Japanese Tea House

This looks great Thuan. Forgive my ignorance but is a tea house just for drinking tea?

-- Jim from Heirloom Woodshop Southern Oregon

In Japan, they take drinking tea to a whole new level, so a little house made for the Tea Ceremony is made just for that. I’m inspired by it, but it’s is very much westernized, so it’s more of a hang-out lounge in the back yard for my wife and I.

-- Thuan

Nicely done….great design….I love the simple lines of this style.

-- Woodworking.....My small slice of heaven!

Wonderful work Thuan. It would also be a great place for meditation, away from household distractions, like LumberJocks :O)

Glad to see you are still at it. How is the workshop coming along?

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Welcome Back! Nice work as usual. Awesome clubhouse!

-- Rob (A) Waxahachie,TX

Hi Thuan,

So nice to hear from you! It has been a while but it looks like you have been busy. I just spent my lunch reading and going through your entire facebook link you posted. Unbelievable work. Your tea house is a wonderful addition to your home. you documented the entire process which I thought was very interesting. I particularly like the way you married eastern design with western and did everything with materials that are readily available. That is not an easy thing to pull off. Anyway great to see you back on LJ and great job.

-- Brian, Folsom, CA http://www.brianfullerdesigns.com

Very nice.

Very nice work, I see you have been busy.

-- A hammer dangling from a wall will bang and sound like work when the wind blows the right way.

What a wonderfull hide away. Very well blended into the surroundings, super nice.

-- Roger, Rep. of Texas

Great Job, Thuan!! It looks like a really serene hideaway. A great place to contemplate more projects!! :)

-- Mike in Manchester, NH---Unpleasant tasks are simply worthy challenges to improve skills.

Fantastic project. I especially liked the clever way you built the roof. That feature alone gives it a very special and very pleasing appearance inside and out.

-- Mike, American in Norway

Very nice job Thuan. Wondering would you be interested in my new forum topic on Japanese woodwork?

-- shavins

I didn’t click your link … yet … but … your tea house is absolutely wonderful.

I agree with dustynewt’s comments, too: what a great place to sit in quiet contemplation (with OR without a beer, incidentally)!

Beautifully done!

-- -- Neil

very neat and nice tea house,

Rosewood,

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wow, i love the tea house idea, a place to get away just peace and quiet, although the laptop suggests your surfing the lumberjocks site. haha

Your tea house is very nice. You did a great job on it. Thanks for posting.

God Bless
tom

-- Mc Bridge Cabinets, Iowa

One of my favorite movies is “The Teahouse of the August Moon” with Glenn Ford.
Great build, way better than a pentagon school house. lol. (watch the movie.)

-- The only thing wrong with instant gratification is that it's not fast enough.

Nicely built tea house.
I hope I will be able to have free tea with you..LOL.

-- masrol, kuala lumpur, MY.

Good work, BTKS

Ah—The joy of drinking tea..
Quaint little tea house.
Niiicccee

-- "Even small steps makes a distance." (Shawn Phillips, musician)

Thanks for the compliments everyone. I’ll blog an update on what I’ve been up to on the wood working side of my life since I moved to this new place and perhaps post a couple other projects I’ve been working on.

-- Thuan

Thuan, you’re back! Beautiful tea house.

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Looks great, a nice escape from everyday life!

Very nice!

I liked your pictorial.

-- -** You are never to old to set another goal or to dream a new dream ****************** Dick, & Barb Cain, Hibbing, MN. http://www.woodcarvingillustrated.com/gallery/member.php?uid=3627&protype=1

Nicely done!

A backyard fort for adults, what a cool concept. My wife is entralled with Chinese Tea Houses a local importer sells.

It looks like you’re in for many hours of enjoyment in return for your effort.

-- - Please help keep Lumberjocks an enjoyable escape by refusing to participate in political discussions. Simply spit out the bait and ignore the thread...

wonderful.
We built a “cabin” in our backyard, creating that quiet place. I love it.

I love your design and chuckled at the “from Ancient Japanese temples to the Home Depo”.

-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)