Stepping outside from the kitchen / dining nook, a blown-glass bubble decoration leads the way to Petra's favorite spot -- what she refers to as her "Japanese tea house." The charming structure was made from a kit by Visscher Specialty Products, which manufactures spa enclosures, small cabins, gazebos, etc. While the tea house's design is more cabin-like rustic, adding split-bamboo on the bottom sides and accessories like the koi windsock, stone pagoda, a pair of lacquered-wood zōris and the exotic-looking potted Egyptian papyrus give it a touch of Zen.