Building my bonsai area

[Luke]

wow mate , What a great home for bonsai!
i love the complexity of the design & construction! (the 45's) ! its unusual and looks great!!!!!
THANKS for sharing
luke

[Steven]

Thanks Luke,

The 45's are for support and strength, not really aesthetics but I'm pretty happy with how they turned out.

Here's how it is looking as of yesterday;

Bench after day 3.jpg

Regards,
Steven

[Will_IslandBonsai]

Looks very smart Steven.....your bonsai will respond accordingly I'm sure!

I've tried to send you a PM a couple of times now, but they don't seem to be going through. Bottom left of my page says Error...not sure if that's indicating the problem. Anything logical I could check?

Cheers, Will

[roka]

For all those bamboo people, Mix 50/50 linseed oil and turps goes on very easy with a wide brush. The bamboo will look shiny and will be protected for about a year or two before you have to do it again. If you have white bamboo and want to make it a bit darker use a bit of wood stain in the 50/50 mix.

[cre8ivbonsai]

Hi Steven, I'm interested to see how you finished up, especially the shading component and having been in use now is there anything you would of changed?

Cheers,
Ryan

[Jak]

Awesome designs, Must be great not renting! I'd love a display area just like this, but for now i'm limited to a garden box

[Steven]

I totally forgot to update this thread. Thanks for the reminder Ryan.

Here are some pictures from last year when the majority of work was done;

2010 April (1).JPG

2010 April (2).JPG

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2010 April (4).JPG

2010 April (5).JPG

2010 April (6).JPG

I'll take a current pic or 2 tomorrow in the light and will post how it looks now.

Regards,
Steven

[Glenn C]

Awesome, sets a standard for us all the joinery looks great, so does the garden....you are a perfectionist Steven.

[Diane]

Great build thread, any chance of an update? Please?

[Jason.S]

How did I miss this post until now. So jealous, what a great space to work in. Now if only to misses would let me build one of these.

[Steven]

G'day guys and thanks for the kind words.

The bench has been finished for some time now and the garden has grown around it.
There was a huge F. benjamina growing behind it (in my neighbors yard) that continually dropped leaves, fruit and branches. It shaded the bench and the roots had extended way into my garden and were making their way into the pond.

2012 January.jpg

Well, it had to go so I fired up the Sthil and...

2012 January bench.jpg

2012 May 30th.jpg

Much more light on my trees and lots less mess dropping

Regards,
Steven

[Andrew F]

Great Job Steven, must be nice having a slice of japan in your own back yard

[Ash]

Did you keep the trunk of the fig tree for bonsai or was it a tad too big? Lovely garden! cheers Ash

[Barry1]

Your garden and display area look stunning ...I am jealous

[Diane]

Beautiful, very relaxing to look at at.