Ok, this is side project number 2, in the uraniYUM room, and a quick one before we start bringing out some of the big guns.
I already have 1800 beer cans on the walls of my tiki bar. I knew it wouldn't be a good idea if I went and just started collecting tiki mugs, willy nilly, without regard to my limited space. That sort of decision never ends well. lol. To solve this problem, I decided to collect only mugs from bars that Ive actually been to, and drank in. It kept the size of my collection in check, and every mug had a story to go with it.
Slowly over the years it has gotten to a point, that my collection needed a forever home. Since drunk people and breakable objects are never a good combination, I needed a place that would display my collection but also keep it safe. Here is what I came up with........ The SUPERCALIFRAGILISTICTIKIMUGATORIUM.
We start with a huge walnut china cabinet, my parents bought in 1965 on the south side of Chicago. Solid walnut and heavy as all get out, with tons of storage and shelves for display. It comes apart in two pieces, so we separated the hutch, and we carefully started drilling holes, and running wires, in the upper half, where the mugs would be displayed. I then installed l.e.d. light strips, into the different compartments, using a separate controller for each lighting zone. Once everything was installed, we put it back together again.
We added lighting underneath the hutch and filled with our collection. The dashing gentleman, in the red blazer to the right, is our version of a Walmart greeter. His name is Rapa Nui Louie.
On top of the hutch is a collection of Jack Daniel decanters that are registered at the distillery in Kentucky. They will eventually find a new home, as they are displaced by future tiki mugs.
Throw in a couple of Moai candle holders, and a hand carved punch bowl set, and the mug collection has a new home with a diverse cast of characters.
The different lighting zones, illuminate the collection in different colors for different occasions. Red and green, red white and blue, ect.
The details of the mugs are cast in light and shadow to give some of them a sinister look.
I already have 1800 beer cans on the walls of my tiki bar. I knew it wouldn't be a good idea if I went and just started collecting tiki mugs, willy nilly, without regard to my limited space. That sort of decision never ends well. lol. To solve this problem, I decided to collect only mugs from bars that Ive actually been to, and drank in. It kept the size of my collection in check, and every mug had a story to go with it.
Slowly over the years it has gotten to a point, that my collection needed a forever home. Since drunk people and breakable objects are never a good combination, I needed a place that would display my collection but also keep it safe. Here is what I came up with........ The SUPERCALIFRAGILISTICTIKIMUGATORIUM.
We start with a huge walnut china cabinet, my parents bought in 1965 on the south side of Chicago. Solid walnut and heavy as all get out, with tons of storage and shelves for display. It comes apart in two pieces, so we separated the hutch, and we carefully started drilling holes, and running wires, in the upper half, where the mugs would be displayed. I then installed l.e.d. light strips, into the different compartments, using a separate controller for each lighting zone. Once everything was installed, we put it back together again.
We added lighting underneath the hutch and filled with our collection. The dashing gentleman, in the red blazer to the right, is our version of a Walmart greeter. His name is Rapa Nui Louie.
On top of the hutch is a collection of Jack Daniel decanters that are registered at the distillery in Kentucky. They will eventually find a new home, as they are displaced by future tiki mugs.
Throw in a couple of Moai candle holders, and a hand carved punch bowl set, and the mug collection has a new home with a diverse cast of characters.
The different lighting zones, illuminate the collection in different colors for different occasions. Red and green, red white and blue, ect.
The details of the mugs are cast in light and shadow to give some of them a sinister look.
