The next move
Clear the primary walk→Move the largest piece once
The second room has finished the cheaper work and is ready for reversible tests.
08 · Case Compare
What changed, and did the room actually improve?
Put two rooms — or the same room before and after — side by side and read the difference.
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The read
no measurable changeDining room that fits until people sit is not measurably better or worse than Strangled living room.
Across the 6 conditions both rooms rated, friction sits at 58 and 56. That gap is inside the noise. Look at what changed below rather than at the totals.
Budget for this round
$800→$900
A larger budget does not move a room up the order of work. It only changes what the later steps can be.
Remaining after commitments
$736→$828
What is actually left once known commitments and the reserve are taken out.
Light
52→44
Light friction fell by 8. That condition is getting in the way less often.
Function
64→73
Function friction rose by 9. Whatever changed did not help this condition.
Reset
70→46
Reset friction fell by 24. That condition is getting in the way less often.
Jobs the room carries
gather, store→dine, host, store
A room asked to do more jobs needs edges before it needs objects.
Zones the plan could place
Social, Store, Reset / drop→Host, Store, Dining + chair pull, Reset / drop, Host / service
A zone is only drawn where a measurement, an opening, or a placed piece can position it honestly.
Still unknown
exact outlet locations on the north wall; whether the window is operable→whether the table leaves can come out permanently; whether the sideboard is doing a job that a wall shelf could do
The open questions changed. Unknown is never counted as zero.
Field by field
Everything both rooms declared
Values that match are greyed out. Unknown stays unknown — it is never counted as zero.
| Strangled living room | Dining room that fits until people sit | |
|---|---|---|
| Answer | Movement is what is wrong. Clear the primary walk — no money yet. | Movement is what is wrong. Move the largest piece once — no money yet. |
| Why | Movement is the primary friction at 78. Movement scores 78. How people walk: pinch points, blocked routes, and whether a body can pass. Reset at 70 is real, but it is not the thing a body hits first. Overflow pile narrows the primary walk to 18" — 18" under the minimum. Addresses congestion and storage pile with a measured cause behind it. It costs nothing, takes about 30 minutes, and is undone in a minute. | Movement is the primary friction at 79. Movement scores 79. How people walk: pinch points, blocked routes, and whether a body can pass. Function at 73 is real, but it is not the thing a body hits first. The primary walk measures 30" at its narrowest, 6" under the minimum. Addresses congestion and scale mismatch with a measured cause behind it. It costs nothing, takes about 45 minutes, and is undone in a minute. |
| Caveat | Unnamed: exact outlet locations on the north wall; whether the window is operable. | Unnamed: whether the table leaves can come out permanently; whether the sideboard is doing a job that a wall shelf could do. Function at 73 is close. If that score is wrong, the sequence may swap. |
| Safety | no named concern | no named concern |
| Primary | Movement 78 | Movement 79 |
| Next | Clear the primary walk | Move the largest piece once |
| Budget for this round | $800 | $900 |
| Remaining budget | $736 | $828 |
| Zones placed | Social, Store, Reset / drop | Host, Store, Dining + chair pull, Reset / drop, Host / service |
| Still unknown | 2 | 3 |
| Jobs | gather, store | dine, host, store |
| Movement | 78 | 79+1 |
| Light | 52 | 44-8 |
| Comfort | 48 | 52+4 |
| Personality | 38 | 40+2 |
| Function | 64 | 73+9 |
| Reset | 70 | 46-24 |