And this photo is a view facing to the northwest again after the project is complete. I tried to keep things reasonably rustic, much as many of the old Okinawan homes would have been - rough hewn lumber and simple utilitarian designs. The floor is done with cedar fence 1x6s. It worked out beautifully, I think. Tacked them down to the sub-floor then a couple of coats of polyurethane and even now, almost 9 years later, they still look great! (as of this edit, Aug 25, 2018, it's been 15 years. Yeeeesh!)
If you look very carefully, under the table, on the far side, you can see that I crafted a well so that one can sit at the low table yet still be able to rest their feet down instead of cross-legged. The older we get the stiffer it seems when attempting to rise from a cross-legged posture! I think I have a better photo of that though and I'll put it in later on.

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