# On not drawing the furniture
Author: Hana Sato
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Published: 2026-07-11
Category: Studio
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Meta Title: On not drawing the furniture · Folio
Meta Description: Why our plans show empty rooms, and what that asks of the people who live in them.
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![A drafting table in a studio, with sawhorses](https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1782290547018-8bb89b8edf07?ixid=M3w3OTAzOTJ8MHwxfHNlYXJjaHwxfHxhcmNoaXRlY3R1cmUlMjBzdHVkaW8lMjBpbnRlcmlvciUyMGRlc2t8ZW58MXwwfHx8MTc4ODYzNDcyN3ww&ixlib=rb-4.1.0&w=1600&q=80&auto=format&fit=crop)

Our drawings have no furniture on them. Clients notice, and some of them mind. Here is why we do it.

## Furniture is a promise

A sofa drawn on a plan says: this is the sitting room, and this is where you will sit. It is a promise the architect has no right to make. The room might be a study in five years. The sofa might be a piano.

## An empty room is a question

A room with nothing in it asks: what is this for? If the answer is obvious from the shape, the light and the door, the room is good. If the answer needs a sofa drawn in to be obvious, the room is not finished.

## What we draw instead

- Where the light comes from.
- Where the doors are, and which way they open.
- Where you can put a table without blocking a door.

That is enough. The rest is the client's, and should be.


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