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Straight off the runway and into your home – dress your interiors in Christian Lacroix luxury couture. Christian Lacroix for Designers Guild, price on request, from Romanez
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DINING TABLES Dining at home can be a five-star experience with these terrific tables. TEXT: REDZMAN RAHMAT
COORDINATION: BETTY WONG
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Mazzamiz outdoor table
$3,693, from Journey East
Les Jardines Lille outdoor table
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Zeus dining table
price on request, from Mondi
Demi dining table
$416.23, from Comfort Design
Flow dining table
price on request, from Cellini
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Petite homes
D-Bodhi Trapesium dining table
$2,700, from Journey East
PS2012 drop-leaf table
$299, from Ikea
Curve table
$3,089, from Air
Solid wood dining tables feature beautiful grains that make each piece unique. Walnut Ark table
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Tropia table
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Dutch elm slab dining table
$13,500, from Lava East
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Shopping Trail:
Park Mall
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Xtra
Spread over two levels in Park Mall is the impressively large Xtra showroom. The furniture giant is one of the most popular go-to destinations for contemporary designer furniture under one roof. Here, you’ll find a diverse selection of furniture pieces from world-renowned brands like Herman Miller, Tom Dixon and Flou, just to name a few. Strolling through the showroom is like taking a walk through an art gallery. Furniture setups are displayed like art instalments, and there are surprises at every turn.
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Park Mall has long been associated with lifestyle and furniture stores, an image perpetuated by the presence of a number of mid-to-high-end stores. Here are six that have caught our eyes. TEXT: REDZMAN RAHMAT
We particularly like Tom Dixon’s Eclectic range of accessories. Items like copper bowls, aromatic candles and chopping boards are easy ways to bring good design into the home in bite-sized portions. Xtra 9 Penang Road, #01-01/02-01 Park Mall Tel: 6336 0688 Email: info@xtra.com.sg www.xtra.com.sg
PHOTOGRAPHY: JUSTIN LOH, SHINING HEAD MEDIA
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Jespirit
Once you’re done shopping for furniture, you might want to turn your attention to soft furnishing like curtains, blinds and upholstery. Jespirit, on the first floor of Park Mall, has a massive range of fabrics and textiles to choose from. You can easily lose yourself in fabric swathes, textile samples and tassels. Apart from its large collection, Jespirit also offers customisation and installation, easily making it a one-stop window dressing store.
We love the Jespirit showroom for its warm and homely vibe. The store is done up to mimic a living room – perfect for settling down and flipping through fabric samples.
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Jesprit 9 Penang Road, #01-20 Park Mall Tel: 6339 3393 Email: pm@jespirit.com.sg www.jsdesign.com.sg
Besglas
Over the years, Besglas has provided homes with strong, sturdy doors. Today, the company offers a wide range of hardware solutions. This includes hinged doors, swinging pivot doors, sliding doors and bi-fold doors. The company can also create customised closet space with its Alumix wardrobe system. The Besglas Park Mall showroom, though small, effectively showcases the company’s ability to make the most out of the smallest of spaces. Take a look for yourself and see how the Alumix system can be utilised to turn tight corners into the perfect storage solution. Besglas 9 Penang Road, #02-13 Park Mall Tel: 6336 5255 Email: sales@besglas.com www.besglas.com
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From Dream to Reality A HOMEOWNER’S DEDICATION TO HIS VISION OF A DREAM HOME CONTRIBUTED TO THIS INDUSTRIAL-STYLE HDB FLAT BY HOME FURNISHING RENOVATION.
elvin Yeo claims that he’s not a very
K
functional home. Kalyn responded by ensuring
confession, the homeowner of this 4-room HDB
flat had a clear vision of how his dream home
practical purpose. This ranges from the metallic
chalkboard where the owners can leave notes for
creative person. Despite his modest
would look like. Kelvin, his wife Anna and their
young son Lucas moved into their new home several months ago, and by picking the right
that everything in the apartment has a
each other, to the craftstone brick wall that adds a rough texture and subtle colours to the home.
Every material and furniture choice has been
interior designer, successfully brought his dream
thought through – even the use of grey walls
“Kelvin was really easy to work with,”
shares that to achieve the texture and rawness of
home to life.
says interior designer Kalyn Guo from Home
Furnishing Renovation. Kalyn was responsible
for collecting and organising the many ideas that the homeowners had. She incorporated
creative suggestions from Kelvin and Anna, and created a practical anvd functional home. “It has
a raw industrial look, with exposed materials and
that can be found throughout the home. Kalyn these walls, she had to apply multiple layers of
plaster. “It was one of the biggest challenges,” she
admits. Plaster was used to create an interesting surface with visible markings and deliberately uneven surfaces – the perfect complement to the industrial look.
The bedroom is another example of how
surfaces,” she says of the design. “I also presented
the designer juggled form with function.
One of Kelvin’s requests was for a home
merging two rooms into one – has a glass
a lot of textures in this home.”
that is “visually free and open”. The challenge, of
course, is the fact that this is a typical 990-sqft
HDB home. To achieve the sense of spaciousness
that Kelvin wanted, walls were torn down and rooms were combined. Kalyn even absorbed the
yard area into the kitchen to create a bigger, more comfortable space. Apart
from
the
newly
freed
visual
spaciousness, the homeowners also wanted a
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The double volume bedroom – the result of
partition that separates the sleeping area from the attached bathroom. Kalyn custom built
this translucent divider using a wrought iron frame and wire glass.
“The homeowner was very clear with what he
wanted, and that smoothened the work process,” Kalyn shares. Kelvin was just as impressed, emphasising the importance of picking the right interior designer to realise his dream home.
The industrial look is prevalent in this home, with raw materials that infuse it with a homely vibe. The surfaces come together to create a warm and inviting vibe. Credits: Zebra cushion from The Wright Gift; pink owl cushion, clear glass bowl and vase from Ikea.
Design Kit FEATURE
Project Type 4-ROOM HDB Floor Area 990 SQFT TEXT: REDZMAN RAHMAT PHOTOS: JUSTIN LOH, SHINING HEAD MEDIA ART DIRECTION: BETTY WONG
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Design Kit FEATURE
The entire kitchen entrance has been widened to allow light into the space. Flanking the entrance is a metal shoe cabinet that has been painted over with chalkboard paint.
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DESIGN NOTES Because of the depth of the shoe cabinet, the designers installed pull-out drawers for easy access to shoes that are deeper in the cabinet. Since top-mounted cabinets can make a kitchen look small, the designer used metal racks that visually lighten the space.
The different textures in the home – a combination of rough bricks, smooth tiles and uneven cement plaster – contribute to the industrial vibe.
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