Home-bound: How to create an efficient yet elegant home office

Working from home serves many perks to this generations’ growing entrepreneurs, which might explain an increasingly popular trend in designing a home office that improves productivity and also personalised workstations with some style and elegance. Regardless of whether you are working from home by choice or staying in to flatten the curve, optimising your workspace to increase your productivity is essential to getting your work done. Here are some useful tips:

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Create a dedicated work space

The best way to focus on work and productivity is to have a dedicated home office away from the bed and TV. Having a desk to associate with work —and only work, will condition your mind to focus quicker. You can minimise distractions with a minimalistic layout with a desk like the Cupertino by BoConcept or keep organised with Nelson Swag Leg Desk. Including wooden elements like this Koppar desk can also improve your concentration and energy level.

“Where your attention goes, your time goes”

– Idowu Koyenikan, international acclaimed organisational consultant and author

Curate your surroundings

Minimising distractions doesn’t mean that your work space has to be dull. Furnishing your work area with house plants and accented wallpapers are not only pleasing to look at, but they can also inspire creativity and motivation. Much like air diffusers like the Totem diffuser from the Baobab collection and Harrod’s Senti diffuser, a mixture of herbal and floral scents can create an environment that promotes concentration and alertness.

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Prepare your essentials

Preparing your essentials that help you stay productive throughout the day saves you time and increases the work you get done. Some noteworthy home office must-haves to help you plan and take notes with are the Mrs Strong calendar and the Postalco grid pen. It’s also important to stay hydrated so having a bottle like VitaJuwel keeps you fresh and replenishes your energy with its healing crystal.

“Failing to prepare is preparing for failure”

– Benjamin Franklin

Keep your desk well-lit

Placing your desk next to a window will expose you to the mental and physical benefits of natural light. It can boost productivity levels to up to 40 percent, but if your windows are not accessible or you have to work during the night, having good lighting with a natural glow like the Terra Glow Monc Blanc floor lamp can help you stay concentrated and alert. A more flexible alternative is the cleverly designed Dyson Lightcycle Morph desk lamp powered by an algorithm that can recalculate colour temperatures and adjusts itself to mimic daylight according to the time of day.

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Be mindful of your posture

Sitting at a desk for long hours restricts your body’s movement and blood flow, and it can strain your back and neck muscles. Having a standing desk like this one from Ergo Seatings helps keep your body upright and encourages movement. If your work requires you to sit at your desk, ergonomic chairs like Sayl Chair by designer Yves Behar and the Okamura Sylphy supports good form. Designed to adjust to your movement and body shape it gives you the flexibility to move, stretch and adjust to the height of your desk.

Home, Sweet Homantin: Bringing perfection to a premium penthouse space…

Ho Man Tin has long been one of Hong Kong’s most understated, luxury residential districts. Of late, its reputation as one of the most salubrious spots in greater Kowloon has only been enhanced by the residential construction phenomenon that is One Homantin.

Drawn by its central location – just three brief MTR stops away from Admiralty – and its proximity to some of HongKong’s finest educational institutions (including the King George V School and the Stamford American School), it has proven a haven for young families. After all, when young residents are not being equipped for all their future life challenges, it’s a setting also offers easy access to many of the city’s fabulous green spaces, including, of course, the ever popular Ho Man Tin Park.

While many have favoured the distinctly upmarket complex’s garden flats or simply been knocked out by the quality of the residents-only facilities on offer at the on-site clubhouse, the true prize has been perched above it all, looking down in unrivalled splendour – the One Homantin Penthouse.

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Extending across some 1,489 square feet on the upper storey – the 19th floor – of One Homantin, it boasts three capacious bedrooms and one extra-capacious master suite. As well as its extensive indoor acreage, it also comes with exclusive access to 1,265 square feet of rooftop space – an ideal setting for a little alfresco foliage, an unoverlooked sun trap or just a place to watch the far-below world gone by.

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Despite its obvious and many advantages, this artfully-designed space didn’t wholly match the spec of its most recent purchasers – a family of four, including two teenage children. While already won over by its existing allure, they felt it wasn’t quite as cosy as they might have liked, while also wondering if it couldn’t be just that little more contemporary. At the same time, they were adamant that ease of access to the roof space was a priority – an area they had previously earmarked as perfect for entertaining friends and family alike.

