Scandinavian Interior Design Ideas In Singapore (2024)
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Kitchen Design Ideas In Singapore 2025
Whether you spend hours upon hours on a daily basis cooking up meals for the entire family, or you take a measly 20 minutes to make yourself a sandwich 3 times a day, the kitchen represents an integral part of your household. Other areas of your home may be formatted to reflect your taste and design concepts, but in the kitchen, substance over style matters. While this is not to say that your kitchen shouldn’t be stylish, maximising efficiency and easy access makes cooking meals much less of a hassle than it has to be. Are you renovating your home? Whether you’re looking for HDB BTO interior design ideas, 3-Room HDB interior design ideas, 4-Room HDB design style inspirations, 5-Room interior design inspirations, Condominium interior design ideas or landed property interior design ideas, we’ve got you covered! Find common interior design styles such as Scandinavian design, minimalistic interior design, modern interior design, and industrial design styles as well as exotic interior design themes like Balinese interior design, modern mid-century interior design, colonial-style design, warehouse interior design theme and rustic design styles in our blog pages. What is the best efficient kitchen design? The one essential factor that must be considered while designing a kitchen so that it offers functionality and space efficiency along with style and grace is practicality. Think about all the things and appliances you will be using the most in the kitchen and how you can seamlessly move around them. Designate spaces for the larger appliances and fixtures like the refrigerator, sink, and stove and plan everything around them. Use the gallery layout for the kitchen if you have a smaller space and want to maximize storage and counter space. You can also opt for an open-concept kitchen design which can make your entire home look spacious. For kitchens that are bigger, a U-shaped or L-shaped layout offers maximum efficiency as everything seems to flow from one place to the other. For even bigger kitchens, an island or peninsula layout helps designated stations for different tasks, further organizing the space and maximizing functionality. Apart from choosing the best interior design layout for the kitchen to maximize efficiency, there are certain tips that when applied in any type of kitchen, can help you achieve the desired results of efficiency and functionality. And who knows? Maybe following these 5 tips and maximising both the design aspect as well as the efficiency of your kitchen would make you want to cook a whole lot more than you currently do. Kitchen Traffic Other people getting in your way while you’re cooking up a feast ranks highly on the list of most irritating things that happen on a daily basis in our opinion. What’s more annoying than your partner standing in the way of your simmering pot of laksa or curry while you’re trying to finish cooking it? Scheming and executing a well-organized kitchen floor plan is crucial to eliminating this factor entirely. Not only that but ensuring all appliances and ingredients that have a correlation to one another are placed nearby can also shorten your time spent in the kitchen, especially in the early mornings before you’d need to leave for work. One example could refer to keeping all your coffee and breakfast essentials in a cabinet close to the pot or flask that you use for your morning coffee. We recommend ensuring that the pathway within your kitchen is wide enough to fit more than one person and that you have designated social and working areas of the kitchen to ensure that no one needs to be in your space while you’re cooking. Placing your refrigerator in an area where people can reach it without compromising your cooking is another tip that could pay dividends in the future. Globe-Trotting Lifestyle @ Tanglin Appliances and their Placements It may be tempting to place your burners smack in the centre of your kitchen and everything else around them, but there is more to how you design and place your appliances than meets the eye. In terms of safety at the very least, it would be prudent of you to ensure that there is sufficient space around each cooking appliance, namely your burners, oven, microwave and kettle so that hot food can be set to rest nearby after the cooking process is completed. Having no space in and around your kitchen appliances could potentially lead to burns or mishaps during and after cooking your food. Ensuring that your commonly used appliances are at a good height for you to easily reach them is also key in planning a kitchen’s interior design and functionality. No one wants to have to tiptoe or squat to reach their toast in the early morning hours. We recommend describing how you want your kitchen to operate to your interior designer before