Wednesday, October 17, 2007

timeless-kuang-haus

Went around KL, sofa hunting today ... can't decide to go " retro " or " cosy comfy " with the main sitting area. Met Nick of Timeless Design with his designer inspired classic furniture reproductions ( where we ended up buying a stack of chill out cds ) and Louis & Pat of HAUS who had the most comfortable sofa to just lounge and laze around ...

Sunday, September 23, 2007

Hussein's new house


tiwan & achi went back on Sep 15th ...now we have Hussein, thanks to raja ahmad

ouch!

plant a tree

MERDEKA

james


who do you call ?

termites





there goes the floor...

Saturday, August 25, 2007

a year later ...

no one said maintaining a tree house in the tropics would be easy...

Monday, May 7, 2007

Sunday, May 6, 2007

retro


Had the 1962 seats re-upholstered with leather ( looked good on TV3 morning show in conjunction with the 50th merdeka celebration )

the DECK


cycle


... moved the excercise bike from the apartment to Kuang. Lala & Sham were the first to try it out eventhough it was only for 15 minutes each.

foosball


support your local football team ...kejor! yeop ! kejor!

Anchor


Raja Shahriman's chandelier ( hammered & welded ) from a boat's anchor now hangs at the dining deck

Ring ! Ring !



Finally installed a fixed phone line in Kuang. Telekom had to put up a number of new " tiangs " to get us connected. Would not have been able to get it done without Ridhuan's help. The red "hotline" was found at the flea market in amcorp ...Hello !

Sunday, February 18, 2007

rumah tukang besi


Raja Shahriman's house painted with black oxide paint and silver window frames. House was constructed using recycled wood from an old kampung house.

rumah kuning


back in kuala kangsar for the chinese new year weekend ...

Saturday, February 10, 2007

Birds Nest


Uncle Ibrahim & Auntie Kamariah from Mersing came over for dinner last nite. Their Iskandar Inn inspired the idea of Kuang House. Shared ideas & thoughts on tree houses & malay house design ...and the next project

the TOKAI crew



Gary started the earthing & lightning arrester work in Kuang, especially with the storms & unpredictable weather that we're going thru. Its a lot of work and at a glance, the technicians look more like the kebun workers

Sunday, February 4, 2007

katil kat kuang


the BED from aisayman KL

kerusi kerawang


sani's sofa frame...he didnt want it and gave it to lala ...who later got rid of it and gave it to julie ...who replaced it with a moran ...talk about hand me downs...now with kekabu cushions from kuala kangsar.

massyaaallah


started working on the islamic influence courtyard & fountain but its leaking again...eran HELP ! there's 20 kois life at stake ...

PoTs & PlaNTs



the MAGIC



Ros is back in Kuang this sunday for another marathon massage session including a guasa facial

Thursday, February 1, 2007

Nippon Paint


tiwan painted the gate black & gold ... and he dismantled every single piece of the wooden plank to paint the metal frame. ( now all we need is some wood varnish ...)

rumah teres satu tingkat


more development ...

knock ! knock !


who's there ?

( alin got us the door knocker from istanbul, the door is homemade )

white orchids

bought 5 pots in kg subang this morning


Sunday, January 28, 2007

urut


finally found someone to come over and urut ...yesterday it was alex and his guasa, today ros came on her motorbike and gave ija almost a 3 hr body massage ... hmm the tree house spa resort

you have mail !


more like... you have bills ! bil elektrik & bil air ... that all we get in the mailbox.

reissue


whats left of the poster on the tiang lampu giving direction to the exhibition held in october 2005

Gate


the 10 year old gates are overdue for replacement ...

PAPAYA


tiwan survives on a diet of pucuk & buah betik ...

bittergourd



my new favourite veggie - the peria ...

Saturday, January 27, 2007

9MP


our dead tree, ah fatt's fantastic peria & the guthrie highway ... the price you have to pay for progress in kuang ( PiK )...& to have broadband internet...look closely & you'll see a bird perched on the dead tree stump

why did the chicken cross the road ?



... to get to kuang house. ( am posting this, sitting on the front porch underneath the stars tonite, thanks to Celcom 3G )

Wednesday, January 24, 2007

Kitties




meow!meow! cats in the dining room. mama's favourite painting !

Kats of Kuang ( KoK )





born a water tiger, ija's 3 big cats prowls, stalk & rest in the bedroom