Naturally, given the scope of the challenge and the importance of getting it exactly right, choosing the perfect design team to oversee it all was of paramount importance. This saw them opt for PriimoCasa Interiors, a Hong Kong-based firm, with an award-winning track record for reimagining upmarket residences.

Heading this particular project was Leslie Lam, Co-Founder and Interior Design Director of the Sai Ying Pun based business. Outlining his approach, he said: “In order to create a cosy ambience, I favoured the extensive use of natural materials, especially timber floors and wall panels. I also added in a few champagne-gold stainless steel trimmings to create the requisite luxury feel.

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“In the living and dining areas, we chose to up the colour quotient of the furnishings and drapes. This made both spaces notably more vibrant and more welcoming.”

Moving upstairs, the master bedroom presented a particular challenge. As it stood, the room boasted a sizable feature window, which was set immediately adjacent to the optimum bed positioning. The client, however, had mixed feelings as to whether or not they wanted the window to remain in situ. Outlining his elegant solution to this particular problem, Lam said: “I designed a sliding panel that exactly matched the design of the headboard. Not only did this help unify the space overall, it also gave the residents absolute discretion over whether and when they wanted the window to remain a feature.

“Apart from this one instance the floor-to-ceiling windows,which are featured throughout the apartment were very much seen as plus-points by the clients. Pretty much without exception, they provide a delightful surfeit of natural illumination, making the whole residence bright and supremely welcoming without any need for artifice or supplementary lighting.”

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As one of the apartment’s assets that went a long way towards sealing the deal as far as the incoming family was concerned, the re-design brief majored on making the most of the rooftop space. Explaining how this particular challenge was met, Lam said: “Ultimately we opted to segregate it into three dedicated zones. The largest of these comprises a sizable alfresco dining area, complete with barbecue facilities and table space for up to eight.

“There is then a bespoke chill-out space, complete with sofas and armchairs, where the family can relax and enjoy the view out across Victoria Harbour. Finally, there is a discreet jacuzzi area, which is just about perfect for a spot of personal pampering or a little sunbathing….”

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COLOURLIVING adds Wellness to its in-store offer

COLOURLIVING, the ultimate lifestyle curation brand, has launched a new pop-up store, one with a brief to help stylishly boost the health of high end Hongkongers. 

Set within its three-storey luxury retail space in downtown Wan Chai, this new Wellness Living concept has three distinct strands – special kitchen, customised tea and indoor pool.

Its singular take on the kitchen space has been designed, first and foremost, to make food preparation a fun and engaging experience for the whole family. With high aesthetic standards never compromised in the name of convenience, it’s a carefully-curated culinary enclave with great taste it’s clear mission statement.

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As for the chosen tea, the lifestyle brand has opted to incorporate Hong Kong-based Lify’s award-winning brew dispenser brand. As high-tech as it is high-end, this distinctly digital age dispenser delivers superb quality herbal tea perfectly prepared in line with your pre-programmed preferences.

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The indoor bathing facility – the evocatively titled Faraway Pool – somehow summons the sheer sensuality of an al fresco immersion, with its luxury KOS tub just the perfect ablution solution for the aspirationally inclined. Mood lighting and submerged shelving are also all available on the added extras menu. 

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A fascinating and most welcome addition to COLOURLIVING’S core offerings, Wellness Living takes comfort, style and personal care to a whole new level.

 

Eliminate bacteria and allergens with high-performance Laurastar ironing systems

 With the rampant rage of Covid-19 continuing unchecked, it’s more important than ever to ensure your home is spotless and devoid of any unwanted pollutants and allergens, particularly within the sartorial sphere. To combat this garment-related issue, though, Swiss luxury steam iron brand Laurastar has produced a plethora of cutting-edge, user-friendly ironing solutions to not only ensure you look your best, but that your apparel remain entirely allergen and bacteria-free.

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Laurastar LIFT PLUS Pinky Pop

First launched in Switzerland in 1980, the sleek, innovative designs spawned by Laurastar has seen it expand across the globe, latterly arriving in Hong Kong last year. Across the decades, it has focused on eliminating harmful materials that coat our clothes – an important battle as our garments are intimately in contact with our skin.

Among its latest creations is the LIFT PLUS Pinky Pop (HK$7,980), a precision-engineered mchine boasting Dry Microfine Steam (DFS) technology that’s been proven to kill 99.999% of bacteria, 100% of mites and 99.9% of the harmful pathogen candida albican. In layman’s terms, this means that it naturally and effectively purifies textiles without the need for any chemicals.

