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Wabi-Sabi Weekend: Perfection is Boring
On Wabi-Sabi Weekends, I post excerpts from my book, Simply Imperfect: Revisiting the Wabi-Sabi House.
“Today, thank goodness, we are more concerned with the personal than with perfection.”—Billy Baldwin
Super-lush interior design magazines make me neurotic. I’m drawn to them like an addict for a fix—into lush, seductive page after page of stylish, expensive, perfect rooms that I could never in a million years afford. Everything, down to the Andy Goldsworthy books on the tufted … Continue reading →
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Wabi-Sabi Weekend: Haul Out the Holly (And Put It Away Again)
On Wabi-Sabi Weekends, I post excerpts from my book, Simply Imperfect: Revisiting the Wabi-Sabi House.
“He who knows he has enough is rich.” – Lao-tzu
Wabi-sabi’s complicated two-step of spacious but not stark, comforting but not cluttered, requires nurturing and refinement.
Slowly, over time, you pare down your possessions. You might live for years with three candles, a lamp and a bowl on a side table, then one day realize that removing the candles lets the lamp’s clean lines … Continue reading →