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So there is a section stepping up to my bonsai garden that doesn't blend in well with the rest of the garden theme. The bare colour bond fence is a bit of an eyesore that has been left long overdue for a makeover. With some surplus materials left over from a recent reno job I thought it is a good time to naturalise the colour bond fence. Inspired by my good lady wife with her obsession of Chinese circular display shelf (she bought 3!!) I thought why not build another one to add to her collection and fix up that ugly fence at the same time. :fc:

One of our indoor display shelves - these are collect items from our recent Japan trip, some mame pots by Yoshiyuki Kawada on 2 mini display shelves and various shohin pots from Tokoname.
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Ordinary boring colour bond fence stepping up to bonsai garden
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Some prep works
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Timber cladding attached to fence. These are light weight composite cladding materials clip-on system.
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Amateur art work added to background
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Some shelves installed
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Finally... shohin display
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Some close up shots
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Wow, impressive, very impressive.
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wow nice work. looks very impressive as watto has already said. Nice trees as well. :tu:
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Sensational work, really nicely executed. Very well done indeed!
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Amazing. ISO inspiration at its finest.
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love it interested in some contract work?
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Fantastic display with some really beautiful bonsai, very impressive.
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Mate you've turned a bit of boring useless space into something really cool, well done.
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What did you make the benches out of?
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Post by Hal »

hi Michael - these are merbau timber 150 x 40 x 1800. Scored these at a closed down timber yard auction a while back. The off cuts are used to make individual shohin stands in the photos.
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Very nice. Personally I don't like bonsai benches that are too showy as they can draw the eye away from the bonsai. I believe bonsai benches should almost disappear. Some of the best bonsai are often displayed on benches that are just cinder blocks with a couple of wooden planks on top.
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Raw talent on show there. I love it! Very well done :clap:
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Very nice Hal! Thanks for sharing.
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Hal wrote:hi Michael - these are merbau timber 150 x 40 x 1800. Scored these at a closed down timber yard auction a while back. The off cuts are used to make individual shohin stands in the photos.
Legend. Thanks for the info
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Absolutely brilliant :clap: :worship:
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