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A design journalist reflects on the house in a village in Hong Kong’s Sai Kung district she called home for 20 years, and how the homes she wrote about influenced numerous upgrades to its interiors.
A light-filled, open-plan kitchen where the family can cook and eat together is at the centre of an apartment home in Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong, for a pilot, her husband and their two children.
The four Japanese-inspired floors of this village house in Sai Kung were designed by interior architect Glory Tam for his client – a lawyer looking for ‘solitude, reflection and inner peace’.
How an interior designer keeps his Hong Kong studio fresh and uplifting JJ Acuna’s 1,200 sq ft studio feels more like a lifestyle space than a traditional office, filled with places in which to work, relax and enjoy art Glass partitions create an area for storage and exercise, while wooden floors and large windows keep things light, flexible and houseplant-friendly
Redecorating her family’s rented house set Hongkonger on a new career as an interior designer The decorative focal point ofFé Valvekens’ dining room in Stanley is its hand-painted wallpaper. Photo: John Butlin Buying a chalet in France was the motivation Fe Valvekens needed to sign up for a year-long course in residential interior design at the Insight School of Interior Design, in Chai Wan, Hong Kong. The property required a full renovation and, although Valvekens has a natural eye for design, she wanted to be able to communicate with her architect without getting tripped up by all the...