A look
Wabi-sabi
Textured walls, quiet and a little imperfect.
Quiet rooms that like a little wear: a limewash-look wall, raw clay, old wood and nothing shiny.
Try this look in See It Home
IllustrationColours · 60 / 30 / 10
- Teh peng · 60%
- Oat · 30%
- Kopi-o · 10%
Our own colour families, not a paint brand's. Take the swatch to a paint shop and ask for a match.
Materials
Shapes
Belle's three rules for this look
Belle
- Texture on one wall, not on all four.
- Matte everything; nothing that shines.
- Keep a few old things. New rooms never look like this.
Ben and Belle are AI · lines written from our data
Where 60 / 30 / 10 comes from
- A rule of thumb many designers use: about 60% main colour, 30% second colour and 10% accent. 1
A floor for it
Homogeneous tiles
A matte tile in a warm grey takes the textured wall without competing.
See it on the floors page
Sources
- 1Apartment Therapy, The 60-30-10 rule, explained, 28 Aug 2025A rule of thumb many designers use: about 60% main colour, 30% second colour and 10% accent.