Interior decoration styles and design textiles: Wabi Sabi

This model of Japanese decorative aesthetic is substantiated by the idea of finding imperfection beauty.

Cracks and clefts in objects are emphasised, in addition to other effects that would have left the past of time.

It shares with minimalist style the concept “less is more”.

Its rooms have poetic airs, artistic nuances and fascinating details.

In wabi sabi style, absent elements are more important than present elements.

Sobriety and austerity are searched to get equilibrium counterbalancing volumes and making them play with materials and light.

In these decorative spaces there is a symmetry lack, because of that fact irregularity perception gives way to an honest and calm interior decoration.

Oriental knowledge affirms that in imperfection, authenticity is found.

Interior decoration styles and design textiles: Wabi Sabi
Interior decoration styles and design textiles: Wabi Sabi

Interior decoration styles and design textiles: Wabi Sabi

According to this decoration style, we should use exclusively necessary things, always with natural elements.

The bet by open spaces with a lot of breath and that offer freedom feeling inside home is very clear.

As we can see, this decorative proposal is a contraposition to environments crowded of ostentation, as well as elements of great consumption.

If we bring those characteristics to decorative textiles, we can check how folds, creases or natural ridges are usual in this decorative atmosphere.

Wabi sabi homes are dressed with natural textiles such as cottons, wools or linens, that are soft textiles.

In reference to textiles colours, no strident shades whose origin is the nature are searched, overall, in neutral chromatic range.

Going ahead with the wabi sabi style line, we find our reference Bombay. In the same way as this decorative style, it is based in nature and neutral chromatic ranges.

Undoubtedly, it will give a distinctive touch in a room, always in accordance to this decorative style.

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