Hipster Tokyo real estate company R-Real Estate specializes in “old but attractive edgy spaces.” After consulting in the design of countless remodels, the team founded R-Toolbox, an offshoot business designed to make the move-in process easy by supplying urban denizens with exactly what might they need, whether that’s a hand-forged brass bracket or an entire stainless steel kitchen. Run by a team of eight, including an architect, designer, and craftsman, R-Toolbox offers DIY workshops on shelf-building and other basics in its just-opened Shibuya-ku showroom, and will send over a work crew on request.
“In the mainstream market in Japan, home design solutions tend to be very packaged and homogeneous. But recently there’s a desire for original spaces and craftsmanship,” says the company’s CEO Atsumi. “That’s why we provide the ‘toolbox’ for people to edit their own spaces.” Here’s a small sampling from the R-Toolbox arsenal. American real estate firms, we hope you’re taking notes. Sinks

Above: The Minimalist Stainless Steel Sink and Cooktop?”well suited to the rental property”?can be ordered in a range of lengths.

Above: The skinny, stainless steel Mini Kitchen “omits extra things” and is recommended for offices and studio apartments.
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Above: R-Toolbox’s Larch Plywood Hanging Cupboard has sliding doors available in six colors and is fitted on the i...