This 2,200sqf four-bedroom apartment at Ardmore Park is rented by a Swedish homeowner who lives here with her husband, two young children and pet cat. When it came to doing up the interiors of the house, she wanted to bring the Swedish feeling of light and simplicity, yet make it practical.
A drawer cabinet from Ikea sits easily with a Saarinen dining table. Yellow chairs from Air lend some colour.
The homeowner was adamant on not having curtains or blinds in the living area – “I just want the light.”
Their son doesn’t scrawl on the walls as he can draw all over this Chinese cupboard that mom painted with chalkboard paint.
Belonging to a Danish expat working in the hotel industry, this 1,500sqf two-storey black-and-white colonial terrace house in the east is filled with unique finds from all over the globe.
Like the owners of the first home, this homeowner loves the natural lighting that his house receives, which he says is "phenomenal". He got the original frosted glass windows changed to clear ones to let in as much light as possible.
He calls the way his home is decorated, "a curious mismatch of sentimental objects". 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.
Carsten’s bedroom is quiet, serene and understatedly stylish with just the basic essentials, and old and new furniture.