Australian expat Charlie Cameron's 5,000 sqf four-bedroom house in Holland that she shares with her husband and two children reflects her worldly sophistication. Having lived in Hong Kong prior to moving to Singapore, her home contains pepperings of Asian elements amidst the Australian overtones.
For Charlie, the house feels a lot like those back home in Australia - light, bright, open, lots of glass and designed to focus on and bring in the outdoors.
The sense of space and light in the living area is magnificent. Charlie’s contemporary style has been influenced by Mid-Century and Scandinavian design.
There’s a lovely sense of calm in Charlie’s study. Tucked away at the top of the house, it’s the perfect private space to get creative with her blog.
Clever architecture ensures the home is flooded with light, thanks to floor-to-ceiling windows and sliding doors down one side of the house.
45-year-old Dane Carsten Lima has lived all over the world, but now calls Singapore his home. Living in a two-storey black-and-white colonial terrace-house in the Katong area that he rents, his home is decorated with objects and curiosites from all across the globe since he left Denmark in 1989.
The original frosted glass windows of the living room were changed to clear glass to maximize the abundance of light that the home receives.
Carsten decorated his house as a curious mismatch of sentimental objects and likes the idea of his house being looked at as a cabinet of curiosities. Since he decided not to have curtains, he gets a lot of curious passers-by looking in!
Along the upstairs hallway are a wall-hung kimono, a rosary from a gothic market in Barcelona and, on the floor, a vintage Turkish shoe-polish kit.
An arabesque screen, part of the home's original design, zones the ground-floor space while still allowing visual connectivity between the entranceway and the living room.
A street peddler's cart from Bangkok sits in a corner of the dining room, and functions as a display cabinet for objects that mark milestones in Carsten's life. This includes a pair of dancing shoes from his years growing up in Denmark.
Carsten’s bedroom is quiet, serene and understatedly stylish with just the basic essentials, and old and new furniture.