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Laurastar Smart U ironing system

Another top draw is the HK$35,800 Smart U ironing system. Fitted with the latest in home appliance technology, it offers a plethora of features to optimise your ironing, ranging from the Sensteam technology, which senses the movements of the iron and deploys steam automatically, to the companion mobile app, where the Smart U proffers step-by-step guidelines to handle any type of fabric.

Laurastar brand ambassador and haute couture designer Dorian Ho
Laurastar brand ambassador and haute couture designer Dorian Ho

Speaking of the many benefits served up by the luxury ironing solutions company, brand ambassador and renowned haute couture designer Dorian Ho said: “Both the Laurastar Smart U and the Laurastar Lift series feature user-friendly designs and an extensive suite of functions,” adding that “Laurastar’s vision of beauty speaks very closely to my own taste and sensibility, and that’s what led to our collaborations.”

Dynasty Heights-Tropicana: Historic, organic and hugely luxurious

Unobtrusively, often unthought of, any stretch of land can be home to a million secrets. For those who pass by unknowing, too brusque to take time to pause and ponder, who knows what repositories of knowledge they are treading on so carelessly? The scene of an epoch-defining battle? The site of one of the most extravagant coronations the world has ever seen? The setting for the final doomed, clandestine encounter of star-crossed lovers? A former gasworks? Tragedy, comedy, history and matters best dismissed as prosaic pack every inch of the terrain we occupy.

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In Hong Kong, a city where terra firma is famously in particularly short supply, this unlooked-to legacy is ever more, vivid, dense and hard to ignore. Hospitals rise in former fish markets, one-time pauper’s last resorts are reinvented as a millionaire’s mile, while even land that, no so long ago languished below the waves, is reclaimed and repurposed.

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What then of Kowloon Tong, a district apparently long-regarded as a high-end residential area, with its all-luxury Dynasty Heights-Tropicana development rightly deemed a pinnacle of considerate construction and sustainable design? Well, you don’t have to dig too deep to uncover the remarkable tale behind this highly desirable bit of topography. Unlike many areas, a very specific date can be identified for the widespread transformation of this one – 25 December 1953. This was the day that a sudden blaze destroyed the township of Shek Kip Mei, an impromptu cluster of lean-tos and pre-fabs that had been home to more than 50,000 refugees from the mainland.

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In truth, this devastating inferno divided the destiny of the region. On its southern side, a major public housing programme – a necessity given the vast number of people that suddenly found themselves destitute and homeless – was promptly initiated. This ultimately gave rise to the Shek Kip Mei Low-cost Housing Estate, a development that became a byword for cramped conditions and poor living standards. To the north, by contrast, along Beacon Hill, the go-ahead was given for the development of two very different residential estates – Beacon Heights and Dynasty Heights-Tropicana. Both designed with private and highly-affluent buyers in mind, they have since become wholly synonymous with luxury living in this now highly-desirable Hong Kong neighbourhood.

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For its part, the ideally-appointed Dynasty Heights-Tropicana development sits nestled on a gentle slope, all amid luxuriant natural woodland. Enjoying an unparalleled view out across the charms of Victoria Harbour, it’s a homestead that effortlessly blends a cosy residential feel with the distinct allure of a resort. This latter aspect is in no way hampered by its proximity to an exclusive 100m swimming pool, which even now remains a rarity in even the city’s most upmarket complexes.

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A perfect example of a stunning abode that occupies this luxurious development is a two-bedroom apartment recently completed by local interior design firm S.I.D. Ltd.’s Peter Ho. Encompassing a wholly modern appeal, this 941sq.ft apartment is all sleek lines and minimalist elegance. Here, the capacious living / dining area, cloakroom and kitchen all gift its lucky owners with ample space to entertain their nearest and dearest. When weather permits, though, the prime gathering space is undoubtedly the enormous 3,682sq.ft outdoor garden that rings the property. The undeniable jewel in the apartment’s crown, this expansive space boasts tasteful landscaping that punctuate its dedicated dining and lounging areas.

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In order to ensure the overall development retains a distinctly organic feel, meanwhile, its thoughtful design sees it remain very in keeping with its decidedly lush environment. Indeed, while its architecture remains both contemporary and accommodating, it also favours an arch unobtrusiveness, an aspect that endears it as much to occasional visitors as to long-term residents. In addition to the pool, its exclusive residents-only facilities also extend to tennis courts, squash courts, a club house, a dedicated barbecue area, secure children’s play areas and a regular shuttle bus that takes the pain out of the five-to-10 minute trip to the nearest MTR station.

