The project was to increase in size an existing powderoom and give it a Japanese feel. My proposal was to make the room feel like a detached teahouse. One would enter through a large sliding door into a "rock garden" and then enter a small room with a polished stone floor, with a secondary curved ceiling and dividing wall of quarter sawn sitka spruce. The walls are a custom plaster mixed with sand to give a slight texture to the surface. The water enters in wooden faucets and water pours into a carved granite basin, which sat upon a table of Chinese influence. The valve handles were cast in bronze, as is all the hardware through out.

The lighting consultant was Paul Gregory, famous for his work in Le Cirque and the Soho grand hotel. There is a hollow cast bronze rock in the garden area with a thin notch cut into it. Behind this notch is a small pin spot, a beam of light shoots across the floor illuminating the walk way at night. A strip of shoji is on the left hand side of the curved ceiling lit from behind; the opposite wall is washed with a soft light from above. On each side of the mirror are strips of hanging silk with light recessed behind them. The idea behind all of this light was to make one feel as if they were in a structure that was being lit naturally from outside.

The over all effect was a wonderful surprise for any quest that might come to visit.