To go from bare to beautiful in your new home, a well-balanced combination of materials is needed. We tasked three interior designers to design the living and dining areas of a four-room HDB flat, giving the space three vastly different styles. See what materials they used and how:

Dark & sophisticated
Designer Benjeemen Heng of Benjeemen Heng ID suggested various shades of brown in different textures – leather-finish laminate, high-gloss veneer and grooved panels – to create an upscale look.

1 Design Tex synthetic leather in Tan
2 Bronze mirror
3 Bronze glass (divider)
4 Ebony veneer in PU gloss finish
5 Formica dark chocolate leather finish laminate
6 Linz Pewter 07 fabric
7 Linz Aluminium fabric
8 Ming & Scribble Riverback and Grasshopper fabric
9 Herringbone timber floor
10 Deep pile carpet
11 Timber blinds

Read more about renovation materials in the June issue of Home & Decor.