tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-864861858143140337.post502226816236171182..comments2023-09-19T03:42:19.879-04:00Comments on Urasenke Philadelphia: A Room of One's OwnMorganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14906012607093939874noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-864861858143140337.post-78103185352729601222010-02-27T09:43:22.019-05:002010-02-27T09:43:22.019-05:00I am truly looking forward to following your proce...I am truly looking forward to following your process of building a tea room. It sounds like such a wonderful haven!alexishttp://www.teaspoonsandpetals.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-864861858143140337.post-46279800884443240772010-02-21T23:37:11.996-05:002010-02-21T23:37:11.996-05:00Thanks!
That's what I was thinking about, pu...Thanks! <br /><br />That's what I was thinking about, putting some kind of fixture on the wall. We'll have to see how the wiring works out, but it seems like a good solution.Morganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14906012607093939874noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-864861858143140337.post-35370426905256362262010-02-21T08:58:59.398-05:002010-02-21T08:58:59.398-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.オテモヤンhttp://e-nixi.com/blog/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-864861858143140337.post-18409476438303179252010-02-21T03:32:17.267-05:002010-02-21T03:32:17.267-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.性感的我https://www.blogger.com/profile/09920351481465919791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-864861858143140337.post-87413399590408179522010-02-20T18:20:16.032-05:002010-02-20T18:20:16.032-05:00Morgan,
Congratulations. What an exciting project....Morgan,<br />Congratulations. What an exciting project. If you will be using the the tea room regularly at night, another lighting option you may want to consider is a wall sconce. Guests won't hit their heads on it and it leaves room on the floor (always a premium in yojohan especially with the ro. I have one in my tea room and my husband made a shoji like box lampshade to go over it so that the light is not so harsh.sweetpersimmonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02670213698914530826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-864861858143140337.post-76459558193469525802010-02-19T10:12:17.318-05:002010-02-19T10:12:17.318-05:00Marius --
Thanks for your comments!
I hadn't...Marius --<br /><br />Thanks for your comments!<br /><br />I hadn't thought about the storage issue, but that's a good point; one of the things that the room doesn't have is a lot of space to put dogu (though I've made up for that by taking over part of the attic!).<br /><br />I'm actually lucky in that the tokonoma will be right next to the room's existing window, so I can put a window in one wall of the toko and it will get natural light. I'm thinking about putting another light on the wall opposite the window, behind a shoji to simulate natural light as much as possible. That way there's no fixture in the ceiling for people to duck around.Morganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14906012607093939874noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-864861858143140337.post-48549649239165969832010-02-19T02:25:43.951-05:002010-02-19T02:25:43.951-05:00I'm also hoping to build a tea room in near fu...I'm also hoping to build a tea room in near future. I just need to buy the house first ;) The nice thing is that I get to take in to account that I want a tea room when buying the house. <br /><br />I think you should lift the floor and allow for the height go decrease to about 180cm, which is the height many traditional rooms are. Taller people just have to bend a bit. Another benefit of this that you should not under estimate is the storage space it will give you. By making a few hatches in the floor, you can access the space under the tea room by just lifting up the tatami. I had one room earlier a nijo nakait, it was amazing how much dogu you can fit under just two tatami. I bet that you (with out knowing how much dogu you own) could fit all your dogu in the space under a yojo-han if you lift the floor up about 30-40 cm. Which you need to if you want to fit a ro in the. Btw: I got hold of a shallow ro, intended mainly for electrical use, but could also be used with sumi. Think it needs about 25cm total. Only thing is that you need to buy Kama that fits in a shallow ro. <br /><br />For lighting I think I would avoid visible electrical light. I would put some down light in tokonoma, and maybe make a fake window covered by shoji or the straw curtain and fix the light behind it. So that the guest would get the impression that it is naturally lit. Also, it is fazinating how much light a single candle can provide... these days I do tea in a dark room lit only by ambient light or a candle. It might not be the best of light to teach in, but it is very nice for enjoying tea.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17431309690180318454noreply@blogger.com