Keep the skeleton, halve the ornamentation

Two versions of the same room juxtaposed. The left side is the traditional prototype: the wainscoting has three layers of moldings, the ceiling has intricate plaster ornaments and multi-layered moldings, the door frame has a carved lintel, and the fireplace has columns and a carved mantelpiece, with many layers of decoration. The right side is the new traditional version: all elements' positions and proportions are completely retained—the wainscoting is the same height, moldings are in the same places, the fireplace is the same size—but the layering in each area is reduced to only one to two elements, all carvings are removed, leaving only the simplest stepped setbacks and flat divisions. Thus, the space still conveys classical order, but with a much quieter expression. The furniture arrangement on both sides is identical. Avoid: making the two sides look similar, completely removing moldings on the right side to become modern minimalist, changing the position and proportion of elements, changing the furniture arrangement.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

同一個房間的兩種版本並置。左側是傳統原型:護牆板有三層線腳、天花有繁複的石膏花飾與多層線腳、門框有雕刻的門楣、壁爐有立柱與雕花的壁爐架,裝飾的層次很多。右側是新傳統版本:所有元素的位置與比例完全保留——護牆板一樣高、線腳一樣在那個位置、壁爐一樣的尺寸——但每一處的層次被減到只剩一到兩道,雕花全部拿掉,只留下最單純的階梯狀退縮與平面的分割。因此空間仍然讀得出古典的秩序,但表情安靜許多。兩側的家具配置相同。避免:讓兩側看起來相似、在右側把線腳全部取消變成現代極簡、改變元素的位置與比例、改變家具配置。