Singapore – The black and white colonial style has always kept a certain charm for film producers and life coach Daniel Yun.
For him everything begins in black and white and the essence captures something before it adds anything else.
The bachelor who refused to reveal his age connects his preferred palette with filmmaking: “We start with a white canvas and in the end it fades black.”
He entered the help of his friend Adrian Heng, Design Director of the SpaceONE ID advice and renovation contractor Stack Studio to transform his housing release in Hougang.
The four-room 1.160 m² unit was completely revised. A Black Metal Gate with an open grille is the first feature that greets the visitor. It frames the entrance foyer and sets the sound for the rest of the interior design.
The dining and living areas are located directly over the threshold. The two zones are part of a large room, with the living area delimited by an oversized outer carpet with black and white strips.
The built-in shoe cabinet, the Venetian blinds and the trailer lamp in the foyer correspond to the black and white topic.Photo: SPH Media
The design team was dispensed with with a conventional feature feature -wall and television console and instead decided on a free -standing, movable television unit.
This frees the wall of the living area for a number of black and white photos taken by Mr. Yun. These show the block of apartments in which he used to live, sights such as the dragon playground in Toa Payoh and other interesting HDB elements such as the sloping profile of apartments in Bukit Panjang.
A tailor -made sofa, a wooden chair and a round coffee table are brought together by the striped carpet. Photo: SPH Media
The walls of the former kitchen and the adjacent bedroom were removed to create an open kitchen with an open concept, which was present from two peninsula islands that flank an existing column.
“You work more like an island with an integrated camp, while the other is more of a breakfast counter,” says Heng.
Three black trailer lamps, identical to that in the foyer, hang over the islands. Her skeletal shapes – Mr. Yun she referred to as “Dracula lamps” – bring a medieval accent into the room.
These peninsula islands offer space for guests to mix beyond the dining and living areas. Photo: SPH Media
A sliding door separates the islands from the actual kitchen. To the left is the cooking zone and on the right the space of the helper and an integrated memory, the space for the refrigerator, the oven and the washing machine integrated.
The kitchen is black and white, from glass back to the white cupboards to the Black Compacplus worktop. Photo: SPH Media
The former main sleeping room and the connected bathroom together with the adjacent bedroom and the storage room were combined to form the Master Suite. A double door The width of the former corridor separates this private zone from the rest of the house.
On one side is the sleeping area of Mr. Yun, while his private lounge and En-Suite bathroom are on the other side.
A circular day bed, a round carpet and spherical lamps soften the many corners in Mr. Yun's private lounge area. Photo: SPH Media
The main bath was extended to the outside world to create more space for the vanity and sink. Black and white tiles in a chessboard style give the bathroom a slightly bizarre note that looks less strict.
Mr. Yun, who moved to his apartment in May 2024 after a two to three-month renovation, which cost around $ 150,000.
Black and white tiles give the bathroom mood.Photo: SPH Media
- This article was first published in Home & Decor Singapore. You can find more beautiful houses, space -saving ideas and inner inspiration at homeanddecor.com.sg.
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