{"id":370,"date":"2008-07-06T20:50:56","date_gmt":"2008-07-07T00:50:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/?p=937"},"modified":"2008-07-06T20:50:56","modified_gmt":"2008-07-07T00:50:56","slug":"hapa-haole-hideaway-rebuild-iii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/2008\/07\/06\/hapa-haole-hideaway-rebuild-iii\/","title":{"rendered":"Hapa Haole Hideaway Rebuild III"},"content":{"rendered":"

I built the Hideaway first in my rental house<\/a>. Then I moved in with Ms Swanky and converted her dining room into the Hideaway<\/a>. Now we are living the American Dream and I am living the Poly Pop dream and we are building a rather permanent Hideaway. This is a major undertaking. The sort of thing you’d only do if you own. We’ve hired contractors to rewire everything. That is, 4 outlets in the ceiling on a switch behind the bar. A wet bar. Just a serious bar build. We are now deep into the construction phase. We hope to get started on building the actual bar soon. And then we will get to the fun part where we start putting in decor. It has been a ton of work and there is a lot more to go. Been colecting specifically for th eproject now too. We are also doing a tropical lanai to go with the Tiki bar.<\/p>\n

To see the step by step progress, look at this Tiki Central thread…<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I built the Hideaway first in my rental house. Then I moved in with Ms Swanky and converted her dining room into the Hideaway. 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