Mixed-Use Homes That Pack Tons of Functionality Under One Roof
When Tokyo architect Yuko Shibata and her husband looked to remodel an apartment they had just purchased, she knew that she wanted to include a home office from which she could base her firm. The only problem was that her husband wanted it to feel like a home too. So Shibata designed a sliding wall that fit over the dining table, allowing the room to function as both a meeting space and library.
Shibata made the 10-person dining table using $130 sawhorse legs from Maruki Wood Products Company topped with a sheet of birch plywood. A hole in the sliding wall fits over the table, enabling it to be used in both the library and the meeting room.
A movable wall clad in wainscoting on one side slides along tracks in the dining-room ceiling, dividing the room into a meeting space and a library. The Shiro Simple Modern Pendant lights can be easily removed and reattached after moving the wall.