apartment Bar...you'll find it. |
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Big Kahuna
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01/28/2010
Dude, nice score. I keep searching CL for a couch like that, but there doesn't seem to be anything here in "colonial furniture central" New England. I'll keep looking. |
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1961surf
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01/29/2010
If you are in Cali I have this three band couch and two matching chairs available.
[ Edited by: 1961surf 2010-01-29 14:14 ] |
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Jetson
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01/31/2010
I already have another topic with my house in it, but I was so impressed by veryone else's rattan collections that I just had to post mine here as well |
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kahalakruzer
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02/06/2010
I found a reclining chair up in Van Nuys that matched my set exactly. It needs some work, and it cost a good deal more than it should have, but it matches perfectly. And here are some pillows that my girlfriend made out of some spare barkcloth. |
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1961surf
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02/09/2010
Not my rattan , however thought I would post this bar that I passed on two weekends ago.
[ Edited by: 1961surf 2010-02-09 18:11 ] |
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tikiskip
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02/09/2010
That is a very nice bar. |
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1961surf
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02/09/2010
Tiki ship I believe its sold for $500.00 w/ bar stools .This bar was substantial and [ Edited by: 1961surf 2010-02-09 17:17 ] |
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kahalakruzer
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02/16/2010
Here's the shelf that I posted a few weeks back, hung and stocked with scotch whisky. |
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1961surf
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02/16/2010
Looks good Craig....not a big Scotch drinker though ! |
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Tiki Royale
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02/18/2010
Here's a rattan wall shelf I picked up a little while ago. I believe it's newer since the shelves are made of split bamboo and are fixed in place.
As you can see, it is now housing the hawaiian carved perfume bottle collection. |