Wabi-Sabi: The purist living style from Japan

• Reflection on the essentials: Choose a few favourite pieces that you consciously use as furnishing elements. Do without anything superfluous.
• Deco: It should be just as reduced as the selection of furniture in the room. It is not unusual for the few decorative elements to also play a useful role. In the Wabi-Sabi style, a floor lamp not only provides light but also serves as a visual highlight.
• Materials: Naturally renewable raw materials have priority. Wood, cotton, linen or wool.
• Colours: The colours in the Wabi-Sabi style are natural and muted. Beige, brown, grey, white and black are ideal.
• Shapes: Flowing shapes as a starting point: Gentle organic shapes are preferable to straight strict lines.

Ask yourself the question: What do I really need in the living room? Apart from a few decorative elements, you can do without everything else. A cosy sofa with a few linen cushions. A wooden table and a carpet in front of it. For the wall: A painting on canvas that you particularly like. For decoration: A large vase made of terracotta with bamboo sticks that is one of your favourites. The Wabi Sabi furnishings need no more. A huge living room wall, full of many things, is out of place here.

Functionality and appearance: In the wabi-sabi style, it is widespread that decorative elements take on a functional part. Thus, doors are room dividers and visual highlights in one. A glass sliding door with discreet black bars with a door handle such as the PLANEO GS_49011 handle bar from GRIFFWERK is a wonderful match for the Japanese style of furnishing. Pivot doors made of glass or wood are also a good choice. The matching door handles should be kept in a simple design, just like the door itself. Handle shells such as the CIRCLE series or door handles from the AVUS series by Griffwerk also round off the minimalist style.