After being gutted and renovated for the second time in a decade, a Hong Kong flat has gone from child-friendly home to minimalist grown-up space, and it’s a beautiful transition.
That homes have needed to be abnormally multifunctional in the past year has better prepared us for what lies ahead, according to trend watchers. Whether that means equipping a home office to be efficient as well as beautiful, comforting ourselves with colour and texture, or eschewing mass-produced homewares for sustainable alternatives, a more mindful approach to our living environment is.
How a Hong Kong interior designer transformed a flat from derelict and dingy to light-filled and desirable Stephanie Wong’s Causeway Bay flat, designed by Liquid Interiors. Photography: Simon J. Nicol
Born in Indonesia, schooled in New York, and now living in Hong Kong, 30-year-old fashion designer Stephanie Wong wanted a flat that reflected her cosmopolitan lifestyle. As a first-time buyer, with a keen interest in sustainability, she turned to the youth-ful team at Liquid Interiors for a top-to-bottom renovation of the 1,400 sq ft flat she purchased in Causeway Bay in 2019. I chose an older building as I wanted somewhere with a view and somewhere that was spacious to allow for an open-plan layout, says Wong.