Lina bough this cheap outdoor set somewhere because the squirrels were eating the old set and I haven’t had a chance to make any headway on the never-ending list of projects. We bought a set of rattan for the Tiki room and the cushions didn’t even make it to the end of the block after […]
I wanted to make a Santa hat to match my Tiki jacket and found out that Spoonflower sells a velvet material. So I got a yard with my tiki pattern and went to the internet for some research. The internet was chock full of simple hats with two seams, but I only wanted one seam.
We picked up the shell of this chair in Palm Springs and I restored it for my Motu Nui merit. I bought this pool after our first Ohana and a friend suggested that we tiki it up with some thatch. That’s a great idea! I experimented with some ideas to bamboo-ize some PVC to hold
I came across a Kickstarter a couple of years ago that offered a CNC machine (Maslow CNC) that could cut 4’x8′ sheets of plywood for under $500. (For those who don’t know: A CNC machine allows the user to draw what they want to cut or carve, convert that drawing into x and y coordinates,
I saw this chair at a Tiki show in Palm Springs and I loved it. But we didn’t need any more projects and it wasn’t an easy fit in the truck for the trip home. So, of course, Lina bought it. I made these temporary cushions to hold us over until this winter when we
We went to a “How to Make Fake Bamboo from PVC” at Tiki Oasis several years ago and were all gung-ho to make some awesome fake bamboo projects. Then we got busy. There is a photographer coming over to take pictures of the Tiki area, so I wanted to make the pool cover holder look
We bought this 7’7″ foam Moai from an event company during COVID: Rene taught me his recipe for papercrete (a mix of paper and cement) and I applied it to the outside of the Moai. It took over two bags of cement and soooo much shredded paper to make it. I built up his nose
The main parts of the tiki room were complete, but there’s always small things to be done. Once again, a big thanks to Tiki Tom-Tom for some of these pictures. The Filipino collection was growing and being displayed: Lina found a great aquarium that leaks. We still need to find something to do with this.
I’ve long admired living walls in homes and businesses. The soothing green and feeling of nature brought indoors especially during the pandemic when we’re feeling anxious and can’t leave our house. I love living walls, but I was also afraid to lose our mirrored wall. In July, we went to a garage sale at an
I’m so happy to finally complete this project! (thank you corona virus). A couple of years ago I took a seminar at Tiki Oasis by Eric October called Tiki on Black Paper. During the class, Eric showed us how to make a faux velvet painting using black construction paper, a stencil, and colored pencils. I
