Thrown a curveball
An oddly shaped apartment posed a decorating challenge, but some clever furnishings make use of its tricky nooks and crannies
Text Charmaine Chan / Styling David Roden / Photography John Butlin
British venture capitalist Samuel Adams knows a thing or two about real-estate investment: before moving into his 2,500 sq ft flat on Seymour Road, Mid-Levels, he had bought and sold scores of properties, including a house in Clear Water Bay that had been his home for five years.
But while Adams’ property portfolio requires his full attention to details such as usable area, layout and style, when it came to his latest abode he was happy to relinquish some of the control to interior designer Laura Cheung. The pair zeroed in on the desired look for Adams’ three-bedroom apartment, situated in a building so new you can almost smell the paint.
By consolidating furniture from two flats he’d recently sold (one on the same road; the other in New York), they worked out what was important to him, and in so doing articulated a personal aesthetic years in the making.
“He had everything laid out here,” says Cheung, pointing to the bright, open living area surrounded by glass walls. “So it was yes, no, no; what we are keeping and what we are throwing out.”