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All in all then, Dynasty Heights-Tropicana is a truly luxurious home and one forever rooted in the travails of Hong Kong’s past, while also being a potent symbol of the city’s contemporary success and future aspirations. Even more than easy access to a 100m heated, outdoor pool, such attributes undoubtedly make it the ideal locale to rear a young, curious and culturally-minded family.

Text: Bob Sperling
Photos: S.I.D. Ltd.

Festive Flourishes: Upping the oomph factor of your ho-ho-home decor

With the weather turning cooler and the shopping malls, restaurants, pubs and shops all selling attractive wares, deals and more to usher in the end-of-the-year revelry, it’s safe to say that Christmas is on everyone’s minds. To make the festive season even more fun, now would be a good time to start decorating your house with festive flourishes. Whether you prefer traditional decor or something more modern, there’s no better way to get into the holiday mood than by adding a touch of red, green and white to your home.

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While the sheer variety of decorations available in the stores, from lights and ornaments to indoor and outdoor decor, can cater to every theme – be it rustic, vintage, glamorous or contemporary – it’s easy t o feel overwhelmed by the plethora of options available. To help you resist the urge to go overboard, we have put together a list of accessories to help you welcome the holiday in true style.

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Nothing makes your home look merrier than a cheerful Christmas tree. For a truly authentic touch, choose a Noble fir sourced directly from sustainable North American tree farms. Not only do they come in a huge range of sizes, there are several florists in Hong Kong that offer to pick up your tree after the holiday season for it to be recycled, so that you can fully enjoy the verdant seasonal centrepiece in your home while still caring for the environment.

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Christmas ornaments
Once you’ve found the perfect spot to show off your festive foliage, the next important step is to make it look as stylish as possible. Bedeck your perfect Christmas tree with baubles, ornaments, figurines and lights, all perfectly coordinated to match your central theme. If you want to glam it up further, just spritz some metallic spray paint to ensure the branches and leaves sparkle. A tree-top ornament is also a beautiful way to enhance its inherent appeal. Although time-honoured festive flourishes such as angels, fairies, stars and ribbons are popular choices, for a touch of uniqueness, you can even create your own customised ornament, ensuring your tree-topper is a true showstopper.

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Christmas stockings
One of the most enduring Christmas Eve traditions is to hang stockings from mantels or bedposts for Santa Claus to fill up with gifts. Putting aside the myth of Father Christmas, these woolly accoutrements can go a long way in adding festive cheer to your home. From classic reds and greens to colourful pompoms, whatever it is that catches your fancy, make sure to hang up a holiday stocking that is just as envy-worthy as the goodies inside.

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Christmas tableware
While a hearty spread goes hand in hand with any celebration, go the extra mile to ensure your Christmas table setting does your dinner justice. From festive flourishes and colour-coordinated plates and mugs to red-hued crystal glasses and ornate napkin holders, nothing creates a more lasting impression on loved ones than a wonderfully decorated table. Pay attention to the little details, however, as a mishmash of objects and clashing themes can take away from the allure of the whole experience.

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Christmas lights
Brighten up the holidays – and your home – with those merry, twinkly lights that lift up the mood with the click of a power switch. No matter your mode of illumination, be it mini LEDs or retrostyle globe strands, there’s no going overboard in  this department. For the tree, drape the trunk andthe branches with as many strings of light as you want. You can also wrap some strands on wreaths and mistletoes for a touch of extra warmth, while longer strands can be used as a curtain of light on the windows. Mix and match with colours for an element of fun or to create a calm, soothing ambience. Those looking to add a vintage touch to their Christmas cheer may also opt for traditional candles with ornate candleholders as centrepieces for the tables. When it comes to festive flourishes, brighter is truly better…

Text: Suchetana Mukhopadhyay
Photos: AFP

Davidoff expands in Hong Kong with a new Flagship Store

For those in the know, the name Davidoff is synonymous with premium cigars, with the brand enjoying a long history that runs for more than 80 years. Now, this leading cigar brand is embarking on a new adventure with the opening a new Davidoff flagship store at The Landmark in Hong Kong.

