Leaving Blank Space is Still the Premise: Expensive Things Also Need Empty Space

An Eastern luxury space with expensive materials but restrained arrangement. Nothing is placed in front of an entire wall of book-matched stone; only a single celadon piece sits on a lacquered console table; there are no hangings on the entire dark hardwood facade. Because valuable materials need distance to be fully appreciated, furniture and furnishings are set back, leaving large empty areas on the floor. The empty area is larger than the area with objects. Avoid: filling the space in front of valuable materials with furniture and furnishings, hanging paintings on stone walls, filling every tabletop with objects, using dense arrangements to prove value.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一個材料昂貴但配置克制的東方奢華空間。一整面書本對花的石材牆前面什麼都沒有放;一張大漆的條桌上只有一件青瓷;整面深色硬木的立面上沒有任何掛飾。因為貴重的材料需要距離才看得清楚,所以家具與陳設都退開,地面留出大片空著的區域。空的面積比有東西的面積多。避免:在貴重的材料前面擺滿家具與陳設、在石材牆上掛畫、把每一個檯面都放滿器物、用密集的陳設證明價值。