The Chic Home: Finish reconfiguration turns bachelor pad into room for chilling and gatherings, Property & Style and design News & Top Stories

SINAPORE – Mr Zach Lim wanted his 1,100 sq ft bachelor pad to truly feel a lot more like a lodge than a residence.

To achieve that, the 29-12 months-aged local community manager of a tech firm employed Mr Joey Khu, director of home-developed Joey Khu Interior Style.

Mr Khu claims: “My layout for this dwelling is quite life-style-pushed since Zach is a bachelor. It also requires into thought that he has family members and friends in excess of quite frequently, so there should really be extra open up areas.”

This led to a complete reconfiguration of the structure of the 3- bed room condominium condominium in Flora Travel, including removing the kitchen walls and combining the area with the adjacent dining spot.

The new format also noticed two of the three bedrooms turned into an extension of the residing place and a walk-in wardrobe.

With the kitchen walls eradicated, Mr Khu designed an open-principle kitchen-cum-dining place.

In the residing home, furnishings is organized at an angle. Apart from adding to the visible curiosity, this is also for realistic considerations.

Mr Khu says: “Putting the furnishings diagonally improves the circulation flow. It also far better enhances the free of charge-standing Tv set stand Zach purchased as he did not want a standard created-in console.”

A bedroom that utilized to be adjacent to the residing room is now section of the dwelling place. Extending the existing bay window to accommodate a significant daybed turns it into a cosy spot where by Mr Lim can go through or chill out.

The original passageway and one more bedroom, alongside with the present learn bedroom and toilet, were being reconfigured. They now form part of a learn suite comprising the bedroom, wander-in wardrobe, research, rest room and vanity region.

The research, which sits in just the wander-in wardrobe, was asked for by Mr Lim.

With the aged bathtub removed and the vainness counter relocated to the wander-in wardrobe, damp regions these kinds of as the bathroom and shower now occupy a lesser footprint.

Mr Khu claims: “This frees up more house in the stroll-in wardrobe for lots of storage cupboards and drawers.”

The home is also adorned with artwork parts developed by Mr Khu himself. Rather of a feature wall in the residing home, he painted the wall gray as a backdrop for a graphic artwork.

As his get the job done can be busy, Mr Lim, who moved in in July 2019, wanted a home he could arrive back again to and unwind in. The renovation took 21/2 months and price between $170,000 and $200,000.

“I enjoy acquiring friends and family, as very well as their little ones, around. The open up-prepare and fluid spaces perform really well and are youngster-welcoming also,” he claims.

• This post first appeared in the December 2020 concern of Property & Decor, which is released by SPH Journals.

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