Sunday, January 05, 2003

Inspiration pieces

greentea design - sleeping area - you'll notice that the futon is placed on top of rice-filled tatami. Which is a very nice idea for western-style decor as a way of getting the futon up off of the floor when you can't cover the entire floor in tatami. (Tatami mats are approximately 3' x 6'.)

Tansu LLC has a bunch of pictures of finished projects, some of which are nice inspiration photos. Tatami rooms has a few nice ones. 4 TATAMI ON MODULAR BASES is interesting, but I especially like the shoji screens on the walls on each side of the window as a way of dressing up the contemporary style window. 2 ROOMS 5 TATAMI MATS EACH shows the zaisu style chairs as well as a very simple version of the table that I'd like to get. As you can see, it looks like the table can sit 4-6 people. You can also see that sometimes there is an opening under the table that drops down into a "pit" (makes it easier for western people to sit at the table).

One of the ideas that I have is to do a (6) tatami area on my 3rd floor bedroom, the room isn't quite of the proper dimensions, but it is large enough to do the 9' x 12' layout.

posted by Wuphon's at 9:35 PM