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Show off your Rattan!
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1961surf
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02/18/2010
Your display looks great Tiki Royale ...nice presentation. |
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leleliz
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02/18/2010
i will find a circular shelf..i will find a circular shelf..i will find a circular shelf there..i put it out into the universe and now it will come back :) great shelves both of you! |
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leleliz
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07/15/2010
I have wanted a rattan set for years now but price has always been an issue. Well that and the fact that I don't have a truck to pick furniture up with. Seems that my patience has paid off...Monday I am picking up this set of rattan for $200--woot! woot! Since it is so cheap I am going to invest in some barkcloth to make matching cushions for them....I am so stoked! |
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LiddleLola
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07/16/2010
Very nice find Liz and great price to boot. Darilyn |
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Tiki Royale
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07/16/2010
SCORE!!!! |
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Murph
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07/19/2010
Everyone has some great rattan. and the here's the fun surprise the sofa turns into a bed! |
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leleliz
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07/19/2010
Murph love your set! super jealous!! |
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leleliz
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07/20/2010
ok so picked up the set today...and here are 2 pics..1 without flash and 1 with. Let me just say that I have wanted this type of rattan for so long that now that I have it I realize I need to replace my coffee table...get some rattan end tables..relace my barrel lampshade on my panther lamp...etc...good lord let the thrifting commence!
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Murph
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07/20/2010
Leleliz your set looks great. |
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Psycho Tiki D
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07/20/2010
I am going to have to make a point to visit you next time I am in or around your part of town. That looks absolutely amazing! Great score and youi should be proud of the finished look. BTW, I like you coffee table too! PTD |
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leleliz
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07/20/2010
Thanks Murph and Duane :) Murph your set still is the best one on this thread. I love the pull out bed and the finish looks so pretty. Duane...you are more than welcome to come anytime you are around these parts. I wish the coffee table was a bit smaller but it will do for now. |
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Kamaina Kraig
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07/20/2010
I love your shelves over the sofa!!!! |
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leleliz
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07/20/2010
Thanks Kraig :) I got them off Ebay for only $50 ! |
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Paipo
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07/20/2010
Finally...very surprised to find this in the town I live in! Quite an epic saga involved in procuring this treasure in the end...and now a lot of work ahead of me. I have found some amazing pieces of furniture lately, but old stuff in this town is pretty much always badly damaged from neglect... I'm thinking of pilfering some of the trim from the back side to refinish the edge of the bar top: First step: pulling this godawful check fabric off the stools: What was underneath - worst tropical print fabric EVER! I will probably use the green tapa barkcloth on the bar in the above pics to recover these. Anybody got any experience of repairing these bars or replacing the trim and binding on rattan furniture? I see 1961surf had a bar restoration thread but it never progressed much beyond the sanding/refinishing stage. I am thinking I may have to find a sacrificial specimen to cannibalise for materials. You need to soak or steam the stuff before wrapping it, correct? Any advice or tips appreciated! :tiki: |
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SandraDee
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09/18/2011
With help from Trad'r Bill and Psycho Tiki D we have added this awesome bar to our collection today : Super excited to say the least esp after seeing this thread and how rare this style is : http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?topic=40265&forum=12 Thanks again to you both! |
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Psycho Tiki D
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09/19/2011
Although the bar in the thread you posted is nice, I really like the one you bought today. I could take pictures and post them but that is for you and your room mate to do SandraDee. Congratulations! The people who sold this were extremely nice and helpful. Gotta love this style! Later, PTD |
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Bongo Bungalow
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09/19/2011
Fantastic SandraDee! I was unaware of boomerang shaped bars. |
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1961surf
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10/14/2011
Picked this vintage horizontal stacked rattan bar up last weekend .Had to drive a long way to pick it up ,however |
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Pixel Girl
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10/14/2011
Hello, know anyone who would want to buy this off me? the whole set the bar already sold http://www.flickr.com/photos/41565038@N00/6244349968/in/photostream I am in San Diego :) |
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Pixel Girl
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10/14/2011
Hello, know anyone who would want to buy this off me? the whole set the bar already sold http://www.flickr.com/photos/41565038@N00/6244349968/in/photostream I am in San Diego :) come get it soon or it goes away forever. Later Rad People |
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VampiressRN
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10/14/2011
These are old pictures of my bar and shelves I purchased for total of $120 about twenty years ago. The booze is now stored in that reproduction cabinet behind the bar. I keep my glassware on these two shelves. I love all the banded sets that have been posted!!! :wink: |
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TTUMS
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10/21/2011
This is from my sunroom and my living room...
