House Tour: Teak furniture heirlooms, modern art and pottery set the scene in this cosy apartment

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Most people wouldn’t move into a new home with old furniture, but Yuen Yee Fong and her husband thought it would be the perfect opportunity to give their hand-me-down pieces the space they deserve.

These heritage piece go hand-in-glove with their “new environment”, a 2,100sqf private apartment in the east, which channels an old-world vibe of its own as the estate is already 30 years old.

Yee Foong wanted a specific laminate colour for the kitchen cabinets – “this is the shade of green reminscent of my childhood,” she says. The flooring is wood-lookalike tile.

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Inherited from her maternal grandmother, this handsome diver-and-display shelf holds Yee Foong's collection of pottery pieces. "I bought some pieces from a local gallery. Others are from craftsmen in Hanoi, Bangkok, Chiang Mai and Siem Reap. I also have pieces by (famous local ceramist) Iskander Jalil. 

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The seafoam-blue in the living area as a colour phase she went through, says the homeowner. As a child, she used to eat at this dining table, which at the time belonged to her grandmother. 

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Homeowner Yee Foong was formerly from the advertising and design industry. 

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This embroidered artwork of a cat, by a Thai artist, was bought at the Affordable Art Fair. 

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The table in the balcony is from the homeowner's paternal grandfather. 

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Contemporary pieces such as the rug and knitted poufe add colour to the space. 

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The couple replaced the sliding timber divider doors of the study with a open bookcase. 

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The homeowner bought these Eames prints, on the walls of her girls' room, from Osaka even before she had her kids. 

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Yee Foong's artist-friend Rashid Salleh contributed the canvas that hangs above the couple's bed. 

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The cooking pot-lamp was bought from a shop in Bali.