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
Notes From the Shop
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 Custom Hardware
Well it’s been a while since I’ve my last post. A lot has been going on both with work and with life in general and… Read More »Modular Tansu Custom Hardware
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
Low Cherry Tansu – 2
Moving along with fabrication of the low cherry tansu. After cutting the hidden mitered dovetails on the corners of the main cabinet, I started working… Read More »Low Cherry Tansu – 2
Cherry Low Cabinet – 1
Hidden Mitered Dovetails The last cabinet for the series of modular tansu is the low cherry cabinet, which is also the biggest and most complicated… Read More »Cherry Low Cabinet – 1