Final Results
Room Theming
The theme is created primarily through the use of props and ambiance. It is meant to be peaceful. Prop selection must be specific to Chinese tea houses, not Japanese or pan-Asian.
Room Designs
The outside of the room must clearly show our theme. If you get a glimpse inside, you can see lots of neutral colors and light wood.
Top view showing the scale of the room. It's 10 feet wide and 12 feet deep.
after entering the room, you examine the back wall. There's a station for making tea. Inside the cabinet, there is more pottery and trinkets.
The kettle is our timing mechanism. Naturally, players will want to touch it to see if it is important. The brazier is illuminated from within. When the kettle whistles, it glows red. When the players successfully complete a level and the kettle subsides, it turns off.
All of the items are attached to the furniture and made of plastic. Inside the sideboard are some gold guardian lion statues, gaiwans, and more tea pottery.
You can not build a relaxing room without including some plastic bamboo.
Scale Model
Pictured below is the final scale model built. The shelves of jars, together with the wallpaper and props (teapot, tea cups and sideboard), the ancient Chinese theme was showcased. From the model, it could also be seen that the large number of jars and shelves do help a lot in making the room feel more grand and impressive in general.
The teapot and tea leaf jars were all made by 3D printing followed by hand-painting. The sidebaord and the shelves are made out of wood.
