Bath: Japanese Hinoki Tubs
From Julie
The Galerie Sofie Lachaert bed and breakfast in Tielrode, 20 minutes from Antwerp and a half-hour from Brussels and Ghent, is located in a 19th-century brick shipyard office. Owner Sofie Lachaert (a jewelry and product designer who has created pieces for Droog) has created a minimalist oasis; we especially like her serene bathrooms, which feature elliptical Japanese furos.
Recreate the look with a Japanese tub made from hinoki wood.
Above: Hinoki Elliptical Tub from Japanese Bath, discovered via Materialicious. Based in Alaska, Japanese Bath handcrafts Japanes-style furos from cedar and hinoki woods; prices start at $4,050.
Above: Based in Japan and founded by Italian architect Iacopo Torrini, Bartok Designs ships hinoki tubs all over the world. "Our tubs are produced with hinoki wood from the Kiso Valley and manufactured by craftsmen I have known for years," Torrini says.
July 2, 2009
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Sensual baths. They give me fresh ideas:
First I would partition off the wet area using treated bamboo tubes - real ones, spaced unevenly apart from one another. (Sort of like a peek-a-boo partition.)
Place a subtle ikebana arrangement on the vanity top. For pictures, use framed Hiroshige art prints.
Use chrysanthemum essential oil for fragrance.
Imagine the elegant and soothing Japanese ambiance you now have for the sanctuary you call bathroom.
Also, Tortoise in Venice, CA, whom you have featured before, sells hinoki tubs direct from a father daughter craftsman duo in Tokyo. Nice pieces!
The tubs look so cool, but they seem as if they would be uncomfortable to relax in, unlike, say, a clawfooted tub, and hard to get out of for an American of a certain age.
