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Wabi-Sabi interior design for any home: what it includes
Wabi-Sabi in IDstudio: Hand-finished plaster, rough timber and stone, nothing perfect, muted earth colours. In your home that means weathered oak joinery, full height, flush fronts with visible grain and dark iron pulls, over wide wire-brushed weathered oak planks.
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What colours make up Wabi-Sabi?
Five colours, each with a job: lime plaster for walls; weathered oak for floors and joinery; stone for worktops and basins; iron for handles and frames; rust for one accent textile.
- Lime plaster#D9CFC1 · Walls
- Weathered oak#9C8063 · Floors and joinery
- Stone#B3AA9B · Worktops and basins
- Iron#4A443D · Handles and frames
- Rust#9A5E3F · One accent textile
What is built into a Wabi-Sabi home?
The doors, joinery, feature walls and ceiling below are modelled in 3D, so they are in the SketchUp file and every render, not just painted on.
- Doors
- Weathered oak plank doors with hand-forged iron pulls in plastered reveals.
- Joinery
- Weathered oak joinery, full height, flush fronts with visible grain and dark iron pulls.
- Feature wall (TV wall)
- Hand-trowelled lime plaster TV wall with a thick rough-edged oak shelf.
- Bed head wall
- Mottled lime plaster behind the bed head with a plastered ledge.
- Vanity wall
- Tadelakt-style lime plaster behind the vanity.
- Ceiling
- Flat off-white plaster ceiling, a soft cove pocket in the living room, recessed pelmets.
Which materials and finishes does it use?
Hand-trowelled lime plaster in warm putty, gently uneven on the walls and wide wire-brushed weathered oak planks on the floor; the full list is below.
- Walls
- Hand-trowelled lime plaster in warm putty, gently uneven.
- Floor
- Wide wire-brushed weathered oak planks.
- Stone
- Honed travertine and rough tumbled limestone.
- Wood
- Weathered oak with visible grain, rough-sawn edges.
- Metal
- Hand-forged dark iron.
- Fabrics
- Undyed slubby linen, rough wool and raw cotton.
- Kitchen worktop
- Honed travertine with a rough edge.
- Kitchen backsplash
- Lime plaster or handmade clay tiles.
- Bathroom walls
- Tadelakt-style lime plaster and handmade clay tiles.
- Bathroom floor
- Tumbled stone-look porcelain, slip-rated.
- Vanity top
- A carved stone basin on a weathered oak top.
What furniture goes in a Wabi-Sabi home?
A low deep sofa in an undyed linen slipcover.
- Sofa
- A low deep sofa in an undyed linen slipcover.
- Armchair
- A worn leather sling chair.
- Coffee table
- A solid rough-sawn timber block coffee table.
- Dining table
- A thick rough-edge oak dining table.
- Dining chairs
- Simple timber chairs with rush seats.
- Bed
- A low timber bed with undyed linen.
- Headboard
- A low rough timber headboard.
- Bedsides
- Stone or log-stool bedsides.
- TV console
- A low weathered oak console on a plaster plinth.
- Desk
- A rough oak trestle desk.
How is it lit?
Quiet, low and warm: every fitting on and dimmed, soft shadows kept, gentle daylight.
- Mood
- Quiet, low and warm: every fitting on and dimmed, soft shadows kept, gentle daylight.
- Colour temperature
- 2800-3000 K.
- Cove light
- A soft low cove glow where the ceiling has its cove pocket.
- Light fittings
- Small round recessed downlights, a soft cove glow, a woven pendant over the dining table, plaster wall sconces.
How is a Wabi-Sabi home styled?
The renders are dressed so the home looks lived in: plants, lamps, art, ceramics, rugs and soft furnishings in the theme's colours.
- Statement plants
- A tall olive tree in a rough terracotta urn and dried pampas branches in a large stoneware jar, in a free corner.
- Small plants
- A single dried branch in a hand-thrown vase and a small fern in a clay pot.
- Lamps
- Stoneware lamps with linen shades.
- Books
- A few worn books.
- Ceramics
- Hand-thrown imperfect stoneware vessels, a wooden bowl, a stone.
- Rugs
- A large rough wool and jute rug, layered with a small worn kilim.
- Throws
- A rough undyed wool throw.
- Cushions
- Undyed linen cushions with one rust accent.
- Bedding
- Crumpled undyed linen bedding.
- Bath towels
- Rough linen and waffle towels.
- Toiletries
- Stoneware soap dish, a natural sponge and amber bottles.
- Kitchen counter styling
- A worn wooden board, a stoneware bowl of figs, a clay jug and a loaf of bread.
- Art: style and subject
- A large earthy abstract: one gestural form or a quiet horizon line.
- Art: palette
- Putty, clay, ochre and charcoal.
- Art: medium and texture
- Heavily textured canvas worked with sand and plaster.
- Art: frame
- Raw oak frame, or unframed on a deep edge.
Wabi-Sabi questions
What colours are in the Wabi-Sabi palette?
Lime plaster (#d9cfc1) for walls; Weathered oak (#9c8063) for floors and joinery; Stone (#b3aa9b) for worktops and basins; Iron (#4a443d) for handles and frames; Rust (#9a5e3f) for one accent textile.
What is built into the 3D model for a Wabi-Sabi home?
Doors: Weathered oak plank doors with hand-forged iron pulls in plastered reveals. Joinery: Weathered oak joinery, full height, flush fronts with visible grain and dark iron pulls. Feature wall (TV wall): Hand-trowelled lime plaster TV wall with a thick rough-edged oak shelf. Bed head wall: Mottled lime plaster behind the bed head with a plastered ledge. Vanity wall: Tadelakt-style lime plaster behind the vanity. Ceiling: Flat off-white plaster ceiling, a soft cove pocket in the living room, recessed pelmets. These are in the SketchUp file as well as the renders.
Can I change the Wabi-Sabi palette or finishes in IDstudio?
Yes. Pick your own palette, wall colours and wall finishes (paint, textured paint, limewash or wallpaper) in the brief, or ask for a change in plain words after the plan is drawn.
Can I make Wabi-Sabi my firm's own theme?
Yes. Press "Make it my own" on Wabi-Sabi in IDstudio to copy the whole kit and turn it into your firm's own theme, with your palette and finishes.
How long does a Wabi-Sabi design take in IDstudio?
In five steps and less than an hour, when left to run through all five steps on its own, without stopping for your review. You approve the furnished plan, the 3D model, the renders, the photo style and the design book, and each stage waits for you.
How do I try Wabi-Sabi on my own floor plan?
Start the free trial at idstudio.konverta.ai/signup, upload your floor plan and pick Wabi-Sabi in the brief. One full project free: 7 days, trial credits worth US$50, no card needed.
Other themes: Warm Modern Luxe, Bright Modern Luxe, Japandi, Modern Cream, Dark Industrial, Peranakan, Modern British Colonial, Art Deco, French Cream, Pop Art. Kit as of 27 Oct 2026; themes are refined with each IDstudio release.
Your floor plan, in Wabi-Sabi
IDstudio by konverta.ai is an AI tool for interior designers that turns a floor plan into a furnished layout, a 3D SketchUp model, photoreal renders and a client-ready design book. It was built with CAsarté Interior, a practising interior design firm in Singapore, and works for HDB, condo and landed homes. One full project free: 7 days, trial credits worth US$50, no card needed.