Japandi Waterfall Project Ep.23
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36 Comments
Once the house is finished and is ready to let out. The shed could be a supply shed for the cleaners. Lots of Airbnbs in the UK have a shed with cleaning products, toilet rolls, spare towels, bedding etc. It saves room in the actual house.
The recycled deck looks fantastic and will serve as a great landing zone for the shed. 👍😊
Will the old foundation drain after rain? Thinking since you put vapor barrier under the shed in the old foundation.
Konbanwa, Anton-san! The small deck around the shed is wonderful.
The shed, while functional, feels like it could blend in better somehow.
Thank you again for sharing your journey.
I was thinking of subtly restoring the old wooden pillar 🪵 with surface carvings inspired by 🎑Japanese folk tales🍢, and adding a small Japanese style water fountain ⛲️ to the garden. These are just some rough ideas that I think would bring joy and warmth to the garden and make the room more inviting.
A lovely little shed for the little house! I love that you added the sitting spot there as well. It makes the area purposeful beyond just a storage space for tools!
Happy holidays and take care!
Bei so einem großen Garten braucht man immer einen Geräteschuppen
18:30 What’s the story with that column with all the holes in it? Please tell me you’re going to replace this…
I really want to do house renovations in Japan how would I go about it and start doing it and after the house is done should I sell it and move onto the next or rent it out for other foreigners and where would be the best place to do house renovation in japan
Why spend a ton of time and money on a shed in the back that you park your machinery in. You needed storage to keep the project going forward. Good call. If aesthetics require an upgrade later when the property is making money then you can circle back. Plants in the meantime to help it blend in.
A colleague has bought a cottage in Sweden for $50.000. It came with a free Swedish language course. The transfer process was unique too. You give your Swedish bank a form. You sign transfer documents. The agent calls the bank. Money transferred. Agent hands over keys. Japan could learn from this
They are knots that have a lot of pitch in them. Pitch is the resin pine trees make, sap is another word used. Pitch can be used to easily start fires, waterproof things, and also native people used it for making glues. It also has anti microbial uses. Some people collect pine cones, rocks, maybe he just liked them? I think what you’re doing is so interesting as well as incredible. It would be so cool to research the previous owner. I wish you the best on your journey, you are an inspiration.
Did the stairs guy scam you? 18:03
That shed looks really nice!! plus will last for a LONG time being plastic
In regards to the shed and its foundation – you put the vapor barrier down within the concrete structure and covered it in rock/gravel. Then you put the plywood on for the shed itself and the shed on top of it. Then you put on a deck that fits within the concrete. I assume there's gaps between the deck boards. What happens when it rains? Won't all that water just seep between the deck boards and sit on top of your vapor barrier and pool until it finds a channel to run out while rain that doesn't run out will create concentrated humidity below the shed? Am I missing something here?
With all the beautiful trees, it would be amazing to have a swing that guests could enjoy! 😉
The trees are alive with the sound of..
Could he have been doing something to get the resin out of the pine knots to make traditional medicine?
It's a good spot for an onsen/sauna. Also if you want a colour that doesn't distract from the landscape – grey is not it. Dark brown!
I built one of these sheds for my house, went ok, did it solo, I just remember having issues keeping it square to fit the panels together
Make coasters with the offcuts, could laser engrave a logo or hot iron the wood like you would cattle—sell to subscribers etc
Много говорите ,но мало показываете что уже сделали.
Hi Anton ! I'm looking from the beginning of Waterfall Akiya… Maybe you could use the rests of wooden deck to create little objects like keyring made from a japanese craftman around with Japandi logo on it and sell them online to fans, in the house to guest or make some kind of contest to win some of them! 💡😋
Will you add power somehow to the shed? Maybe some vertical solar panels and a battery?
Use some of the leftover wood to do shelving on side of the shed!
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Nice house project 👍 just wondering about ur fence, dont u install frames on ur fence? It seems a bit anusual. Hope its strong.🤔
Maybe you could use those little off cuts (from the deck around the new shed)..as a plant container. Make an mdf box then glue the offcuts around the outside as decoration. Or the same idea but for a birds nest house or bats, and fix it to one of the trees.
The colors are gorgeous – the yellow, orange and shades of rust brown, perfect autumn colors. And just the right sunlight to show it off. Beautiful.
you can use the leftover wood peaces to make houses and feeding places for the birds
Why not building the shed slowly after u finish the house ….that took a lot of time….and your house is near a waterfall and why not produce electricity from the waterfall …
You should probably do something about that vapor barrier you laid down under the shed deck!
Water will collect there and cause mold and rot very fast since there’s not really any way for it to drain out, unless you did something off camera
For more privacy provided by the fence ask the gardner-sama to plant a dense growing bamboo 2 shaku deep along the fence. Ask him to choose one that is fit for the wet ground and to place a rhizome barrier to prevent its spreading all over the grounds.
Advantage of the Bamboo is that it will provide privacy long after the fence has rotten away and it will replenish itself for as long as you care for it once or twice a year
I think of stone when I see the grey of the shed.
You could consider to paint the shed in a light green color, the same as used in disneyland for things they dont want to be noticed too much, there is a theory behind that. But the brownish background could make It worse, idk.
The shed needed to be green, really dislike the Grey