Toolbox of Tokyo anticipates the needs of urban apartment dwellers by offering a full compendium of household building blocks, from brass TP holders to wooden stair rails, all with a lean, stripped-back look—and no plastic in sight. The company grew out of a real estate firm and now has a website and Shibuya showroom geared to DIYers looking for an alternative to the “packaged and homogenous.”
We particularly like Toolbox’s professional kitchen, composed of stainless-steel freestanding units scaled for compact home settings and sold à la carte. All surfaces are easy to swab down—but open-storage-phobes should look elsewhere. “A kitchen is a tool,” says the company. “Cleanliness and toughness—with unnecessary functions removed—are attractive.”
![the company took inspiration from restaurant fittings and devised a lineup of & 17](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/r-toolbox-japan-stainless-steel-freestanding-unfitted-kitchen-components-1-733x489.jpg)
![\2\20;no frills needed,\2\2\1; says toolbox of its worktables. un 18](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/r-toolbox-japan-stainless-steel-table-and-cooktop-2-733x733.jpg)
![a toolbox corner configuration. note the ventilated under shelves. 19](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/r-toolbox-japan-stainless-steel-sink-and-table-corner-configuration-5-733x733.jpg)
![r toolbox sink and cooktop](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/r-toolbox-sink-and-cooktop-733x488.jpg)
![a toolbox option with more elbow room. 21](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/r-toolbox-stainless-steel-compact-kitchen-733x483.jpg)
![hanging rods are a toolbox staple, with applications for every room. 22](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/r-toolbox-kitchen-hanging-bar-6-733x489.jpg)
![a plywood shelf with a hanging bar—\2\2\1;i often see hanger bars 23](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/r-toolbox-japan-kitchen-shelf-and-hanging-bar-733x488.jpg)
See more from the company in our post À La Carte Kitchen Components, Tiny Apartment Edition.
Also take a look at:
- 10 Easy Pieces: All-in-One Kitchen Workstations
- Alpes-Inox’s Racecar-Style Kitchens in Stainless Steel
- An All-Stainless Kitchen in a Paris Loft
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