Low and wide: the proportional principle of the entire room

A living room demonstrating the principle of low proportions. All furniture heights are deliberately kept low: the sofa seat is only about thirty-five centimeters off the ground, the backrest height does not exceed seventy centimeters, the coffee table is almost flush with the floor, the side cabinet is below waist height, and even the center of gravity of the lighting fixtures is very low. Conversely, the width and depth of the furniture are very large, with volumes expanding horizontally. Because all horizontal lines are lowered, large blank spaces are left on the upper part of the walls, making the room's ceiling appear higher and the space more open than it actually is. Wall art is also hung lower, to match the seated eye level. Paired with a long-pile rug and low-lying plants. Avoid: adding high-back chairs and tall cabinets, hanging wall art at standing eye level, using slender tall lighting fixtures, making furniture proportions tall and thin.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一個示範低矮比例原則的客廳。所有家具的高度都刻意壓低:沙發的座面離地僅約三十五公分、椅背高度不超過七十公分、茶几幾乎貼地、邊櫃只到腰部以下、就連燈具的重心也很低。相對地,家具的寬度與進深都很大,量體橫向展開。因為所有的水平線都被壓低,牆面上方留出大片的空白,房間的天花看起來比實際更高、空間更開闊。牆上的掛畫也掛得偏低,配合坐姿的視線。搭配長毛地毯與低矮的植物。避免:加入高背椅與高櫃、把掛畫掛在站姿的視線高度、使用細長高聳的燈具、讓家具的比例變得瘦高。