An empty mountain farmhouse, brought back one wall at a time.
I’m Shun. I am renovating an empty farmhouse in the Nagano hills, and I sell planning workbooks, a budget sheet, guides and two courses on walls and floors.
Schedule of finishes
- F1Renovation Planning Workbook$18
- F2Renovation Budget Sheet$9
- F3First Walk-Through Checklist$6
- F4Earth Walls from Bare Lattice$79
- F5Roof persimmon tee$28
- F6Roof persimmon mug$18
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Downloads and courses
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About me
I grew up in a city apartment and spent twenty years drawing other people’s buildings. Three years ago I bought an empty farmhouse in the Nagano hills, with a sunken hearth in the floor, mud walls and a barn full of old beams, and I started taking it apart carefully, one room at a time.
I film the work and keep a drawing of every room. What I sell are the sheets and guides I wished I had at the start: planning workbooks, a budget sheet and short courses on walls and floors. I am not a builder by trade, and I say so when I am guessing.