Dining Room Renovation
Welcome back folks, it’s been a while. A lot has happened over the past few months, and despite my best efforts it’s been hard to… Read More »Dining Room Renovation
Japanese Carpentry
Tomobe – Shikii Replacement
One of the changes we decided to make during our ongoing renovation was to replace some of the tatami mat floors with wood. As much… Read More »Tomobe – Shikii Replacement
Tomobe – North Side Plastering
Throughout this whole process of repairing the north side of our house, something that had been nagging me was the tilt of the building. The… Read More »Tomobe – North Side Plastering
Tomobe – Ne-tsugi
….continuing on from round one of jacking up the house…. …what followed was more demo to open up the walls for some ne-tsugi (post repair… Read More »Tomobe – Ne-tsugi
Tomobe – Jacking Up Posts
What a whirlwind of a year it has been so far. There’s been an interesting mix of work for which I’m incredibly grateful. This spring… Read More »Tomobe – Jacking Up Posts
Modular Tansu – Final Post
It’s long overdue, but at long last I have some images of the finished modular tansu cabinets to share. I finished this project up back… Read More »Modular Tansu – Final Post
Modular Tansu – Veneered Doors
The doors for the series of modular tansu that I’ve been covering in this series of posts are styled after traditional tabi-dansu doors like the… Read More »Modular Tansu – Veneered Doors
Tomobe – Setting Up Shop 2
In the last post I mentioned how the shared shop I was using in Tokyo unexpectedly closed for construction forcing me to dive into setting… Read More »Tomobe – Setting Up Shop 2
Tomobe – Setting Up Shop 1
When we first discovered our house here in Tomobe, one of the big attractions for me was an existing building on the property that looked… Read More »Tomobe – Setting Up Shop 1
Tomobe House – Week 2
Trying to catch up with updates here on the house work in Tomobe, and I’m about a week behind at the moment. I’m probably not… Read More »Tomobe House – Week 2