Build the skeleton first, then decorate

Two budget priorities for the same space. The left side is incorrect: money spent on decoration—ornate crystal chandeliers, complex ceiling designs, abundant decorative moldings and ornaments—but the basics are not done well: uneven ceiling, crooked wall corners, only one main light, and a twenty-centimeter gap between the cabinet and ceiling sealed with a board. The right side is correct: minimal decoration, money spent first on the basics—ceiling and walls are perfectly flat, all lines are aligned, cabinets reach the ceiling without gaps, and lighting is divided into three adjustable layers. With the same budget, the right side clearly looks more upscale. Avoid: making the two versions similar, adding extensive decoration to the correct version, depicting the incorrect version as noticeably dilapidated, changing the furniture layout and square footage of both.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

同一個空間的兩種預算優先順序。左側是錯的:錢花在裝飾上——華麗的水晶燈、繁複的造型天花、大量的裝飾線板與擺件,但基礎沒做好:天花不平、牆角不直、燈光只有一盞主燈、櫃體與天花之間有一道二十公分的縫用板子封起來。右側是對的:裝飾極少,錢先花在基礎——天花與牆面完全平整、線條全部對齊、櫃體做到頂沒有縫、照明分成三層可調。同樣的預算,右側明顯高級。避免:讓兩者相似、在正確版本加入大量裝飾、把錯誤版本畫成明顯破舊、改變兩者的家具配置與坪數。