The owners of this resale cluster townhouse knew they were in for a major renovation when they acquired this property. “The state of this place was horrendous,” shares designer Alvin Ling of The Scientist, who was at the helm of this project. “But it was the close proximity to their workplace and their daughters’ school that attracted them to this place.”

The owners gave the designer free play to design. Their brief was simply to mix art and culture. “This is so because the art pieces were collected from around the world. Also, because the couple grew up in different countries. The wife is Malaysian but studied and lived abroad for many years before being posted to Singapore. The husband is from the United Kingdom and has travelled extensively for business, and now resides in Singapore with the family,” Ling explains.

With this in mind, the designer leaned towards an eclectic style, where art tiles and personal pieces stand out against a neutral background.