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Designed to mimic a cigar box, the new store has walk-in humidors and places allocated specially for spirits and a wide range of accessories such as cigar humidors, cases, cutters, ashtrays, lighters and pipes. Additionally, to enhance the outlet’s similarity to a cigar box, this 580sq.ft shop’s interior design is awash with earthy tones reminiscent of the colour of cigars.

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More importantly, to celebrate their expansion in Hong Kong, Davidoff launched a special cigar with a second ring label marked ‘Landmark 2019’. The new “Landmark 2019” Special Edition Cigar is a limited release of just 300 sticks of Davidoff Winston Churchill – Churchill format cigar with flavours of “dark coffee, pepper, old leather wood and warm spices with a creamy and nutty aftertaste and rich aroma.”

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Charles Lim, Regional Manager of Davidoff Hong Kong and the Store Manager, said: “This enlarged new flagship store continues the Davidoff legacy of an inspiring place where aficionados can find exceptionally crafted Discovery Series cigars from different regions, as well as the complex tasting profile of Winston Churchill Collection.”

Apart from this new store in Hong Kong, the Swiss brand also has outlets in other locations including The Peninsula Hotel and Acanta stores in Harbour City, Tsim Sha Tsui and The Park Lane Hotel, Causeway Bay.

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Talking shop with CEO Roberto Gavazzi at the new Boffi | De Padova showroom

Italian luxury furniture makers Boffi and De Padova have long been past-masters of creating fittings that transform a residence into a truly special home. The latest chapter of its storied 80-year legacy has been the opening of an all-new showroom at Causeway Bay’s Lee Garden Three.

Boffi De Padova CEO Roberto Gavazzi
Boffi and De Padova CEO Roberto Gavazzi

To celebrate the special occasion, we spoke to Roberto Gavazzi, CEO of Boffi and De Padova, about this exciting new space, what has kept the company running successfully for more than eight decades and what makes them stand out.

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What sets Boffi and De Padova apart from its competitors?
The difference between us and the other players in the market is that we are working on creating a group with an entrepreneurial point of view. Boffi has always been a company that is strong in the production of modular furnishing systems, while De Padova has creates loose furniture such as sofas, tables and chairs. Therefore, bringing the two brands together allows us to be a one-stop solution for all interior decor needs.

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Can you tell us a bit more about what the customers want and how it has changed?
The higher you go in the market, the more discerning customers become. They want tailored solutions. That is why we have also created a custom made division called the Boffi Code where we design special objects that are exclusively for one customer. You need to be upscale on the quality too. The products have to be resistant to time because these products are expensive and they need to be in the homes for a long time. They need to be timeless, to go beyond short-termed fashion trends, which is something we pay particular attention to.

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You are here to avail this new store. Can you tell us more about this space?
While we’ve always had a presence in Hong Kong, this new showroom is something I’m particularly proud of. Being located on the third floor, it’s something customers have to come and find. In the process, it transforms from being just a shop into a space where you can feel the emotion of decoration. With this new showroom, we’ve mimicked the sensation of being in a real home, with a kitchen, bathroom, living room, a terrace… It allows our customers to truly experience how our furniture feels in a residential context.

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How important is the Hong Kong market to Boffi and De Padova?
Hong Kong has always been an interesting city for us. We have been here for more than 20 years. In fact, it was the first location that we expanded to in Asia. We have always been happy with this market  because the international taste of consumers here is very much developed in terms of culture. It is in line with our products. It sets a benchmark for us, a standard that pushes us to do better to ensure we remain successful in appealing to discerning homeowners.

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Abode Well: Living large at Tsim Sha Tsui’s The Masterpiece

As befits a modern, cosmopolitan city, Hong Kong has its fair share of skyscrapers. Indeed, there is hardly any area within the Fragrant Harbour – except for its far-flung rural islands – that is completely free of these towering constructions, reaching skywards as far as the eye can see. To some, the heavy density of these structures may foster an image of Hong Kong as a monotonous concrete jungle, with each building indistinguishable from the next as they stand abreast in close quarters.

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Yet, there are some skyscrapers that truly stand out from the rest, set apart by the sheer beauty of their design or the gargantuan scale of their structure. One that surely qualifies as just such an iconic landmark is the rather-aptly-named building complex, The Masterpiece. Located atop the K11 shopping mall, this instantly-recognisable, 261m-tall construction has dominated the skyline of Tsim Sha Tsui since it was built in 2009. While the lower floors house the world’s first Art Mall – the aforementioned K11 – it is the apartments occupying the 27th to the 67th floors of the complex that typifies the crème de la crème of Hong Kong’s booming property market.

