With the help of their interior designer, Ho Wai Keong from Amber, the owners of this 1,300 sqf, three-bedroom condominium apartment in the east created the perfect urban oasis that’s cosmopolitan without being pretentious, and stripped-down without being nondescript.
The slim silhouettes of the dining chairs and pendant lamps ensure minimal obstruction to the natural light flooding in.
While it is usually ideal to position the dining area beside the kitchen, situating it next to the windows allows the homeowners to enjoy the natural light and view.
The size of the original kitchen was comfortable for only one person to prepare meals. So, the designer replaced the wall between the living area and kitchen with a bar counter angled towards the former to carve out more food preparation space.
The missus loves to sit at the bar counter and watch her husband cook. Replacing the wall with windows also allowed more light into the living area, which previously had only one natural light source.
Wai Keong concealed the doors to the corridor and master bedroom by cladding them in the same wood-lookalike laminate as the wardrobes.
When the owners first bought their 2,239 sqf, three-bedroom condominium apartment in East Coast, it was giving away its 30-year-old age, and was very compartmentalised and closed-in. The couple decided to reconfigure their apartment’s layout, and got the help of Victor Ting from The Carpenter’s Workshop to execute it for them.
The irregular shape of the apartment block posed as a design challenge but also provided the opportunity to create potentially interesting spaces. The De La Espada Welles dining table with Manta dining chairs designed by Matthew Hilton are ideal for the odd-shaped space, complemented by a De La Espada Autoban Double Octopus lamp.
The kitchen was moved to where the living room used to be, in order to accommodate the kitchen island that the homeowners wanted.
A bedroom was converted into the husband's home office, which features an elegant Cassina Cavalletto desk in American walnut.
The extended common bath feels like a spa, complete with pebbles, a pedestal wash basin, a Jacques Adnet Circulaire mirror for Gubi, and some oriental home accessories.
As the bulky structure leading to the balcony could not be hacked, the husband stripped the paint off to expose the concrete underneath and installed a pair of Chinese doors from Just Anthony with a customised wooden frame.