In traditional Japanese aesthetics, wabi-sabi (侘寂) is a world view centered on the acceptance of transience and imperfection.
Derived from Buddhism it is is sometimes described as one of beauty that is “imperfect, impermanent, and incomplete”.
Julie Pointer Adams’s Wabi-Sabi Welcome brings this into the home and examines quiet being the new loud. Chipped paint, cracked mirrors and mis-matching stools are iterations of it.
Wabi-Sabi conveys a certain look, feeling and world perspective. It’s all around us in the execution of spaces such as the Fumbally.
This is the book for those wishing to become the simple host in an earthy home where openness and belonging abounds in intimate spaces.
Artisan, $29.95