starting your renovation plans. Storage Establishing storage space before the kitchen is completed is crucial to designing a well-organized workspace. While we stand by the fact that more is always better, especially if it’ll save you time in installing more stage units in the future, unnecessarily cluttering your kitchen is not an ideal way to go about doing things. There are ways to creatively store objects and tools that can help improve the design of your kitchen as well. For example, installing wall hooks and hanging your pots and pans instead of storing them in a cupboard not only gives you easy accessibility but allows them to dry more effectively and can give your kitchen a restaurant aesthetic design-wise. This element can also be used in terms of cutlery, whereby you install a holder to both store and dry your cutlery simultaneously without having to use a separate drawer or cupboard. Minimalist Atmosphere @ Bukit Batok West Different Sources of Lighting Just as much as you would consider the lighting in your bedroom, your bathroom, or your porch, carefully calibrating and deciding on lighting sources in your kitchen can both help in your cooking and impress
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Condo Interior Design Ideas for Small Condos In Singapore
Nowadays, the demand for property in Singapore is excellent. Unfortunately, not everyone gets the chance to own a spacious condo of three or more rooms. That shouldn’t be a problem with a condo interior design done right. Perhaps, you might be wondering what you can do with a unit of around 50 sqm. The answer is “a lot”. Indeed, there are some standard methods to make a home look more prominent. What’s more, we’ll show you some ideas that you haven’t seen. At first, you’d be surprised at how airy you can make your condo. Just eliminate the clutter and get a professional to help. In the nick of time, you’ll start living a simple and relaxed life in your tiny functional condo. Unsure of which interior design style to go for? You can always check out the latest interior design trends such as Scandinavian design, and modern mid-century style. If you’re feeling adventurous, check out unique interior designs like Balinese interior designs, Colonial-Style designs, Industrial interior design and Warehouse design style. Stick to the “Light and Bright” Mantra Typically, you’d want to start from what you already have. However, dull and dark hues are less likely to work in small spaces. Therefore, you should consider optimizing your one-bedder condominium from this perspective. In such cases, you’d want to pick white or neutral colours for your walls. Also, consider adding glass panels to replace the solid wall as a divider. That way, you’ll maximize the amount of light inlet throughout your interior. Another important part of designing a small home properly is lighting. Many homeowners make one common mistake – using only one lighting source in each room. This often leaves dark corners, thus shrinking the visible area. And this makes your home look even smaller. But hold on – it’s not that difficult to deal with this issue. Just make sure your rooms are well-lit. You can do this by layering lights – use a bedside lamp or concealed lighting fixtures on the top furnishing. Because you may not have enough surface space, you can use the walls and ceiling as much as possible. There are many different lighting hacks and you can get really creative to make your home look larger. Brightly-Lit Living Room @ Sophia Create a Clean-cut Home First and foremost, when dealing with small spaces, you should go by the “less is more” rule. In other words, you should get rid of anything that’s rarely or not used at all. Stripping down the interior to the bare essentials will eventually open up more space. Moreover, you’ll be able to concentrate on the important pieces that you’re living with daily. When you have limited space, your best move is to create the illusion of a bigger home. Perhaps, it’s not hard if you follow the rule of the clean-cut home. Implement some discrete space-saving solutions such as cabinetry with discreet finger pulls. What’s more, you can conceal your appliances to enhance the sense of cleanliness. Implement a Pop-up Dining Room If your condo interior design doesn’t allow for a dining room, implement a pop-up one instead. Besides, it’s a smart solution for residents who rarely eat at home. Therefore, a retractable dining table will be a useful amenity that would quickly disappear when not in use. Get Tonal Ask any interior designer, and they’ll tell you that walls and flooring are the first things you should repaint if you want to remodel your small home. Similar to the minimalist interior style, the best way to make a room look bigger than its original size is to use tonal colour palettes – bright, calming and soothing optical white, to be specific. Just make sure you clean the high-traffic