Room AI – Zen Home Office with Floating Desk and Sand Garden -

Serene Japanese Zen home office features tatami flooring with an inset raked-sand garden bordered by black river stones and a square stone basin. A floating live-edge walnut desk anchors the space, illuminated by washi paper lanterns and a shoji ceiling light that diffuses a warm, even glow. Pale sage plaster walls and a sliding shoji door open to a bamboo courtyard, creating an indoor-outdoor workspace defined by natural materials, calm symmetry, and minimal detail.

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muted green tatami warm white washi honey-brown wood grain sandy beige sand black stone accents

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