https://www.scmp.com/rss/318740/feed The city's house-proud open their micro-flats and mansions to show how to live in style and comfort. We explore public and private spaces room by room, and discover the designers and architects behind some of the world's most creative projects. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Natasha Tang Natasha Tang In Hong Kong, where space is always at a premium, the best dining rooms are often the ones that understand how much a meal is impacted by its surroundings. Lighting, table size, chair height and furniture layout all start shaping your experience before the first plate arrives. Thoughtful execution lends a sense of ease and generosity, while less considered choices can distract from even capable cooking. At Dieci, those choices are woven into the experience from the moment you walk in. Upon... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/100-top-tables/article/3350245/why-thoughtful-restaurant-design-so-important-even-dense-hong-kong?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/100-top-tables/article/3350245/why-thoughtful-restaurant-design-so-important-even-dense-hong-kong?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 16 Apr 2026 07:15:07 +0000 Andrea Lo Andrea Lo Step away from the high-rise blur of Central and Hong Kong Island life loosens its tie a little. The energy shifts as the city skyline gives way to sea views, hills and even stillness in some places. Perennially coveted, Mid-Levels remains one of Hong Kong’s most prestigious addresses. Elevated both literally and symbolically, it offers some of the city’s most dramatic vistas, as well as urban seclusion. Completed in 2025, The Legacy at 8 Castle Road, developed by Henderson Land, is a notable... https://www.scmp.com/directories/luxe-homes/article/3348347/hong-kongs-luxury-living-evolution-mid-levels-chai-wan?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/directories/luxe-homes/article/3348347/hong-kongs-luxury-living-evolution-mid-levels-chai-wan?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 31 Mar 2026 09:00:08 +0000 Adele Brunner Adele Brunner French artist Elsa Jeandedieu has never been afraid of change. Having moved nearly a dozen times in the past 17 years, she has now spent three years in her current Mid-Levels apartment – a 1,266 sq ft, three-bedroom, two-bathroom home she shares with her husband, Joseph, and their son, Noam, now four. The combination of a great location, light and the character of this particular block and its other residents has persuaded her to stay put – at least for now. “My son used to be in the main... https://www.scmp.com/postmag/design-interiors/article/3347246/elsa-jeandedieus-hong-kong-home-canvas-constant-flux?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/postmag/design-interiors/article/3347246/elsa-jeandedieus-hong-kong-home-canvas-constant-flux?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 24 Mar 2026 07:15:08 +0000 Peta Tomlinson Peta Tomlinson Intending to live there for years to come, the new owners of this Ap Lei Chau flat anticipate waking up every day to the picture-postcard seascape beyond their bedroom window. The scenic Southside outlook was only one reason the couple, parents of two young daughters, bought the 1,950 sq ft apartment in 2023. They knew they could also personalise the place. During a 10-month renovation (completed in December 2024) Simon Zeng, co-founder of Stylus Studio, was enlisted to create a home that would... https://www.scmp.com/postmag/design-interiors/article/3346745/seaview-home-hong-kongs-southside-designed-evolve-over-time?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/postmag/design-interiors/article/3346745/seaview-home-hong-kongs-southside-designed-evolve-over-time?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 17 Mar 2026 07:15:10 +0000 Adele Brunner Adele Brunner Some spaces, like people, are simply waiting for their second act. For a rundown unit in Tsim Sha Tsui, this meant a total transformation into a modern pied à terre. Frank Chan first lived in the 500 sq ft space as a boy soon after it was built in 1959. Although the property remained in his family, he had long since moved out, creating a life in Canada with his wife, Mary (who is also from Hong Kong). When the couple, now retired, decided to spend more time in the SAR with friends and family,... https://www.scmp.com/postmag/design-interiors/article/3342675/origami-apartment-how-washi-paper-and-precision-design-reshaped-tsim-sha-tsui-flat?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/postmag/design-interiors/article/3342675/origami-apartment-how-washi-paper-and-precision-design-reshaped-tsim-sha-tsui-flat?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 19 Feb 2026 05:00:08 +0000 Peta Tomlinson Peta Tomlinson What a difference a decade makes. Ten years ago, when we asked those in the know to nominate their top interior design trends, none could have forecast how the world would change. For 2026, we invited several of the same interviewees to reflect on those earlier predictions and what they see trending this year. Stand-outs include artificial intelligence, as both creator and destroyer of calm; pandemic-led regrouping; and the colour of the year: white. Before you start throwing pots of paint at... https://www.scmp.com/postmag/design-interiors/article/3339178/pantones-colour-year-ai-and-other-forces-shaping-interiors-2026?