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.