Trying to decide between soft furnishing design and a full renovation for your new home in Taiwan? We break down the real costs, trade-offs, and which approach makes sense for your budget and lifestyle.

If the upstairs bedroom is where the light softens and the solarium invites you to breathe, then the kitchen and dining area is where the studio truly comes alive. This is the space where people gather, talk, cook, sip, laugh, and linger, so its transformation had to strike the perfect balance between function, warmth, and character. Before renovation, the ground floor was a long, raw corridor of exposed brick and unfinished concrete. The staircase created heavy visual weight

Seeing Potential in Unloved Spaces Every home has areas that don’t quite live up to their potential: spaces that feel unfinished, awkward, or forgotten in the flow of daily life. In our studio renovation, the staircase corridor and solarium were exactly that. Dark, dusty, and overwhelmingly industrial, these areas didn’t match the warmth and character we envisioned for the finished home. But hidden behind the cold surfaces and rigid metal frames was something more important:

Every renovation begins with a vision, but this one began with a challenge. When we first walked into what is now our two-floor studio, it felt raw, industrial, and disconnected. Concrete floors, exposed metal, dark corners, and years of wear made the space feel more like an unfinished workshop than a place to live, gather, or create. But beneath the dust and steel was something far more valuable: potential. At Resonance Designs, we believe every space has a voice: an energy