The short answer is yes. When people think of decorating a room, they often think of adding furniture, pictures, and trinkets. One addition that many people miss is empty space. You can add empty space to a room by removing things you don’t use. Many interior designers use empty space to enhance their room designs. It is because empty space has some important benefits. Here are some of them:
It makes the place easier to keep tidy.
Tidiness is the most important component of good decor. After all, clutter clashes with everything including itself. In other words, there is no such thing as a beautiful pigsty. Also, keeping everything in its proper place is essential to tidiness.
It is much easier to keep a place tidy if you have plenty of empty space to put things. In contrast, a crowded space makes it very difficult to find a proper place for everything. In extreme cases, it prevents having a proper place for everything in the room. This can make it impossible to keep a room tidy. It is why hoarders live in such messy homes. But minimalists often live in tidy homes that look like showrooms. It’s because their lifestyles make it easy to keep things tidy.
It is necessary for your room to function well.
In interior design, there is an old adage that form follows function. This means that a room must function properly for it to be elegant. It is because interior design is made for you to live in. This means that it must be comfortable, and that can only happen if it functions. A room wouldn’t function well if it is riddled with tripping hazards. It would also be bad if you had to keep moving things out of the way or can’t move at all. An overcrowded room can cause these problems and often does.
Empty space in a room has the opposite effect. It allows you to move around and use the room with ease. It also allows you to separate things that should be separated. Also, because it allows proper places for things, it adds convenience. It is because the proper place is the most convenient place to keep anything. That way, you never have to search for things because you already know where they are. This allows your room to function very well.
It makes it easier to focus on the decorations.
Good art presents the right details and draws your attention to them. We know that anyone can spread paint on a canvas. But a good painting has the right colors in the right places to make a beautiful picture. Also, anyone can make noise, but good music has the right sounds at the right volumes at the right times. Interior design is similar because it is artwork that people live in. So anyone can pile stuff in a room, but that is not enough. A good decor has the right things in the right places for a beautiful and comfortable.
Empty space reduces the visual noise so you can focus on the beautiful pieces. This allows the beautiful pieces (accent pieces) to stand out instead of being lost among the clutter. Empty space can be 3 dimensional (in the room) or 2 dimensional (on a wall).
It is what makes a room look and feel spacious.
Many people believe that the size of a room is the only thing that makes it spacious. But this is far from the truth. It is the empty space and not the total space that makes a room spacious. Now a bigger room will be more spacious for the same amount of things in it. But that is because it has more empty space in this case. A sparsely furnished room will look and feel more spacious than a crowded room regardless of size. So minimalists often live in spacious interiors even if their homes are small. It is because they don’t waste their valuable space with useless things.
It makes your room more tranquil.
A crowded room can feel congested and stressful. It can also be difficult or impossible to keep tidy. A room with plenty of empty space is quite the opposite. It is easy to keep clean and has plenty of space to move around. It is spacious and allows you to focus on the beautiful things in the room. This all adds up to creating a tranquil room that allows you to relax.
br>In summary, empty space can and often does help the decoration of a room. Many people forget about it, but interior designers often use it. For starters, empty space makes it easier to keep the place tidy. Also, empty space often makes it easier for the room to function well. It makes it easier to focus on the decorations and it makes the room look and feel spacious. For these reasons, empty space will make the room more tranquil. So, empty space can make your room more functional, beautiful, and tranquil.