The palette

Dark oak roofs, red mangrove pillars, white terracotta walls on a grey stone podium. Three strong colours, each with one job: red holds up, white fills, dark covers. The cherry blossom adds the only pink.

Techniques

• Stacked tiers
• Upturned eaves
• Corbels
• Three colours, three jobs
• A Japanese garden

The steps

1. Dig the pond
2. Pond rim and bed
3. Water
4. Lily pads and rocks
5. Podium
6. Podium
7. Stairs
8. Railing
9. Red pillars
10. White walls
11. Beams
12. Lantern inside
13. Corbels
14. Eave
15. Roof
16. Roof
17. Balcony
18. Balcony railing
19. Red pillars
20. White walls
21. Beams
22. Lantern inside
23. Corbels
24. Eave
25. Roof
26. Roof
27. Balcony
28. Balcony railing
29. Red pillars
30. White walls
31. Beams
32. Lantern inside
33. Corbels
34. Eave
35. Roof
36. Roof
37. Roof
38. Roof
39. Golden finial
40. Torii pillars
41. Torii beams
42. Torii top
43. Stone lanterns
44. Cherry tree
45. Blossom
46. Blossom
47. Petals
48. Path
49. Path

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