![R-Toolbox, Japan, stainless-steel freestanding, unfitted kitchen sold à la carte.](https://media.organized-home.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/r-toolbox-japan-stainless-steel-freestanding-unfitted-kitchen-components-1-1536x1066.jpg)
Toolbox of Tokyo anticipates the needs of urban apartment dwellers by offering a full compendium of household building blocks, from brass TP holders to wooden stair rails, all with a lean, stripped-back look—and no plastic in sight. The company grew out of a real estate firm and now has a website and Shibuya showroom geared to DIYers looking for an alternative to the “packaged and homogenous.”
We particularly like Toolbox’s professional kitchen, composed of stainless-steel freestanding units scaled for compact home settings and sold à la carte. All surfaces are easy to swab down—but open-storage-phobes should look elsewhere. “A kitchen is a tool,” says the company. “Cleanliness and toughness—with unnecessary functions removed—are attractive.”
![R-Toolbox, Japan, stainless-steel freestanding, unfitted kitchen sold à la carte.](http://www.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/r-toolbox-japan-stainless-steel-freestanding-unfitted-kitchen-components-1.jpg)
![R-Toolbox, Japan, freestanding stainless steel work table and cooktop.](http://www.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/r-toolbox-japan-stainless-steel-table-and-cooktop-2.jpg)
![R-Toolbox, Japan stainless-steel sink and table corner configuration-5](http://www.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/r-toolbox-japan-stainless-steel-sink-and-table-corner-configuration-5.jpg)
![A combination for postage stamp kitchens.](http://www.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/r-toolbox-sink-and-cooktop.jpg)
![R-Toolbox, Japan, stainless-steel compact kitchen](http://www.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/r-toolbox-stainless-steel-compact-kitchen.jpg)
![R-Toolbox kitchen hanging bar](http://www.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/r-toolbox-kitchen-hanging-bar-6.jpg)
![R-Toolbox, Japan, kitchen shelf and hanging bar](http://www.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/r-toolbox-japan-kitchen-shelf-and-hanging-bar.jpg)
See more from the company in our post À La Carte Kitchen Components, Tiny Apartment Edition.
Also take a look at:
- 10 Easy Pieces: All-in-One Kitchen Workstations
- Alpes-Inox’s Racecar-Style Kitchens in Stainless Steel
- An All-Stainless Kitchen in a Paris Loft
N.B.: This post was first published on Remodelista on March 9 2023.
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