Custom designs can incorporate electricity, plumbing, and other creature comforts. He’s also offering DIY kits (from $150). Life expectancy of a tiki hut, however, can be as little as seven years.

Through a family friend, he landed at Big Kahuna — with absolutely no idea how to build a tiki hut. Preston Parker only a year ago was working at Big Kahuna Tiki Huts back home in Florida.

The Mainland trend of building extravagant home tiki bars hasn't made it back to Hawaii. Seen in this file photo is a tiki mug made by Oahu-based Island Heritage. Tina Yuen PBN By Janis Magin ...

They are as much a part of South Florida life as palm trees and sandy beaches — and almost as native. Tiki huts, those ingenous Native American creations, conjure images of sipping piñ… ...