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/postmag/design-interiors/article/3339178/pantones-colour-year-ai-and-other-forces-shaping-interiors-2026?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 14 Jan 2026 07:00:14 +0000 Peta Tomlinson Peta Tomlinson It may not be immediately obvious, given the opulence of this multi-generational, two-storey home in the New Territories, but when asked to infuse a contemporary aesthetic into its interiors, designer Hoffman Ho Sai-cheung took inspiration from the surrounding landscape. Ho, the co-founder, with Elaine Tang Yee-ni, of Seehow Design, was especially captivated by the trees lining the hillside behind the 3,000 sq ft, free-standing house in a private residential development. “We envisaged a theme of... https://www.scmp.com/postmag/article/3336436/inside-hong-kong-house-columns-tree-trunks-and-canopy-ceiling?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/postmag/article/3336436/inside-hong-kong-house-columns-tree-trunks-and-canopy-ceiling?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 23 Dec 2025 07:15:08 +0000 Peta Tomlinson Peta Tomlinson It is possible to see every corner of this multi-room Discovery Bay apartment if you stand by the dining table. That the flat feels so well connected, however, is even more remarkable when you consider that the building itself is unusually angular. “Everything inside was weirdly oblique, with narrow corridors and walls protruding at 45 degrees,” says Jay Jordan, co-founder, with Christina Standaloft, of design studio Craft of Both. Equally perplexing were the windows framing the rolling hills... https://www.scmp.com/postmag/design-interiors/article/3335736/how-designers-engineered-flow-young-familys-home?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/postmag/design-interiors/article/3335736/how-designers-engineered-flow-young-familys-home?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 10 Dec 2025 07:15:15 +0000 Adele Brunner Adele Brunner Some people discover their dream home by chance. For Jeff Chan and Liz Leung, it took two patient years. Living in a rented flat in Jardine’s Lookout, they were determined to stay in the neighbourhood and had even pinpointed the building they longed to call home. Yet, week after week of scouring estate agency windows yielded nothing, and they nearly gave up hope. At the end of last year, however, their persistence paid off: a 1,200 sq ft apartment in their coveted block came onto the market. “We... https://www.scmp.com/postmag/design-interiors/article/3333073/inside-hong-kong-flat-where-everything-carefully-curated-even-cat?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/postmag/design-interiors/article/3333073/inside-hong-kong-flat-where-everything-carefully-curated-even-cat?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 24 Nov 2025 02:00:12 +0000 Peta Tomlinson Peta Tomlinson During the pandemic years, psychologists urged housebound Hongkongers to keep bodies and minds occupied with new pursuits. For Jenny and Marc Selevan, this wasn’t just a suggestion, it was the final nudge to realise a long-cherished dream: to own a Chinese junk. After 19 years in the city, filled with weekends on hired junks, the American couple and their two sons decided the time was now. After months of searching, they found “the one”: Serendipity, a 55-foot motorised teak junk built in 1994.... https://www.scmp.com/postmag/design-interiors/article/3331959/how-one-hong-kong-couple-transformed-derelict-junk-weekend-retreat?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/postmag/design-interiors/article/3331959/how-one-hong-kong-couple-transformed-derelict-junk-weekend-retreat?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 13 Nov 2025 02:00:11 +0000 Adele Brunner Adele Brunner Few spaces are as captivating as those belonging to passionate collectors, where every piece tells a story. Yet what happens if you enjoy collecting but aren’t sure how best to display your treasures? Enter Quinn Wong of Studio Quinn, a designer with a passion for objects and how things fit together. She was enlisted by young couple Matt and Jess Chung to renovate their four-storey, 2,600 sq ft home in Chung Hom Kok, and help them place their collections of contemporary art, vintage furniture... https://www.scmp.com/postmag/design-interiors/article/3330424/how-hong-kong-family-home-became-art-laden-haven?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/postmag/design-interiors/article/3330424/how-hong-kong-family-home-became-art-laden-haven?