A wabi-sabi room setting by HAY LIVIN — a low solid-wood table with tea bowls, a wooden armchair, an open shelf and dried grasses

Malaysia’s No.1 Wabi-Sabi Concept Store

Wooden furniture for the unhurried home.

Solid-wood pieces made to be lived on, marked, and loved for decades — handcrafted and curated in Shah Alam.

Our philosophy

侘寂 — beauty in the imperfect, the natural, the worn.

Wabi-sabi honours the knot in the plank and the grain no two boards share. We choose wood that keeps a memory of the tree.

Natural materials

Solid timber, stone, linen and clay — nothing that pretends.

Made to age

Oil finishes that patina; joinery that outlives the trend.

A raw, kiln-blushed stoneware chawan tea bowl — the essence of wabi-sabi
無名 · Raw stoneware
Weathered, warm timber planks — the quiet patina of wood in daily use
侘寂Nothing lasts, nothing is finished, nothing is perfect.
Wabi-sabi proverb · the HAY LIVIN way

Signature pieces

One board, one story.

Koshi stool — a carved solid-ash stool against a raw plaster wall

Koshi Stool

Carved solid ash

Kabu side table — a tree-stump oak side table beside a wall lamp

Kabu Side Table

Tree-stump oak · 1 of 1

Ma side cabinet — a solid-wood cabinet with heritage joinery

Ma Side Cabinet

Heritage joinery

Kobo low table — a reclaimed-timber tabletop with a single candle

Kobo Low Table

Reclaimed timber

Utsuwa bowls — a pair of antique-glaze ceramic bowls

Utsuwa Bowls

Antique glaze · pair

Kare botanicals — a dried arrangement in a simple stoneware vase

Kare Botanicals

Dried arrangement

Materials & making

Honest materials, worked by hand.

Every piece begins as solid timber and ends under a slow, hand-rubbed oil.

Close grain of pale kiln-dried oak
Solid OakKiln-dried · FSC
Hand-turned wooden bowls stacked on a table
Turned ObjectsOne of a kind
An aged, imperfect ceramic bowl
Raw CeramicKiln-blushed
Undyed natural linen weave
Natural LinenUndyed weave
  • Mortise & tenon
  • Hand-oiled finish
  • Live-edge tops
  • Made to order
  • Natural, low-VOC
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Solid timber — never veneer
1/1
Every live-edge piece, unique

Visit the showroom

Come sit with the wood.

Feel the grain and test the joinery. Walk our Shah Alam showroom, or book a private weekend viewing.

  • Tuesday – Thursday11:00am – 7:00pm
  • Friday – Sunday By appointment
  • MondayClosed
019-772 7872
Shah Alam, Selangor
A small potted plant in a handmade ceramic pot resting on a warm wooden table

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Bring the imperfect home.

Tell us about your space — we’ll help you find, or make, the piece.

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