Japanese Cob Home..

A Japanese Cob house with the most stunning natural wood kitchen

A beautiful Cob house in Japan

The Home of Kurumi and Kazuaki

A home belonging to a chef and an interior designer... what a total dream!

 All Images of Chef Kurumi's and Interior Designer Kabuki's Hayama, Japan home found via The Selby

An Earthy Japanese Home...

I found these pictures on a Japanese Photosharing site. All the pictures are of the same room and what I love about them all as a collection is watching the room change over time.



It is such a beautiful, light and earthy room. I love the warm wooden floor boards,  massive windows and that little 'string of pearls' plant hanging from the spiral staircase. I could easily spend a lot of time just sitting in here





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Current Obsession: Japenese 'Washi' Tea Canisters...

Japanese tea Canister covered with Washi paper

Washi Paper literally translates as Wa - 'Japanese' and 'shi' paper, and refers to paper made in the traditional way. Washi is one of the UNESCO’s Intangible cultural heritage objects. Washi is used for many purposes in Japan, one of which is to decorate tea caddys.

Although these beautiful tea caddys may have a delicate paper exterior they do have a metal air tight skeleton to keep your tea fresh. The good news is these tins are also relatively cheap too!

Japanese Washi tea tin

I found some really beautiful tins on etsy and over at Rishi

Current Obsession: Tetsubin Teapots

Tetsubin: Cast Iron Teapot from Japan

Blogger Tony Stone relaxing with his Tesubin

Tetsubin cast iron Teapot

My current obsession is these little Tetsubin teapots from Japan. They are made from Cast Iron so they are pretty heavy, but good news if you are a klutz like me, they are pretty much indestructible. Hurrah!!

A google or ebay search will bring up a glorious selection of colours in your own country. Here in the UK I found Gifts of the Orient to have a great selection of colours and styles.