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It is within this coveted address that a family of three recently found their home. Taking possession of a spacious 2,969sq.ft-net flat within The Masterpiece, they passed the responsibility of redesigning their beloved new home into the more-than- capable hands of designer Clifton Leung, founder of the eponymous, award-winning Clifton Leung Design Workshop. Explaining his approach, Leung says: “It’s not just about white walls – you have to bring your own favourite works of art, your cherished belongings, your much-loved sofa, your music… You have to transform it through your own very individual presence. Above all, a home should have its own character, and that character should reflect the unique personalities and interests of its residents.”

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In this instance, the residents – in this case, a couple and their young-adult daughter – chose to reflect their personalities through a wide range of bespoke furniture, artworks and curios that adorn every nook and corner of the capacious abode. This sees the living room punctuated with a plush sofa, Bilbao dining chairs by acclaimed Vietnamese designer Quasar Khanh and German artist Caro Jost’s INVOICE PAINTING B.N. (1969). Such refinement extends to the bedrooms as well, with the daughter’s room flaunting a bespoke swivel chair from Sintesi Noa designed by Marcello Ziliani, while the master bedroom is graced with a beautiful moon bed by Noblesse Lifestyle. Representing the moon’s movements with the full moon taking centre stage on the hand-upholstered headboard, it’s a bed that’s as much a work of art as it is a functional furniture.

Both the bedrooms also have their own walk-in closets, with a particularly capacious one custom-built for the master bedroom by co-opting a part of the living room space. By comparison, the closet in the daughter’s bedroom is somewhat smaller, but what it lacks in space it makes up for in style – with a skylight in the ceiling and glass display boxes in the wardrobe, the closet serves as the perfect spot to display the many souvenirs that she has collected from her many travels.

However, the most eye-catching facet of the apartment is its panoramic views of the city. Indeed, the long, curved windows in the living area boast an envious 180-degree view of Victoria Harbour across its entire length. It’s a space that has been enhanced further by fitting custom-designed storage counters along the windows that are both fun and functional, serving a dual purpose of storage space and seating counter.

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While the expansive windows no doubt bestow the communal space with an easy airiness, it’s through the dextrous planning and execution by Leung that the feeling of spaciousness permeates to the bedrooms as well. Take, for example, the daughter’s quarters, which the design team assembled from two smaller rooms that existed in the original configuration. A redundant bathroom, meanwhile, was converted into her very own walk-in closet. This deft utilisation of space to promote a truly luxurious living experience has more than paid off, and indeed resonates with the ambience of the entire abode at The Masterpiece – one where living large is the ideal way of life.

Text: Suchetana Mukhopadhyay
Photos: Clifton Leung Design Workshop

Vintage Treasures: Exploring The Time Machine @ Museum Concept

Imagine losing yourself in the wonders of bygone eras, surrounded by the allure of beautiful antique pieces that evoke a heady sense of nostalgia. That is exactly what The Time Machine at Museum Concept, the interior decorations showroom that specialises in antiques and vintage furniture pieces, offers to discerning collectors and high-end home owners.

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For the uninitiated, Museum Concept was established 20 years ago by Christian Pilard, a self-professed lover of vintage collectibles. Boasting a capacious 2,000sq.ft showroom – replete with a 1,400sq.ft terrace – in Chai Wan, this unique venue offers interior designers, architects and collectors alike the chance to find beautiful and often one-of-a-kind retro pieces ranging from early 20th-century industrial furniture and decorations to prehistoric fossils and much more besides.

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Beyond just individual creations though, Museum Concept also offers a unique Room of Dreams experience. Here, the focus is not just on one-off designs, but on combining individual pieces to present a cohesive theme, be it an underwater paradise, a prehistoric jungle or the royal palace fit for any princess-to-be.

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So whether you’ve got your heart set on accentuating your abode with a period-accurate wine rack or you dream of transforming your home into an homage to times gone by, a perusal of the stunning objets at Museum Concept is well worth a visit.

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The Time Machine @ Museum Concept
Address: 302-310 Honour Industrial Centre, 6 Sun Yip St, Chai Wan
Tel: (852) 2513 5930 
Email: concept@vol.net