SINGAPORE – As first-time dwelling homeowners, Mr Timothy Cheng and Ms Elaine Lin have been open to exploring varied concepts for the design of their marital dwelling.
The five-room, 1,216 sq ft Housing Board (HDB) flat was new, so Ms Ruth Tan of inside design studio EightyTwo had numerous freedom with the idea.
The couple needed a up to date model. “We discover the commercial model too heavy and Scandinavian, too minimalist. One thing in between could be excellent,” says Mr Cheng, who’s in his early 30s and works within the authorized area.
He and Ms Lin, a nurse in her late 20s, didn’t desire a monotone inside, so that they have been excited by Ms Tan’s proposal, which integrated colors.
The designer says: “I really like colors and prefer to experiment with distinction. They add depth and character to a design when complemented by the proper particulars, finishings and different ornamental parts.”
For instance, the doorway and the dwelling and eating areas serve totally different capabilities, however seem as a seamless house. A round, mustard-coloured seat on the entrance contrasts with the deep inexperienced wall, and it’s a part of a collection of built-in cupboards and top-hinged storage compartments that continues alongside the lounge’s again wall.
These suspended storage compartments go across the nook and proceed beneath the lounge home windows earlier than turning once more and morphing right into a tv console.
The whole set up types a C-shape that wraps across the house.
All of the corners of this built-in characteristic, in addition to a lot of the wall edges, are rounded, which is considered one of Ms Tan’s signature design parts. It’s not purely for aesthetic causes. As an illustration, the TV wall has a boxed-up element that ends in a rounded edge to hide ugly cables.
Ms Tan additionally designed a dual-toned, double-layered, curved ceiling over the doorway lobby and dwelling and eating areas. The sunshine yellow – the same shade of inexperienced as the lounge wall – and the totally different heights of the ceiling add depth and distinction.
The inexperienced powder-coated sliding and stuck glass panels separating the semi-open kitchen from the eating space sync with the general color scheme. “I cook dinner fairly a bit, so a semi-enclosed kitchen is extra sensible,” Mr Cheng says.
The master suite introduces a bolder color mixture: blue-green and coral on the built-in wardrobe and ceiling.
The en suite rest room, just like the frequent rest room, has a pop of sunshine yellow on the vainness counter that’s the identical shade because the ceiling characteristic within the dwelling space. The curved particulars on the vainness tops, washbasins and mirrors in each loos relate again to the primary idea.
The house homeowners spent about $70,000 on the renovation, excluding furnishings. Regardless of the appreciable period of time wanted to excellent the curved ceiling, the renovations took about 21/2 months, and the couple moved in a number of days earlier than the circuit breaker startedlast 12 months.
This text first appeared within the October 2021 problem of Dwelling & Decor, which is revealed by SPH Magazines. Get the December and newest problem of Dwelling & Decor now in any respect newsstands or obtain the digital version of Dwelling & Decor from the App Retailer, Magzter or Google Play. Additionally, see extra inspiring houses on the Dwelling & Decor web site.
