Transforming a 759 sq ft HDB flat into a colourful retro-modern wonderland

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Transforming a 759 sq ft HDB flat into a colourful retro-modern wonderland

CNA Lifestyle's Making Room series looks at small homes with big transformations. This week, we visit a iii-room resale flat in Ang Mo Kio with playful vibes using color, patterns and accents.

This iii-room HDB flat in Ang Mo Kio is a boom from the past with its colourful mid-century modernistic aesthetics. (Photo: The Moving Visuals Co)

19 Jun 2022 06:30AM (Updated: 09 Jul 2022 06:46AM)

When homeowner Edward purchased a resale three-room HDB flat in Ang Mo Kio, he wanted his home to be a technicolour showcase of the mid-century mod style.

Aside from appreciating the sensibilities of the modernist era – where course follows part, and which favours sleek, uncluttered lines with both organic and geometric forms – he also noted that "almost mid-century piece of furniture pieces are very pocket-sized, so it'south much easier to fit them into a small infinite".

CNA Lifestyle's Making Room series looks at small homes with big transformations in Singapore. This week, nosotros checked out a three-room resale flat in Ang Mo Kio with playful vibes using colour, patterns and accents.

"I've e'er loved colour," said the bachelor. "I like to experiment with unlike color combinations; the mood that I wanted was something that makes me feel relaxed and happy when I come habitation."

Homeowner Edward turned to a retro mid-century modernistic style for his 759 sq ft HDB flat. (Photo: The Moving Visuals Co)

Other items on his wish list? Clean lines, a retro feel, a spacious master suite, lots of shoe storage as "I accept a lot of shoes", an interesting dining area, lots of congenital-in article of furniture, and a kitchen that "ties in with how I dress – I like to mix graphic prints with textures".

So he engaged interior design business firm Karpentree Studio to assist him create "a modernist-inspired retreat tailored for a dandy who celebrates life in simplicity with a bold statement".

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To brand the 759 sq ft apartment feel more calorie-free and open up, the wall between the living/dining area and the kitchen was removed, creating a long rectangular space from the front of the flat all the way to the dorsum.

The floor of the expanded space was redone in stake grey terrazzo for a light, airy feel imbued with elegant modernist vibes.

Splashes of colour abound in this 3-room HDB flat. (Photo: The Moving Visuals Co)

In the living area, a salmon pink floating shoe chiffonier and a trio of matching floating shelves stand out against pale grey walls, providing storage without eating into the footprint of the apartment. Reverse, a streamlined deep blueish sofa, a circular rug in medium brown, and mismatched cushions add further pops of colour.

Retro-modernist chairs such equally this ensure a squeamish throwback chemical element in Edward'southward HDB flat. (Photograph: The Moving Visuals Co)

A pick of advisedly curated home decor accessories which are 1950s iconic designs – such as a Louis Poulsen Panthella tabular array lamp in shiny chrome, a dark-green Vitra Eames elephant figure and a bright xanthous Eero Saarinen puppy sculpture – as well as dried floral arrangements, add a personal touch to the infinite.

A greenish Vitra Eames elephant figure is i of many decor accessories to underscore the mid-century modern expect of the house. (Photo: The Moving Visuals Co)

A round golden-toned side tabular array and a wall-mounted sconce featuring circles of unlike sizes complete the living room setup.

This segues into the dining surface area, which is demarcated by a built-in concrete curvation painted in the same shade of pinkish featured in the living room'due south floating cabinetry.

That's his salmon pink shoe cabinet in the living area. (Photo: The Moving Visuals Co)

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Aside from serving as the principal focal betoken of the dining expanse, the cosy recessed nook houses a absorber-strewn bench that'due south non only totally Instagram-worthy but also a clever space-saving hack for providing extra seating space for when he has friends over for meals.

The size and colour of the circular wooden dining table echo that of the living room carpet, offer a sense of pattern continuity.

Note the recessed nook in the dining area, a clever space-saving hack for extra seating infinite when guests come over. (Photo: The Moving Visuals Co)

The pale bluish hues of the two dining chairs and the Verpan Hive suspension lamp overhead grade a visual link to the matching Smeg fridge, which marks where the dining expanse ends and the kitchen begins.

"I wanted to create some kind of involvement in the kitchen, which also ties in to how I clothes, where I like to mix graphic prints with textures," Edward said.

Kitchen cabinets in electric blue laminate pops against the salmon pinkish and grey subway-tiled walls. (Photo: The Moving Visuals Co)

Every bit such, a single row of kitchen cabinets in electric blue laminate pops against the salmon pink and grey subway-tiled walls. Blackness-and-white patterned tiles on the backsplash provide fifty-fifty more of a playful dissimilarity.

Homeowner Edward loves his blue, which is the principal colour theme in his kitchen. (Photo: The Moving Visuals Co)

Matte blackness countertops, a black glass induction cooktop, stainless steel appliances and a monolithic, dark grey kitchen isle add a touch of composure.

Blackness-and-white patterned tiles on the kitchen backsplash (Photograph: The Moving Visuals Co)

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By sacrificing the storeroom, Edward was able to create a spacious master suite with ample room for residue and piece of work.

Every bit a counterpoint to the bright, expansive feel of the living/dining/kitchen area exterior, the main suite is a calm, intimate, cocooning infinite with deep blueish walls and ceilings, and dark drown wood laminate flooring.

Edward's cosy chamber. (Photo: The Moving Visuals Co)

"Bluish is my favourite colour," Edward said. "The moment I pace in, I experience so calm and serene that I simply fall asleep naturally.

The master bed is flanked past a congenital-in side tabular array on the right, and an actress-long born piece of work desk-bound on the left, both in grey woods-grained laminate.

The washing-up station at the corner of the bedroom, right outside the bathroom. (Photograph: The Moving Visuals Co)

Edward opted for a washing-up station at the corner of the bedroom, right outside the bathroom. Black-and-white hexagon-patterned tiles demarcate the surface area where the sink, mirror and floating bath cabinet are located, and extend into the bath also.

Black-and-white hexagon-patterned tiles in the bath. (Photograph: The Moving Visuals Co)

Custom-fabricated wood-framed bifold doors with pleated glass panels channel a kind of "colonial or old school coffee shop" feel, while letting in more light.

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The second, smaller sleeping room is simply furnished, with a small invitee bed, and a built-in wardrobe in the aforementioned electric blue colour as the kitchen cabinets.

"When you merely accept 700 sq ft to play with, yous accept to be very specific. With built-in piece of furniture you go the luxury of customising information technology for your flat and then not having to worry nearly whether it fits or not," Edward noted, terminal: "You tin live in a very small space, but nonetheless exist very consummate."

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