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Houzz Tour: Clever Space Planning Makes This Flat's Simple Style Super
Its Scandinavian style and clean lines show off meticulously executed design details that add character to this flat
This 4-room flat, home to an IT guy, is cosy and quietly characterful. Bold black lines slice through the white living-dining area to draw the eye to a seating niche framed by handle-less cabinets. The soft grey, white and blue palette creates a cool yet hygge (the Danish word for the ‘art of cosiness’) ambience while luxurious details such as snakeskin backrest straps add a stylish and surprising flourish. All this, designed by Eric Chua of Sync Interior‘s expert hand.
“We demolished the storage space to bring more light and ventilation from the kitchen window to the living hall,” Chua says.
To keep this communal space uncluttered, the designer conceptualised an L-shaped dining bench set into a bank of cabinetry. This niche demarcates the dining area from the living area in the limited space without too much bulk. Glass doors framed in black provide visibility through to the kitchen, while allowing the cookspace to be enclosed when necessary.
To keep this communal space uncluttered, the designer conceptualised an L-shaped dining bench set into a bank of cabinetry. This niche demarcates the dining area from the living area in the limited space without too much bulk. Glass doors framed in black provide visibility through to the kitchen, while allowing the cookspace to be enclosed when necessary.
The kitchen sink is fireclay, the worktop is quartz and the backsplash is marble tiles.
Merging the kitchen with the service yard resulted in a more spacious cookspace and gives the homeowner a view of the outdoors when he has breakfast. Chua curated the collection of greenery that enlivens this space.
Thoughtfully-paired materials such as the marble tiled-backsplash with the timber-and-metal bar table and stools give off a luxurious-yet-laid-back effect.
Thoughtfully-paired materials such as the marble tiled-backsplash with the timber-and-metal bar table and stools give off a luxurious-yet-laid-back effect.
A wall of glass blocks is used as a divider between the entrance to the master bedroom and the sleep space itself. Here, too, the colour scheme of pale grey, white and blue creates a cool-yet-cosy ambience.
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Who lives here: IT professional in his early 40s
Location: Bishan
Type of property: 4-room HDB flat
Size: 904 square feet (3 bedrooms)
Project duration: 2 months
Designer: Eric Chua of Sync Interior
The owner entrusted Chua with creating his “simple, clean and Scandinavian concept” home, from adjusting the living-dining-and-kitchen layout to make it breezy and light-filled, to picking out the right furniture. Chua carefully matched store-bought furniture with the custom-made Indonesian white wood dining table .