When it comes to furniture size in a smaller room, bigger can surprisingly be better. Samantha Gallacher of Art+Loom and IG Workshop suggests maximizing space by using fewer pieces that are larger ...

To see the perfect meshing of positive and negative spaces, look to mid-century chair design. Negative space is the defining element of the Wassily Chair from Knoll, designed by Marcel Breuer in 1925.

Add an element of surprise by disrupting symmetry in your room’s negative space, Adler suggests. Place a focal point to the side or hang art at different levels, as he did at the Parker Palm ...

The Peacock Room (James McNeill Whistler, 1866-67) is an enclosed space. The dark colours and rich decoration of the walls and ceiling seem to draw the surfaces in and down. This adds to the sense ...