Can you afford to be humble?

From a NYTimes article "The Luxury of Humility"

"...the spirit of wabi-sabi, a Japanese philosophy that embraces humility at its core"

From left: the kitchen off the living room is intimate in scale, but still signature Vervoordt — dramatic, rich and full of atmosphere; a view to one of the smaller bedrooms from its bathroom shows the character of the furniture carefully selected for the apartment.

Vervoordt whitewashed the door of the wardrobe in the master bedroom himself, one of many handmade elements in the suite. Above the fireplace (one of four), a TV is concealed behind what looks like an abstract painting, but is a panel made of antique Flemish linen.