By incorporating various fengshui requirements in creative ways, the interior design of this apartment allows the homeowners’ personalities to shine through
When the homeowners purchased this apartment in the River Valley area, they were careful to follow the recommendations of their fengshui master. Among them were specific colours for particular locations within the apartment, such as a bright red element in the living area and a gold feature wall in the dining room.
Several interior designers whom the couple met all expressed reservations towards the colour requirements. They decided to entrust the project to Topic Studio after coming across one of the firm’s projects featured in Singapore Tatler Homes, which left the couple impressed with the way gold was incorporated into the design.
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The firm’s take on the colour requirements was to portray them through natural materials or motifs, and blend the strong colours with softer hues. “We selected a chinoiserie theme with floral compositions that complement the use of gold and red, and which ties the whole scheme together,” says Tan Sze Ling, design director of Topic Studio.
Each of the key spaces is defined by a feature wall that is in accordance with the fengshui requirements. In the living room, a cherry blossom tree is embossed on leather panels to achieve a three-dimensional effect similar to Chinese relief wood carvings. The home’s piece de resistance is the feature wall in the dining area comprising an intricate floral composition created using Sicis hand-cut mosaics with a Marmorino plaster frame.
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