Lenny
07-30-2004, 10:52 PM
Well, amongst other things, the excavator "dude" (most sought after here ) called me about a week before MADCOW and said he was coming over. Anyways, we have had a PILE of rock here (4-5 Footers) for akmost a year and half waiting for him. Needless to say, I said YES !!! I am ready !!!... :rolleyes:
To make a long story short, we are building an outside Bar for people (friends and family) on my property and the theme is as above and I am stocking it with offshore memorbilia and such, Donzi 16 front bow/cooler, an OLD looking building/saloon facade for a face to the bar (and tall) a few palm trees (they love it here) and old buoys, rope, chain and probably engine sounds and all the rest.
I have a real LARGE ( Highways) intersection light, hence the need for the signs to place below it. It will be a "Lenny rendition" of Thunderboat Alley in Miami.
If anyone that comes here does not want to know why it is here, or the history behind it, then they can chat with the German Shepherd. :D
It consists of three decks, the pictures don't do it justice, but anyways, the first deck has a teak and black canvas outdoor patio set.
The second deck has a brick oven (still to be made) and bar-b-q.
The third deck is the bar and building.
In all it will probably hold about 30 people very comfortably. Since I only have one friend this should work out Great!!! :D
Anyways, much like Tuvells pool day by day, I will keep anyone interested in this project up to speed as well. It will happen FAST.
The decks are going to be stamped concrete with a wooden plank pattern c/w old nails and bolts cast into it. There is a DONZI coming out of the building when done, like a Hollywood freakshow for effect. Hopefully I can show it in all its' glamour by the end of September. :D
1) We start this pictorial with the "trailer trash photo" of Deneen and I (so many times) sitting under the palm (real) in a pile of rock...1 1/2 years now :rolleyes: Yes, that is a furnace fan similating an offshore breeze in Biscayne Bay...
2) The 7 load pile of rock, 3-4-5' footers has been here for 1 1/2 years in the way. :mad: Anyways, we ended buying 28 (YES 28) more loads of rock to do this, let alone another 100 yards of road base and 150 yards of shot rock 18- for trailer turnarounds and land re-clamation.
3) There were too many trees here still. I cleared literally hundreds and hundreds in 1989 when I bought it as raw forest. These 4 made the first corner of a 500' driveway hell so I gassed the 4 Firs in order to widen it. Now a 22' footer can drive up and turn around and flush without trouble.
4) As stated above, we got 28 more loads of 4-5's rock to complete walls and build-outs and THUNDERBOAT ALLEY. Here is one of that many...
5) I made up three sets of pilings, to give it a nautical effect and had them placed deep into roadbase. Here is a shot of that.
To make a long story short, we are building an outside Bar for people (friends and family) on my property and the theme is as above and I am stocking it with offshore memorbilia and such, Donzi 16 front bow/cooler, an OLD looking building/saloon facade for a face to the bar (and tall) a few palm trees (they love it here) and old buoys, rope, chain and probably engine sounds and all the rest.
I have a real LARGE ( Highways) intersection light, hence the need for the signs to place below it. It will be a "Lenny rendition" of Thunderboat Alley in Miami.
If anyone that comes here does not want to know why it is here, or the history behind it, then they can chat with the German Shepherd. :D
It consists of three decks, the pictures don't do it justice, but anyways, the first deck has a teak and black canvas outdoor patio set.
The second deck has a brick oven (still to be made) and bar-b-q.
The third deck is the bar and building.
In all it will probably hold about 30 people very comfortably. Since I only have one friend this should work out Great!!! :D
Anyways, much like Tuvells pool day by day, I will keep anyone interested in this project up to speed as well. It will happen FAST.
The decks are going to be stamped concrete with a wooden plank pattern c/w old nails and bolts cast into it. There is a DONZI coming out of the building when done, like a Hollywood freakshow for effect. Hopefully I can show it in all its' glamour by the end of September. :D
1) We start this pictorial with the "trailer trash photo" of Deneen and I (so many times) sitting under the palm (real) in a pile of rock...1 1/2 years now :rolleyes: Yes, that is a furnace fan similating an offshore breeze in Biscayne Bay...
2) The 7 load pile of rock, 3-4-5' footers has been here for 1 1/2 years in the way. :mad: Anyways, we ended buying 28 (YES 28) more loads of rock to do this, let alone another 100 yards of road base and 150 yards of shot rock 18- for trailer turnarounds and land re-clamation.
3) There were too many trees here still. I cleared literally hundreds and hundreds in 1989 when I bought it as raw forest. These 4 made the first corner of a 500' driveway hell so I gassed the 4 Firs in order to widen it. Now a 22' footer can drive up and turn around and flush without trouble.
4) As stated above, we got 28 more loads of 4-5's rock to complete walls and build-outs and THUNDERBOAT ALLEY. Here is one of that many...
5) I made up three sets of pilings, to give it a nautical effect and had them placed deep into roadbase. Here is a shot of that.