A 36-page Japanese playbook for renters. Four rooms, Benjamin Moore and Sherwin-Williams paint codes, a 20-item shopping index with price bands, and three weekend projects.
Traditional Japanese is joinery, proportion and empty space, not a Japandi hybrid. Hinoki cypress and dark sugi cedar, tatami, hemp linen, Bizen ware and washi, in sumi charcoal and unbleached rice. The floor does more work than the walls.
This book prices the look for a rental. Paint colours are named for two brands. Products are named by retailer so you know what to search for. Every project in it uses a removable or reversible method.
What is in the 36 pages
Seven opening pages set the style up: era and origin, materials, references, the colour palette, and master finishes. Sixteen pages cover four rooms. The remaining 13 are a renter playbook: rules, proportions, room commitments, a style diagnostic, maker provenance, three projects, a thrift guide, substitutions, and a two-page shopping index.
The four rooms
Living Room, Bedroom, Kitchen / Dining and Bathroom. Each room gets four pages: the room itself, an education spread, a mixed moodboard, and a shop-the-look page.
Paint and materials
Six paint colours, each with a Benjamin Moore name and code and a Sherwin-Williams name and code. Sumi Charcoal is BM Black 2132-10 or SW Tricorn Black SW 6258. Six signature materials: hinoki cypress, dark sugi cedar, tatami rush grass, hemp-weight linen, bizen ware and washi (kozo).
The shopping index
Twenty items grouped by room, each with a price band and the page it appears on.
Weekend projects
Three builds with a materials list and a running cost, from $14 to $50. Washi paper shoji screen panel, noren fabric doorway divider and kintsugi gold-vein ceramic repair.
Renter rules and substitutions
Two pages of renter rules, then eight substitution pages: the designer piece, the cheaper piece, and why the trade holds up. Standard sofa - $800-$2,000 against Zabuton cushion set x4 + chabudai table - $240.
What format is the file
PDF, 36 pages. It opens on a phone, a laptop, or a printer. No app and no login.
Are the products shown clickable
No. Retailers and product names are printed so you know what to search for. Nothing routes out to a store.
Are the prices real
They are researched estimate bands, not live quotes. Check the current figure before you buy.
Will any of this work in a rental
Two pages of renter rules cover what to avoid, and every one of the three projects uses a removable or reversible method.
How do I know Japanese is the right style
A four-panel diagnostic sets japanese beside the things it gets mistaken for: Japandi, neglect, empty room and mass-produced Asian decor, with the tell for each.
Do you offer refunds
No. All sales are final on digital goods. If your file arrives broken, we replace it. Read the full refund policy.
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