Due to the mass evacuation of Communist times, these countryhouses photographed in Romania, some of which have 10 rooms or more and were once filled with inhabitants, are now partially vacant. The owners, that stayed behind while family members moved on, couldn’t use all the rooms, but didn’t want to live with empty spaces either. Therefore, they decorated and furnished the rooms optically, not functionally. When looking closely, one understands the rooms are not habited. The disfunctional placing of furniture, the strange collection of objects and colors, as well as the absence of any personal items, leads to the understanding that these spaces have not evolved naturally but have been constructed purposefully. Contrary to the outlook, they are records of absence, not of presence, cerebral not emotional.