Wabi Sabi Furniture

Wabi sabi furniture is furniture that is allowed to be what it is: a slab of suar with the edge the tree grew, a teak bench that will silver in the courtyard, a cast concrete side table whose surface carries a few air pockets from the mould. Nothing here is lacquered to a mirror or made to look like something else.

The pieces in this collection are chosen for material first. Live-edge dining tables and coffee tables in suar, acacia and walnut. Storage benches, sideboards and consoles in solid oak and mango wood. Lounge chairs and stools in rattan, rope and leather. Platform beds and nightstands in walnut and teak. A few concrete and travertine tables that are lighter than they look.

What ties them together is restraint. Quiet forms, honest joinery, finishes you can touch, and colours that come from the material rather than a paint chart. If a top is oiled rather than sealed, the listing says so and tells you how to keep it.

Start with one piece and let the room settle around it. A live-edge table needs little more than a linen runner and a ceramic bowl; a rattan lounge chair does its best work beside a window. For the rooms that go with it, see wabi sabi lighting, wabi sabi rugs and wabi sabi home decor.