Almost there!

I’ve been staying at Mums lately as there’s no kitchen here, and the bedroom walls are absout to come down. It’s all coming together though… I think?!

Guest bathroom.

Bedroom wall will be opened up and that other room becomes part of the bedroom.

The deck before the slats went on. The new stairs are twice as wide as the old ones.

The slats are on, we have put the slats on in a very unconventional way, this way (they’re on their sides) you can see through them a lot more than if you just nailed them to the posts. We’re suuuper happy with how it’s turned out! Bewtter pics are in order.

Frame is back from a blast and powdercoat, the building begins!!!

Yesterday I got a really nice email from a fellow designer:

Dear Justin,

Many years ago, I think circa 2002, I made contact with you asking for feedback on my work. You kindly made time for me, and generously invited me to your house to show you my work.

I asked you before I left “do you think I’ll make it” to which you replied , ‘yes’

Just wanted to let you know, I ‘made it’, I am a designer for Inside Out magazine, I have a small little blog going http://fromasowsear.blogspot.com/

And, I actually finished uni!

I’m writing to say, THANK YOU so much, thank you for instilling that bit of faith into me and for taking the time to help a young design student out from the start.

Many thanks,
grace lee designer INSIDEout Magazine

Grace’s email made my day. It’s stuff like this that define Kharma for me. Love her little blog too, some of her images made me smile, some made me giggle. Coincidentally I’ve been reading a lot of INSIDEout magazines (Mum has HEAPS of them!) and they’ve been a source of inspiration for the house rennovations. INSIDEout have a great little staff blog worth checking out too.

My 2007 Giant Reign 1. If I could only keep one bike, this is the one I’d keep.

My 2008 Giant Anthem X0 XC race machine.

My Titanium 1×9 full rigid.

OMG it has begun.

Christina made a bee-line for the wedding section at the newsagents this weekend, and yesterday we even checked out a church. A few minutes ago I got an msn message from her to check out an online booking and information page of that said church.

We’ve only been engaged for just under a month. Christina and her mum suggested the 8th of October 2011 but at a family dinner last week the Locks got excited.

Mr Lock would really like a traditional Chinese Wedding, like in the movies he says, with costumed hired help throwing petals… he’d also like us to get it over and done with, and says early next year would be a good date. Mrs Lock agrees, next year would be good. Her friend told her of a great Bollywood style wedding where dancers dragged guests up to dance and she too wants to see Christina wear a traditional Chinese wedding dress. Despite all these suggestions, they insisted that it’s our wedding.

Help?!

The new project. Follow the build here.

Check out these sexy drains for both my showers. They took 4 weeks to make, all aluminium, tig welded too.

Slatting is going on, sideways instead of the usual way you’d attach it. I’m pretty happy with how it’s turning out.

Nowhere near as heavy as you can see through it a lot more than the more traditional style of nailing the slatting on.

In bike news I’ve gone and bought a motor for a future deathtrap project, the Ti’s almost done:

Late at night in my man cave.

Wider KCNC bar, XT shifter, ESI grips.

Weenie!