areas because smaller spaces are bound to highlight the daily wear and tear. Also, when going for light colours, make sure your home doesn’t appear too clinical. As mentioned previously, smaller spaces tend to start looking dirty faster than usual, so rubbing against the walls is also a huge no-no. Avoid incorporating patterned wallpaper because you can end up making your room look even smaller. Instead, you should stick to a same-colour design for your walls and flooring. This will nail a simple yet very efficient interior design for your small house or apartment. Keep it Simple While it may sound too general, this approach is essential for any condo interior design. Creating a warm and cosy feel that we all love requires a delicate arrangement of stylish furniture, art, and accessories. You can implement some quirky details like a raw brick wall, or a bold-coloured divider to enliven the tight space. In The Mood To Dream @ Hillview Rise Add Dark-colored Accents Of course, most people would bet on a light colour scheme for tight spaces. However, that’s not a strict rule that we should all follow. If you’ve got a plan meticulously enough to work out a way with dark-coloured accents, do it. In turn, they’ll contribute to delightful contemporary aesthetics. Mirrors Using mirrors as a way to make your home look bigger is a good old styling trick. And it never fails. Using the power of natural light, you can situate a mirror adjacent to a window to reflect the outdoors. This will surely make it seem as if you have another window. Thus, making your room bigger. For this reason, you should have at least a couple of mirrors in your home. Take Inspiration from Japanese Aesthetics Perhaps, you’ve seen the now-trendy combination of pale wood cabinetry and light brown flooring. It pairs perfectly with some light-coloured onyx marble and modern Japanese aesthetics. Arguably, that’s an easy way to accomplish a serene atmosphere in your condo interior design. Also, you can use retractable screens or even Shoji doors to create temporary privacy in your open-plan area. Include Hide-and-seek Elements Similar to the discreet storage cabinets, you can include hide-and-seek elements throughout your home. That way, you’ll declutter your space and improve its functionality. Who
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Inspiring Kids Room Interior Designs for Little Explorers
Home interior design and renovation projects can be exciting and fun for the whole family but who is the most excited among them? The kids! They just can’t wait to see their new rooms which have been designed according to their requirements, preferences, and choices. However, as a parent, many of us would know that most of those requirements are just not possible to be materialized in real life. How, then, can you make your kids happy? The answer is not as difficult as one might hope. There are still plenty of ways in which you can design the kids room and incorporate fun stuff which is sure to please the kids. We have designed and renovated various HDB homes and also provided condominium renovation in which they uniquely designed kids’ rooms to make them fun and magical while still keeping all the functionality. Looking for inspiration for your HDB BTO interior design ideas such as 3-room HDB interior design ideas, 4-room HDB design ideas, and 5-room HDB design ideas, condominium design or even landed property design? Our blogs have covered them all. Some of these design portfolios of kids’ rooms are described below from which you can take inspiration from. These ideas are further classified according to the age and corresponding requirements of kids. Design Ideas For Nursery And Toddlers Room For a nursery or a toddler’s room, the main aim of the designer is to incorporate lots of colours in various different ways. The design, however, has to be functional as well so that it provides ample storage to stow away the toys and accessories to keep the area decluttered. Such an example can be found in this nursery designed by us where all the elements come together to create a fun, comfortable, and playful area. The floors are the usual wooden floors whereas the walls are of a soothing lemon shade. This is further contrasted by using blue wall panels and shelf areas. One of the walls has cute paintings of colourful animals and a garden which is quite attractive to young children. The curtains in this room are also colourful and cartoon-themed. A small wall partition has compartments on both of its sides which provide ample storage space. The crib is kept simple and white which blends perfectly with the other colourful items in the room. Chic Nursery @ Ash Grove, Singapore Another angle of this room shows a chest of drawers that is white with colourful knobs. Attractive colourful frames lined on the chest of drawers add to the balance and harmony of the colour scheme. There are small cubbies to