White space is also cost-saving: no need to fill the walls

A space that reduces costs by using negative space. Two walls are completely empty—only smooth gray paint, no cabinets, no paintings, no special shapes; large areas of the floor are also empty. This negative space costs nothing, yet it allows the one wall with a design and a few pieces of furniture to be fully seen. A corner of the image shows a comparison with a filled version: all four walls have cabinets or designs, and the floor is packed with furniture, resulting in a much higher budget, but because there is no breathing room, the overall effect appears cramped. Both versions have the same square footage. Avoid: making the two versions similar, adding decorations to the empty walls, increasing the number of furniture pieces, making the space appear desolate and cold instead of intentionally minimalist.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一個以留白降低成本的空間。有兩面牆完全空著——只有平整的灰色塗料,沒有櫃體、沒有掛畫、沒有造型;地面也有大片空著。這些留白不花任何錢,卻讓做了造型的那一面牆與少數幾件家具被完整看見。畫面一角以填滿的版本作對照:四面牆都有櫃體或造型、地面塞滿家具,預算高出許多,但因為沒有喘息的地方,整體反而顯得侷促。兩者的坪數相同。避免:讓兩者相似、在留白的牆上加裝飾、把家具數量增加、讓空間顯得空曠冷清而不是刻意留白。