Tuesday, January 31, 2017

Counters, Rocks & Light Oh My!

Moving right along to get this wrapped-up sometime SOON!!

First-up here are our bamboo-patterned Formica countertops for the bar, which look AWESOME!







& I've been working on pulling together ALL of the light fixtures that will fill out this plan....

Quite the lighting plan, huh??



This one was an existing fixture that was just white in the middle - looks MUCH better wrapped-up in vintage fabric!



This was just a rattan cylinder thing.  No idea what it was orginally used for.  So I wrapped it in a couple pieces of tapa & wired it to make it into a simple drum-like lamp.



& one of my favorites!
Got it at a Flea Market a few years back.  Super heavy metal with marbles inlaid.  
Re-wiring this one was beyond my personal electrical skills - just picked it up today - cannot wait to hang it up!



& one group of lights getting ready to head to the bar......
Yes.....there's MORE than this!!


Found these great drawer pulls for the bar, too - thanks, Google!



Rock for the sides of the bar are now filling the driveway....along with the dumpster & the POD......good thing we've got a big driveway!

Our HOA required a % of the bar have rock on the outside to match the house.  Would not have been our first choice.....not terribly tiki....but we negotiated with them to the point that it was at least acceptable.  So Rock is going on!




LOTS & LOTS of rock!




A few goodies waiting to go in the bar........



& some tiki mugs waiting to go into the bar top!!


Next week is flooring - YAY!
Plumbing coming up next week/the week after
Then electricity, lights hanging
& Then the touch-ups & punch list.

Then, after the contractors are out of here, we need to pour the bartop & empty our Pod & storage space into the bar!!  It'll take a bit of time to get it all settled & we can't wait!!

Best guess for completion - Mid-March?????

Monday, January 23, 2017

Moving right along......

 The Tiki Mug Shelf to end all tiki mug shelves in the house is now mostly full......



& today & tomorrow the laminate countertops will be going in the bar!  A very cool bamboo patterned laminate - to be used on all of the countertops in the bar:




Saturday, January 21, 2017

Friday, January 20, 2017

Tile & More Tiki Mugs......

Our Fabulous tile has been installed in the bar bathroom - it will look SO GOOD with our PINK toilet!  Can't wait!!!  (it's prettier than in the pictures....just not great lighting since we have no electricity in the bar, yet...)






& the loading of the Tiki Mug shelves in the bar has continued & in progress......





Tuesday, January 17, 2017

It's a Tiki Bar Building Marathon!

WHEW!!
The last 10 days were a marathon of tiki bar building.
My aching EVERYTHING!!!!  I hit the chiropractor this morning & headed in for a massage shortly.

Anyway - here's what we've been doing the past several days......







LOTS of bamboo to torch & shellac!



BOOZE Shelving!




& the awning for the side door.....




He whipped that up in about an hour!


We managed to get a few tiki mugs on the shelves in the house before our bar preview party


AHI having fun in the paper that the mugs were wrapped in!




Had a few friends over to check out our progress to-date...







& No rest for the Tiki Wicked - Back to work!!!






& a few views with some of the art hanging up....







The raising of The Tiki over the front door.....




& The Bird (aka MaiTai) is going to miss her buddy Ben - you can tell she doesn't want him to leave!!



Ah, yes, and still plenty more work to do now that Ben is back in California.

Here I'm starting to prep the bartop for the resin pour.  We won't pour the resin until all other work is complete, as it has to be dust-free, 75 degrees minimum & can only be poured ⅛" at a time - it'll be quite the project!!!

Now just to keep the contractors from damaging it between now & then!


& the contractors ******CLAIM***** they will be done in the next month with flooring, plumbing, lighting, etc.
If you believe that, I've got a bridge to sell you......

Stay tuned!