place toys and other things. A creative ladder has also been featured in the design which looks quite attractive to kids since it is made in the form of popsicle sticks. Recessed lighting and spotlights uplift the room’s features to make it look bright and fun. All these design elements can provide inspiration to anyone who wishes to create a toddler’s room or a nursery. Functional Nursery With Lots Of Storage Space @ Ash Grove, Singapore Room Design Ideas For Young Girls Young girls like pink colour, stuffed toys, and cosy nooks and this is exactly what has been done by us. The moment you enter this room, you are swept off your feet by the sight of a magical, comfortable, and spacious room. The room has been designed in sort of a bunk bed fashion with one sleeping area on top of the other. However, the way it is designed is bound to blow anybody’s mind. The lower sleeping area is basically a comfortable nook that is separated from the other part of the room by a curtain. There are drawers and shelves inside this nook for storing toys and other things whereas the remaining part of the nook is covered by a mattress. The whole room is painted in a soft baby pink shade which when combined with modern lighting, makes it appear sophisticated and elegant. If you’re looking for modern designs or modern mid-century interior designs, check out our blog posts. Comfortable Nook In The Kids Room @ Hillview Rise, Singapore Above this nook is another sleeping area that is separated by a small glass door. Small stairs lead up to this area. Besides both sides of these nooks is a platform that has been covered with a carpet which serves as a sitting area. Below this platform are drawers that provide enough storage space. All these functionalities have been beautifully designed and fitted in quite a small room but the room does not look cramped or crowded at all. There is enough storage space to keep the area decluttered and the comfortable nooks make the room appear as if it is out of a fantasy world. A Creative Kids Room For Girls @ Hillview Rise, Singapore Schedule a consultation Design Ideas For Teenage Rooms Teenagers can be difficult to please when it comes to designing or renovating their rooms. On the one hand, they feel themselves to be too old for kids’ stuff such as blue and pink walls, colourful rugs and curtains, and cartoon themes, whereas, on the other hand, they feel the usual pastel colours and deep shades in a bedroom appear too dull and boring. The key in such a case is to find a balance between using dark and deep colours with some pop of colours. The accessories also have to be chosen accordingly so they don’t appear dull or boring and not as childish as well. We have successfully designed such a room for teenagers that appears just perfect for kids of such an age. The floors are a fun zig-zag patterned wood theme whereas the walls are covered in patterned white and silver wallpaper. One of the walls is an embossed black patterned wallpaper which just takes it to another level. The bed is also designed keeping in mind a teenager. The headboard is white whereas the nightstands are red and black. A
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Exquisite Minimalist HDB Interior Design Inspiration In Singapore
When it comes to HDB interior design, you might think there are fewer design options especially because of the relatively smaller size of HDB flats. However, a smaller area should not limit you to incorporate aesthetics and functionality into the interior design to create a breath-taking and awe-inspiring home.
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Elevate Your Home With The Warehouse Chic HDB Interior Design
Warehouse Chic @ Punggol Drive In the past decade, there has been one rising design trend. Thirty years ago, no one would think of making their home look like a warehouse.Today, warehouse chic is dominating and won’t lose steam soon. Of course, no one has a clear idea of when it all started. However, warehouse chic is now a thing in HDB interior design and pop culture alike.The plethora of exposed metallic elements, wood, and vintage furniture has deep roots. Perhaps, everything may have started in the early 20th century.The designer of a large table and floor lamps didn’t expect his creations to outgrow him. Since their purpose was to fit in factories, they retained the simplistic and rough look. Surprisingly, you’ll find the very same lights to be still in production. This time, as a design feature for HDB design makeovers. Where’s the difference? It could be hard for one to believe that you can ever combine the warehouse with chic. Still, there’s a fine line that integrates both styles into one unique HDB interior design. Typically, the most immediate feature is the understated selection of colors and materials. You’ll see lots of muted tones of the white, grey, and black palette. Most of all, you’re bound to see lots of