Tikiwahine's Creations - Update Jan 22 - Mug shelf & rockin' out - Other Crafts

T Tikiwahine Tiki Socialite Victoria, BC Joined: Apr 09, 2003 Posts: 3295	T Tikiwahine Posted posted on Thu, Jun 1, 2006 7:08 PM Aloha! We've just finished the next step in the tiki room transformation - the all important ceiling! Here you can see the brand new fan, installed by DrunkenMunky. He installed the first two sheets of bamboo matting yesterday. He does my heavy grunt work, but I stained each sheet myself. It took 15 4'X8' sheets to do the whole ceiling, I stained all 20 of them which took me three days to do out in the backyard. They had to be brought in at night, so finding spots for them was a bit of a challenge. Here's the ceiling completely covered. The next major step will be to create a large carved beam running the ridge of the ceiling, and lots of bamboo trim of course. I have many lamps that will be hung and plugged into each of the 12 sockets we now have up there, I'll post some pictures when I get the hooks put in and a few lamps hung. The sockets are hooked up to two dimmer switches for that dark ambiance tiki rooms require. Also note the sweeeet* Rodeo Tiki mask that's been placed at a position of authori-tay I hope ya like what we've done so far! If you have any questions about the process, please don't hesitate to ask. Mahalo! One Sway at a Time [ Edited by: Tikiwahine 2006-08-27 15:12 ]

Aloha! We've just finished the next step in the tiki room transformation - the all important ceiling!

Here you can see the brand new fan, installed by DrunkenMunky. He installed the first two sheets of bamboo matting yesterday.

He does my heavy grunt work, but I stained each sheet myself. It took 15 4'X8' sheets to do the whole ceiling, I stained all 20 of them which took me three days to do out in the backyard. They had to be brought in at night, so finding spots for them was a bit of a challenge.

Here's the ceiling completely covered. The next major step will be to create a large carved beam running the ridge of the ceiling, and lots of bamboo trim of course. I have many lamps that will be hung and plugged into each of the 12 sockets we now have up there, I'll post some pictures when I get the hooks put in and a few lamps hung. The sockets are hooked up to two dimmer switches for that dark ambiance tiki rooms require.

*Also note the sweeeet Rodeo Tiki mask that's been placed at a position of authori-tay

I hope ya like what we've done so far!
If you have any questions about the process, please don't hesitate to ask.
Mahalo!

One Sway at a Time

[ Edited by: Tikiwahine 2006-08-27 15:12 ]

Post #235366 by Tikiwahine on Thu, Jun 1, 2006 7:08 PM