Designs

What is Balinese interior design all about? This design style is grounded in nature and all of its related elements. This is what really makes Balinese interiors stand out from the rest. It has seamless incorporation of the indoors to the outdoors and then vice versa. This is easier said than done when you think about having it in an urban jungle locale such as this property we’ve renovated in Park Villas Rise. But interestingly, our architects and interior designers surely understood the assignment and hit the nail right on the head in ensuring that modern Balinese interior design was prevalent all over the house’s spaces. There’s a good use of foliage or greenery, craft pieces, and that pious but well-balanced sense of spirituality that’s much beloved in the Balinese culture and aesthetic. The whole goal for this project featured in our portfolio is to create an interior design that reflects resort living; something that’s laid back and something that feels like a respite after a long and hard day at work. We’re really happy to have successfully achieved that and while showcasing this portfolio, we’ll give you some tips for the pros on how you can, too! You just need to nail the basics and you’ll be bringing the Balinese aesthetic into your home in no time! Looking for more interior design styles? Find modern mid-century design style, colonial-style interior design, warehouse interior design theme, industrial interior design, Scandinavian design style and minimalist interior design on our blog pages. You can also find HDB BTO interior design ideas, 3-Room HDB design ideas, 4-Room HDB interior design inspirations, 5-Room HDB design inspirations and condominium interior design theme ideas. how to pull Off The Balinese Interior Design CREATE A “BALE” (STEEPLY ROOFED PAVILION) ADAPTION Steep Sunroof Ceiling In The Bedroom A quintessential Balinese interior design could never be without its steeply thatched roof. This roots more in a need for function rather than aesthetics when it started. Balinese homes needed more airflow coming in and out of the house because of the extreme tropical weather. There’s oftentimes a lot of wind or sun or rain or a mixture of everything. It’s a natural way to climate control the house. Pictured in this Park Villas Rise bedroom design, we recreated the “bale” as a sun-roof right on where the ceiling was supposed to be over the bed. It transitioned smoothly into modern Balinese interior design where form conveniently marries function. We just love this major detail! We know you do, too! INCORPORATE A SMOOTH FLOW OF INDOOR-OUTDOOR LIVING FOR BALINESE INTERIOR DESIGN Shaded Porch Extended Awning With Seats and Tables Another thing about modern Balinese interior style design is that it isn’t exclusive to the interiors. The interiors and the exteriors always smoothly flow right into each other. It’s a concept that’s regarded as “free-flowing living spaces” and something that we kept in mind every step of the way when we created this shaded porch and extended awning with seats and tables. The vibe is that the indoors are kind of spilling over to the outdoors and that’s exactly what we’ve achieved here for this Park Villas Rise landed property interior design. You can, too. Invest in some wicker furniture, or any other type of natural jute or seagrass furniture, add in some tactile cushions, and you’re definitely halfway there. BALINESE LANDSCAPING Minimalist Balinese Landscaping And of course, who can ever resist the clean, and very minimalist Balinese landscaping? The best part of this is that you can completely do it in a walled compound, which is what it’s all about in the first place. Balinese landscaping is all about having rock gardens, some very well-placed plant islands, and very clean lines. We thought the stark white stone pathways contrasted quite nicely against the black cut stones. It’s sparse, but also has a certain eclectic sense of design in it and we feel like it really showcased a resort vibe entrance, preparing the onlooker visually for a delightful modern Balinese interior design experience the moment that they enter the space. SHOWCASING OF CRAFTSMANSHIP Bowl-Type Glazed Earthenware Sink In Bathroom Another way to really nail modern Balinese style interior design down pat is to showcase craftsmanship along with the layout. It can be anything to everything from batik fabrics, to earthenware and ceramic pieces, and the like. Pictured here in this Park Villas Rise bathroom is a bowl-type glazed earthenware sink that also serves as a grounding focal piece for the space. We love the dark brown elements that accentuate it as well from the shower’s dark patterned natural stone backsplash to the shower floor tiles contrasted with smooth white loose pebbles, to the dark-colored sink cabinet doors. You don’t need a lot of craft pieces, either. Get one to two basic ones and make sure that they command the attention of the room and you’re in for a real treat! Schedule a consultation PLAY AROUND WITH TEXTURES IN THE BALINESE INTERIOR DESIGN Living-Dining Space This is so expertly done in this living room interior design. It really embodied modern Balinese style interior design with a good play of patterns, colors, and organic wood elements. Pictured here are a traditional patterned Balinese rug, a heavy ornamental oval coffee table, and even the seagrass lamp enclosure on the far left. The throw pillows are a dead giveaway to the aesthetic as well and something that you can easily replicate with a quick trip down to your local home store. GROUND WITH EARTHY COLORS Grounding Effect And of course, you can never really go wrong when you use earthy colours as a base for your Balinese interior design efforts. In this property’s second bedroom, we played around with greys, browns, rustic style reds, and whites to create a cohesive “grounding” effect that the Balinese aesthetic is popular for. You can do it without any major cosmetic upgrades. Just play with the colours of the fabrics and other decorative portable elements you include in the space. Some art on the side certainly wouldn’t hurt, either so

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

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