unfinished concrete and exposed brick. Of course, let’s not forget about the signature factory lights, steel-cased or aluminium windows, metal beams, tables, and more. Arguably, there’s a reason why so many people choose the simplicity of industrial design. How to pull off warehouse chic HDB interior design? When going for warehouse chic, you need to pay attention to some key elements. Since you’re going to embrace a raw appearance for your HDB home, you should consult with a designer. Ultimately, you’d want to focus on exposed elements, the materials, and the furniture. Here’s how to achieve it: Exposed and raw elements So far, you should get the central concept of this interior style. Generally, every successful warehouse chic design puts emphasis on raw looks. Usually, designers evoke the industrial feel with exposed ceilings, ducts, brickwork, and piping. By putting these details to the front, you’ll achieve a prominent and eye-catching atmosphere. Your guests will immediately feel the industrial vibes from the floor to the ceiling. Furthermore, the exposed brick wall will add a lively texture to your space. Along with the subdued, classic brown color highlights of the wood, the entire home vibrates with coziness. Metal and wood are prominent Of course, excessive use of wood indeed recalls minimalism. Therefore, don’t be afraid to embrace it. The unusual combination of metal and reclaimed or dark-themed wood shouldn’t surprise you. In a traditional warehouse, this sight would look quite familiar. Therefore, you should try and implement them everywhere. Moreover, you can go further by making DIY furniture pieces. In some cases, homeowners can restore old wooden furniture and use them for their interior. Therefore, you should stick to the pairings of wood and metal. Even though they are immediate features of a warehouse chic interior, the combinations can vary. Usually, everything that looks dark and grungy is a go. Vintage pieces of furniture for a timeless feel While it’s not a breaker, you’d eventually opt for a few classic-looking pieces of furniture. That way, you’ll infuse the feel of a mid-century atmosphere. Again, you’d want to bet on wood and metal. However, you can go for a luxe leather sofa or armchair. Just stick to the same industrial earthy concept. Additional accessories Finally, you can complete the warehouse chic HDB interior with suitable accessories. Of course, your first idea would be to add the signature hooded lamp. Alternatively, you can choose to go for caged lighting. Either way, it has to be rusted or galvanized to create the desired feel. Also, don’t forget the wall details and shelves using raw metal elements. Space Factor’s take on the popular styles In the past few years, Singaporeans have developed a taste for home interior design styles such as Scandinavian interior design, modern design styles, Balinese interior design, Colonial interior design and Rustic design style. Thanks to their HDB BTO regulations, they have the freedom to build theme-specific interior styles. Of course, that’s impossible without professional help. Of course, there are plenty of studios that offer HDB interior design services. However, not too many can pull off the warehouse chic as we did. Perhaps, the designers from the company did their best to evoke the traditional warehouse feel. Meanwhile, they managed to retain the unique look of the interior. How did it happen? Perhaps, the design of the 109-square-meter HDB flat is a real genre breaker. Probably, the design is a prime example of how to pull off the industrial interior design theme with functionality. Arguably, the functional aspect is typical for an apartment with many family members. In this take, the interior designers have complied with the inhabitants’ needs for storage space. While the theme focuses on metal elements, here, there’s more wood to see. From the laminates to the furniture pieces, you can immerse yourself in the grungy but polished details. Related read: 15 smart HDB BTO interior design ideas in Singapore Originality and style on display As you can imagine, Space Factor’s take is all about wood. While most designers would go for steel and aluminium chairs and tables, the wooden set here looks quite modern. As a prominent feature in their HDB renovation, wood makes the overall exposition feel warm and inviting. Practically, the kitchen and living room cabinets mimic vintage reclaimed wood pieces. In this take, the metal details and casings serve as complementary elements. Of course, there’s a small functional table with lacquered steel frame. It’s as if attached to the leather sofa opposite the large TV cabinet. The designers have completed the décor with a wallpaper of the Eiffel Tower. In the hall, you can find a dartboard and a bicycle. All this comes with a plethora of hooded and camera-style lighting conventional for
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