New Chinese Style - Entrance Hall: Spirit Screen and a Console Table

A New Chinese style residential entrance hall. The ceiling is deliberately lowered, with full-height dark wood on both sides, and very low illumination. Directly facing the entrance is a screen wall—a solid wall of wood-grain stone or pristine painted plaster, maintaining a two-meter distance from the entrance, thus preventing a direct view into the interior. In front of the screen wall is a narrow, long altar table with upturned ends, on which a single ceramic vase holds a seasonal branch, illuminated by a narrow light from the ceiling. To one side of the screen wall, a begonia-shaped moon gate leads to the living room, with visible wall thickness. The floor is dark stone, with a different paving pattern marking the entry area. On the left wall, there is a small recessed niche for keys. Avoid: adding shoe cabinets and storage furniture, allowing a direct view from the entrance into the interior, placing multiple items on the altar table, using bright ceiling lighting.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一個新中式的住宅玄關。天花刻意壓低,兩側是通高的深色木作,照度很低。正對入口是一道照壁——一整片木紋石或素淨的塗料牆,與入口保持兩公尺的距離,因此看不穿到室內。壁前是一張窄長的翹頭條案,案上單獨放著一只陶瓶插著一枝當季的枝條,有一道從天花落下的窄光。壁的一側是一個海棠形的洞門通往客廳,牆體厚度可見。地面是深色石材,踏入時有一段不同的鋪面分割。左側牆上有一個內凹的小凹槽放鑰匙。避免:加入鞋櫃與收納家具、讓入口直接看穿到室內、在條案上放多件物品、使用明亮的天花照明。