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I did a budget DIY renovation on the kitchen of my akiya vacant house in the Japanese countryside. I restored an antique tansu, painted and cleaned. All in, I only speny about $185 USD.

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I moved into a vacant house ( akiya ) in the inaka countryside mountains of Shikoku, Japan. We are renovating a 100-year old kominka traditional Japanese house into a guest house and we live in a newer house next door. I’m a former career interior designer (American certification/license). Now I’m a foreigner living in Japan, and recently married the Tokyo-born Mr. Nakamura.

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28 Comments

  2. Linda Robbins

    I love seeing you using the old furniture and throwing away the particleboard stuff! My daughter lives in China; a few years ago she moved to a bigger place and needed furniture, so she went to a used furniture market. She deliberately chose old, solid wood pieces. It was budget friendly and worked great for her!

  3. Chandra Regan

    Wow! What an amazing transformation! I love your videos! So relaxing and inspiring! 日本語のべんきようがんばってね！

  4. C B

    I just watched a video about shogi pieces and my grey cells got to working… when my brother was in school one of the projects he did in Industrial Arts was to make a coffee table with an inlaid chess board surface. If you decide to repurpose some of the square tiles they may be suitable for a shogi board inlaid tabletop?

  7. Christopher Ekman

    Ty for the videos….Mad use of your design skills as usual. ( I really like the flower on your old house. ) Mr. Nakamura is lucky to have married a real pip! ( pip…. : one extraordinary of its kind) My hope is you feel the same for him. Good luck to both of you!!!!!!

  14. Sandra Moreno

    So much character and beauty when reusing materials that just needed a little love! I like the point you made about another tutorial beating up wood to make it look older. No matter how many new things humans come up with, there is something about authentic personality we always crave

  15. Little Red

    Hope you are being very careful using the linseed oil in the heat of summer, as linseed oil-soaked rags are prone to spontaneous combustion! (This isn't a joke, recommend googling if you hadn't heard this!)

  17. Victoria Cos

    Wow, what an amazing job you’ve done. Congrats, looks incredible!!! Love your vlog, hugs from Bahía Blanca, Buenos Aires, Argentina! 🇦🇷🇦🇷

  18. Dorr Eddy

    I have restored several tansus over the years. I really like what you did. Not really the right way, but your way really came
    out nice. Don't forget to apply some wax to the drawers and doors. That will make them really opperate smoothly

  20. Dani

    wow your kitchen came together amazingly! Cant wait to see how your other home projects turn out if you choose to share~

  21. T S

    Thank you for making this video, it was a joy to watch and it was lovely to see a beautiful realistic inexpensive makeover.

  23. Al A Wong

    Impressive kitchen makeover by repurposing the existing resources. Keep it up and continue to be inspirational ! Cheers.

  25. Metamorphosis of Belief

    Wooww! 😮 What a transformation. You have a good aesthetic eye Bitsii. I love current backsplash tho but I’m sure you’ll make something more Beautiful.

  28. softypapa

    Stunning! You did a great job. Thank you for the inspiration. And frankly amazed at the turnaround.

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