House Tour: Three-room HDB flat with $35,000 eclectic mid-century, industrial interiors

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With no decor scheme in mind, the homeowner of this three-room HDB apartment in Bukit Merah used eclectic furnishings for mid-century, industrial mix of styles. These include the hanging dining lights made from Artemide desk lamps and reupholstered Robin Day chairs.

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The huge kitchen island doubles as storage for kitchen accessories. The industrial look of the home was accidental as cement screed was the easiest to do.

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The bareness of the style created the perfect blank canvas for his eclectic furnishings. Cabinets here serve as handy perch for the homeowner's DJ console.

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Patterned and textured tiles clad the walls in the home. The ship porthole, a rare find, is used as a giant peephole for the main door.

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The accordion-style iron grilles that he used for the windows and doors in his bedroom add a cool nostalgia-laced edginess.

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A "shrine" to DJ Carl Cox is installed in the bedroom. The beehive-like hanging structures are actually speakers.

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A stone bowl is repurposed into a washbasin in the bathroom. For the renovation, the homeowner spent a total of $35,000.

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