Home tour: A creative gentleman's Art Deco apartment
This tastefully decorated abode pays homage to the owner’s creative pursuits while combining its Art Deco flourishes with a lively curation of art
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This tastefully decorated abode pays homage to the owner’s creative pursuits while combining its Art Deco flourishes with a lively curation of art
How a stylist tailored a fashion designer’s outdated Singapore home for the 21st century Traditional cheongsams can be exquisite expressions of elegance, but their limitations are clear to anyone who has worn one: they are restrictively narrow in parts, oppressively warm in humid climes and overly formal for everyday life. The same could have been said about the house that former scientist Ee-ling Fock and her radiologist husband, Eric Ting, bought in the central Singapore suburb of Novena in 2018. The outdated home, she realised, could be tailored for the 21st century, just as she had art...