Morning at Maison 1437, a 15th-century heritage house restoration in progress. The hardest part of restoring a #historichome is restraint. We kept the original oak floorboards unsanded, left the lime plaster walls rough, and let the leaded windows filter the light the way they have for five hundred years. The linen sofa and travertine are the only new arrivals. They know their place. People call this #wabi-sabi interior design, or #quietluxury . We call it the house rule: nothing pretends. Natural materials—aged wood, raw stone, soft linen—are allowed to age in public. This is slow living in a slow house. A heritage interior is never finished; it just keeps company. — Maison 1437, a boutique hotel in Bavaria