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 28 Oct 2025 07:15:08 +0000 Fionnuala McHugh Fionnuala McHugh One dank, unlovely morning in January, Ross Urwin sloshed around a Brussels market looking for mid-20th century furniture. He was sourcing pieces for Lane Crawford, which was planning an in-store exhibition during this year’s Art Basel Hong Kong. Urwin, who is a consultant for the store, says, “It was so bloody cold, so depressing and rainy. But it’s what I do.” From 2003 until 2007, he’d been buying director for Liberty of London, and would regularly find himself at dawn clutching a flashlight... https://www.scmp.com/postmag/passions/article/3330211/treasure-hunting-ross-urwin-lifetime-collecting-design-icons?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/postmag/passions/article/3330211/treasure-hunting-ross-urwin-lifetime-collecting-design-icons?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 26 Oct 2025 22:00:19 +0000 Cat Nelson Cat Nelson Welcome to our first collecting issue. What drives someone to build a collection? That’s the question, in part, we set out to answer. I am, admittedly and decidedly, an amasser of things but not a collector. I’ve got half of the equation (sentimentality) but lack the intentionality required in curating a set of objects. I open the door and let it all in. But the people in our stories have a much more deliberate approach. We spoke with vinyl obsessives, watch nerds and furniture fanatics – I say... https://www.scmp.com/postmag/passions/article/3330208/week-postmag-collection-obsessions-rare-vinyl-vintage-watches-and-bespoke-furniture?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/postmag/passions/article/3330208/week-postmag-collection-obsessions-rare-vinyl-vintage-watches-and-bespoke-furniture?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 26 Oct 2025 04:45:08 +0000 Adele Brunner Adele Brunner Frenchman Vincent Sahuc is living proof that one can never say never. Having renovated a ground-floor flat on Lamma Island in 2018, he swore he wouldn’t go through the process again. And yet … fast forward to today and he’s just completed the refurbishment of another 700 sq ft flat in a village house on Lamma, complete with a similarly sized rooftop. Dubbed “The Lookout” by Sahuc and his partner, Jerome Sozzi, an arts logistics professional, also from France, the 1980s-built apartment had never... https://www.scmp.com/postmag/design-interiors/article/3329760/how-le-corbusier-and-french-bubble-houses-inspired-lamma-island-renovation?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/postmag/design-interiors/article/3329760/how-le-corbusier-and-french-bubble-houses-inspired-lamma-island-renovation?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 21 Oct 2025 08:00:09 +0000 Peta Tomlinson Peta Tomlinson In the decade since starting their interior design studio, Vincent Lim Chin-hwa and Elaine Manzi Lu, partners in business and in life, have evolved personally and professionally. Mostly, says Lim, they’ve come to understand that homes adapt and change, just as their occupants do. Which is why their Happy Valley flat, which they completed last year as Lim + Lu, and as parents of two young girls, stands in stark contrast to their first home, as newlyweds. “As young designers starting out, we... https://www.scmp.com/postmag/design-interiors/article/3328886/why-design-duos-family-home-celebrates-mess-memory-and-grandmas-ceramics?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/postmag/design-interiors/article/3328886/why-design-duos-family-home-celebrates-mess-memory-and-grandmas-ceramics?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 14 Oct 2025 10:15:11 +0000 Peta Tomlinson Peta Tomlinson Can you imagine fitting a jamming area for him and a dressing room for her in a 579 sq ft apartment? Add to that space to hang two bicycles and ample room to play darts. Heiman Chan, founder of Deco Farmer Studio, can – and did – for his client, Geoffrey Wong, a first-time homebuyer who aspired to create “a happy home” in the Tsuen Wan neighbourhood where he’d rented for several years. The fitness enthusiast enjoys the area’s cycling paths and sports amenities, and he finds the sea views... https://www.scmp.com/postmag/design-interiors/article/3327967/how-small-hong-kong-flat-makes-space-music-fashion-and-fun?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/postmag/design-interiors/article/3327967/how-small-hong-kong-flat-makes-space-music-fashion-and-fun?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 07 Oct 2025 07:15:08 +0000 Madelaine Clark Madelaine Clark A Hong Kong couple in their late 60s didn’t want the headache of a long and complicated home renovation. But they did want their three-bedroom, 1,368 sq ft North Point apartment redesigned to suit their evolving needs. So they enlisted interior design studio hoo to create a forever home able to host family gatherings and adapt in the coming years. Balancing flexibility and sophistication was the priority, says hoo founder YC Chen, who used high-quality finishes and contrasting light and dark... https://www.scmp.com/postmag/design-interiors/article/3326520/hong-kong-flat-redesigned-sexagenarians-offers-flexibility-comfort-and-luxury?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/postmag/design-interiors/article/3326520/hong-kong-flat-redesigned-sexagenarians-offers-flexibility-comfort-and-luxury?