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1961surf
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10/21/2011
Rare matching set of twist base bar stools that swivel .... with and without backs .Original salmon colored bar stool |
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Tiki Royale
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10/21/2011
Nice pieces Ttums. Funny, I picked up a 5 piece Frankel rattan sectional that also had horrid 80's Navajo print cushions... Go figure. |
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1961surf
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11/11/2011
Rare vintage 1940's multi rattan strand floor lamp w/ original fiberglass barrel shade Unique pair of rattan table lamps with original shades and narra wood bases [ Edited by: 1961surf 2011-11-10 20:29 ] |
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1961surf
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11/23/2011
Some insane recent rare finds !
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1961surf
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11/29/2011
[ Edited by: 1961surf 2011-11-29 21:40 ] |
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1961surf
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12/11/2011
Mid century modern vintage rattan table 43 " tall table lamp in near mint condition with original barrel shade .Solid 3 1/2" oak wood base .Will make available for sale under my rattan thread . |
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Aquatic Safarinaut
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01/27/2012
Got these today...still need to clean and maybe refinish...The cushions definitely need help... |
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Bora Boris
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01/27/2012
So does your wiring. :lol: |
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1961surf
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02/07/2012
Nice six band set score Safari ! |
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Aquatic Safarinaut
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02/07/2012
Thanks Bill, Here's the sofa after a soapy water scrub, a light sanding and two coats of Minwax Polyshades Honey Pine...Many thanks Polypop for the advice...
The cushions are the original with springs but aren't very comfortable. The covers, though dry cleaned, still look pretty ratty. Not sure which way I'm going to go on them... Next weekend, the chair... |
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TIKI DAVID
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02/07/2012
Rattan & Witco |
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MauiRose
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03/11/2012
Picked this up today from Craigslist |
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Dustycajun
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04/05/2012
Inspired by my last visit to Bongofury's Rincon Room, I have on the prowl for rattan. A few local finds. A kidney-shaped table that is now the boy's TV/X-Box stand.
A nice little two-tiered corner end table.
And an old Heywood-Wakefield 3-piece sofa with original cushions.
I found a few more items that need a little work before photos. Rattaning is fun! DC |
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Atomic Tiki Punk
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04/05/2012
Nice DC! and curse Ron (Not really) he had some very nice Danish Modern pieces too! [ Edited by: Atomic Tiki Punk 2012-04-04 19:56 ] |
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TikiRootsRocka
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04/14/2012
Just picked these up. I'm super stoked as these are my first rattan pieces. |
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TikiRootsRocka
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04/17/2012
Thanks to everyone for posting your cleanup and restoration tips, they definitely came in handy. She's still got a long way to go, but there's a huge difference with a Murphy's Oil Soap wash and some orange oil. I tried to use just the sudds from the from the MOS, applied 2 applications of orange oil, and washed the cushion covers. Next is the "super cleaning," getting all of the dirt out of the little knooks and cracks, more orange oil, a beeswax finish, and custom covers. Oh, and that table top is killing me
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8FT Tiki
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04/29/2012
Didn't expect to find one of these here! Mrs. 8FT always wanted a rattan aquarium so she's happy & that makes me happy too.
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KittyKat65
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05/06/2012
I just bought this set:
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sputnikmoss
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05/24/2012
Found this huge vintage rattan shelving unit at Salvation Army on 1/2 price day for the office!
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8FT Tiki
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05/27/2012
Wow, lightning strikes twice in one month. Another yard sale find. This one is larger and more elaborate. Purchased from a former US serviceperson who brought it back from the Phillipines. Will probably keep this one and sell or trade the other one now. Don't have room for both.
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KittyKat65
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05/30/2012
A start on my new family room...
[ Edited by: KittyKat65 2012-05-30 11:55 ] |
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Murph
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05/30/2012
Very cool |
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Tiki Trav
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07/12/2012
So back in 2007 I picked up this set of 2x 2 seaters & 2x single seaters for $200, then shortly after I found this set "lovingly restored" with blue enamel, I passed these up.. now fast forward to July 2012 & I just bought this set on ebay for $300.. now just a quick 1200km (800mi?) drive each way to pick them up.. |
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Bamboo Bev
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07/13/2012
Man, great find and real cheap too, I found a set like this in Newtown but they want $3000.00 for the set. |
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KittyKat65
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07/13/2012
Great price and nice set! As a former Sydney gal, I agree that Newtown prices are ridiculous. |
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Tiki Trav
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07/14/2012
Agreed, Newtown is ridiculous, but that's the price you pay to walk into a store and take home the rare furniture you want without scouring the earth for months/years, getting up on the weekend before sunrise to go to swapmeets, carboot sales, yard sales, thrift stores, church stalls, markets etc. And then there's ebay, gumtree, craigslist etc... |