Japanese Garden Lanterns

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Several Japanese style lanterns were required for a terraced garden. They were made from Merbau and fitted to the top step of several stairs between the garden terraces.

Construction was relatively straight forward as is indicated in the photos below.

The individual timber strips to make the lattice windows was cut from Merbau planks which had been cut to 10x10mm lengths. These were then assembled into the window lattice frame and glued into position. After all the lattice windows were made they were fixed into square timber frames made of 20x20mm Merbaus.

Translucent perspex windows were cut to fit behind the wooden lattice frames to diffuse the LED lights. Additional diffusion was obtained by mounting the LED's inside white plastic milk containers. The perspex windows were held in place by wooden blocks fitted under the removable lantern top.

The photos below show a completed lantern before installation in the garden.

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