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 23 Sep 2025 10:15:10 +0000 Daven Wu Daven Wu How do you design a home like Chapel Residence in a way that speaks to the occupants’ Christian faith without descending into expected visual tropes? For Nelson Chow Chi-wai, of NC Design and Architecture, the answer emerged through a three-year journey that transformed work into genuine friendship and collaboration. Recommended by a mutual friend, Chow found in his clients – devoted Christian parents involved in real estate development – kindred spirits who shared his appreciation for natural... https://www.scmp.com/postmag/design-interiors/article/3325661/nelson-chow-designed-hong-kong-home-essence-chapel-devoted-christian-parents?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/postmag/design-interiors/article/3325661/nelson-chow-designed-hong-kong-home-essence-chapel-devoted-christian-parents?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 16 Sep 2025 10:15:11 +0000 Manica Tiglao Manica Tiglao This 750 sq ft West Kowloon flat is a masterclass in adaptable design. Slide back a wall in the living room and the area nearly doubles in size; slide it forward and a comfortable guest bedroom appears. The seamless transformation is proof that good design is as much about versatility as it is about style. To reimagine their home, owner Ben Chao, who works in media, and his partner, who is in banking, enlisted Norman Ung Wai-lun, co-founder of design studios Design Eight Five Two (Deft) and... https://www.scmp.com/postmag/design-interiors/article/3324717/flexible-hong-kong-flat-can-be-transformed-suit-its-owners-needs?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/postmag/design-interiors/article/3324717/flexible-hong-kong-flat-can-be-transformed-suit-its-owners-needs?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 08 Sep 2025 10:15:08 +0000 Peta Tomlinson Peta Tomlinson Before Clifton Leung’s father passed away last year, he expressed the wish that his wife could continue living in the town house in Stanley they had shared for almost three decades. Not renovated in decades, the tall, skinny building was due for a refit, and as the only designer among him and his two sisters, Leung, founder of Clifton Leung Design Workshop, naturally took on the task of remodelling the family home into an age-appropriate retirement space for his 84-year-old mother, Mabel. Not... https://www.scmp.com/postmag/design-interiors/article/3323504/future-proofed-hong-kong-home-realised-late-fathers-request-his-elderly-wife?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/postmag/design-interiors/article/3323504/future-proofed-hong-kong-home-realised-late-fathers-request-his-elderly-wife?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 31 Aug 2025 04:45:08 +0000 Peta Tomlinson Peta Tomlinson Feeling hemmed in by Covid restrictions several years ago, Alan Lau toyed with swapping his family’s Mid-Levels flat for the laid-back way of life he had enjoyed in Brisbane, Australia, where he had worked decades earlier and still has business interests. His wife, Lydia, having studied in Sydney, understood the attraction. However, not wishing to transplant their two adolescent children and leave a large extended family behind, the couple reached a compromise. As much as possible, they’d try to... https://www.scmp.com/postmag/design-interiors/article/3321526/relaxed-aussie-lifestyle-shapes-hong-kong-home?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/postmag/design-interiors/article/3321526/relaxed-aussie-lifestyle-shapes-hong-kong-home?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 12 Aug 2025 07:15:09 +0000 Peta Tomlinson Peta Tomlinson Hong Kong lawyer Kapil Kirpalani had almost given up on trying to buy the perfect apartment when he had his very own Christmas miracle. It was December 24, 2020. He’d just missed the bus home to Mid-Levels after a dinner in Stanley and, while waiting for the next one, the bachelor’s eyes were drawn to a real estate shopfront. And there it was: a Repulse Bay beauty with curved windows framing knockout views of the sea in front, and mountains behind. “It looked too good to be true,” says... https://www.scmp.com/postmag/design-interiors/article/3320241/dream-flat-hong-kongs-repulse-bay-was-fortuitous-find?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/postmag/design-interiors/article/3320241/dream-flat-hong-kongs-repulse-bay-was-fortuitous-find?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 04 Aug 2025 10:00:08 +0000 Manica Tiglao Manica Tiglao In a city where space is at a premium and apartments often follow a rigid template, one homeowner in Tin Hau has reimagined what an urban flat can be. The 700 sq ft apartment, built in 1976, once conformed to a familiar sequence: living room, two bedrooms and a narrow corridor leading to a compact kitchen and bathroom. But when Karl Laing, a Hong Kong lawyer who uses the unit as his pied-à-terre, teamed up with Edge Design Institute founder Gary Chang Chee-keung, the space was transformed into... https://www.scmp.com/postmag/design-interiors/article/3318953/reimagining-what-urban-flat-can-be-hong-kongs-tin-hau?