Living Room, Coffee Tables, Chair, and Dark Hardwood Floor At the client’s request the kitchen contains neither upper cabinets (Shino can’t reach them) nor an oven (they only used the old one once—to reheat a pizza). A modular Roche Bobois Mah Jong sofa adds a decorative flourish to the living area while maintaining as low a profile as the traditional Japanese furniture.  Photo 3 of 5 in That Wood is on Fire: 5 Examples of Shou-Sugi-Ban by Olivia Martin from An Atypical Modern Home in Southern California

That Wood is on Fire: 5 Examples of Shou-Sugi-Ban

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At the client’s request the kitchen contains neither upper cabinets (Shino can’t reach them) nor an oven (they only used the old one once—to reheat a pizza). A modular Roche Bobois Mah Jong sofa adds a decorative flourish to the living area while maintaining as low a profile as the traditional Japanese furniture.