We finally got our hands on a Tiki Grail from an online auction here in Denver, of all places. We didn’t know whether she worked or not and this is how she arrived: We couldn’t test her because the wiring to the wall was completely shot, so I just started taking her apart to see […]
We aren’t good of keeping track of all the little things we do around the house, so here’s a 2025 update of the party Pit and Tiki Bar area of the house:
New Art for the wet bar. It’s more size appropriate to the other 2, but I’m not sure I like it better. We also added some art for the bathroom door and I made a curtain for the back bar.
The jukebox created a lot of projects and made us rethink the entire TV room. Lina learned how to add a walnut stain to any piece of furniture, so she turned the white cabinet we used as a closet (similar to the one below) into a walnut looking closet. Then we won a record player
I was searching for a jukebox years ago, but we never had the space and they were too expensive or too ugly. I kept seeing facebook listing for this jukebox, which I loved; but they wanted $7,000 for it. After seeing it occasionally for weeks, I decided to lowball him just in case; and then
It got cold this year and people started posting how terrible it was in West Virginia, so I took some pictures of the backyard. Looking pretty good!
A long time ago, I thought it would be cool to add an ocean sound effect to the chalkware fish bathroom. We bought the shell box at an estate sale over 6 months ago and I bought the speaker and control board for the Tiki room music box over a year ago. The box legs
We finished hanging the Demonoyo. I made the support out of some left-over teak and made the support wider than it needs to be so I could screw it into studs. I do NOT want this to fall for any reason. It’s made out of the same teak as the PNG shield with a brown-stained
Lina has always wanted a seashell resin toilet ever since she saw one in an estate sale house. I’ve always forgot about it, but she reminded me at the right time this year. I found a vintage one on ebay and Lina had a lot of questions about the package when it was delivered. I
Christmas 2023 started rough when the tree came crashing down and destroyed most of the ornaments and jewels; along with one of the rings. I’d been meaning to add some kind of winch system for years, but I was finally motivated to get one installed. Then the Modern Christmas Tree (https://www.modernchristmastrees.com/) people restrung the tree