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/postmag/design-interiors/article/3318953/reimagining-what-urban-flat-can-be-hong-kongs-tin-hau?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 22 Jul 2025 12:00:08 +0000 Peta Tomlinson Peta Tomlinson Connections with their community made Alex Chau and Carrie Wong reluctant to move, even as their growing family needed more space. In 2024, with the birth of a third child and with two live-in helpers, their 687 sq ft apartment in Laguna City, Lam Tin, felt as though it had crossed its use-by threshold. Then, as luck would have it, the flat next door came up for sale. Anya Wu Chiu-ching, designer and friend, was consulted on combining the two into one. “After all the calculations, it seemed like... https://www.scmp.com/postmag/article/3318074/combining-two-laguna-city-flats-one-big-family-home?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/postmag/article/3318074/combining-two-laguna-city-flats-one-big-family-home?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 15 Jul 2025 04:00:07 +0000 Divia Harilela Divia Harilela Not everyone can escape to the country during the summer, but there’s no reason why you can’t create your own private outdoor paradise at home: a stylish and multifunctional area where you can relax, entertain and perhaps even connect a little with nature. “Outdoor spaces are now true extensions of the home and designing them with intention creates a seamless flow between inside and out,” says New York-based interior designer Melissa Bowers. “For me, it’s about more than just matching colour... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/lifestyle/article/3316662/how-create-private-outdoor-paradise-home-create-alfresco-oasis-multifunctional-spaces-durable?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/lifestyle/article/3316662/how-create-private-outdoor-paradise-home-create-alfresco-oasis-multifunctional-spaces-durable?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 02 Jul 2025 22:00:20 +0000 Jacqueline Kot Jacqueline Kot There is no doubt that architecture is a creative discipline. Once you factor in the technical aspects crucial to the process, it is even more impressive that art and engineering can come together for a visual spectacle with a civic purpose. Throughout history, there is no shortage of such examples, whether it is the buildings by Antoni Gaudí in Barcelona or modern landmarks such as Hong Kong’s very own M+ museum by Herzog & de Meuron. Hence, there is no reason we can’t appreciate architectural... https://www.scmp.com/special-reports/article/3314326/louvre-paris-hong-kongs-m-finding-art-architecture?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/special-reports/article/3314326/louvre-paris-hong-kongs-m-finding-art-architecture?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 02 Jul 2025 02:00:10 +0000 Brian Wong Brian Wong A Hong Kong court has fined a decoration company and an interior designer a total of HK$260,000 (US$33,120) over illegal modifications of a load-bearing wall at an upscale flat in a high-rise residential complex. Space Envision Limited and Lai Chun-kit each pleaded guilty on Tuesday to a count of knowingly carrying out building works without approval and consent for removing three walls, including a structural one, at a 681 sq ft flat in The Capitol in Lohas Park, Tseung Kwan O. Kwun Tong Court... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3315628/hong-kong-court-fines-decoration-company-interior-designer-over-illegal-renovations?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3315628/hong-kong-court-fines-decoration-company-interior-designer-over-illegal-renovations?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 24 Jun 2025 08:05:46 +0000 Peta Tomlinson Peta Tomlinson The interplay of sunlight and shadow makes for alluring spaces in this Hung Hom home for a family of four. While some sharp angles in the irregular-shaped building posed design challenges, Edward Lau Tak-tai, director of ED Design, relished the opportunity to harness the passage of sunlight throughout the day. Especially in densely built-up urban areas, maximising natural light in interior design can be beneficial for overall health and children’s growth,” he says. Reducing reliance on... https://www.scmp.com/postmag/article/3315566/light-day-illuminates-hong-kong-family-home-hung-hom?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/postmag/article/3315566/light-day-illuminates-hong-kong-family-home-hung-hom?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 24 Jun 2025 04:45:08 +0000 Rebecca Lo Rebecca Lo At the inaugural exhibition of the Tzu Chi Environmental Action Centre in Hong Kong’s Tai Wai neighbourhood in 2021, one particular installation stood out: a school of more than 100 suspended sharks made from wood that had been entirely salvaged. It was an effective and subtle way to convey the message from its creator, Lam Che, that trees and sea creatures share space with those who use and discard them with little thought. Lam, who is in his mid-60s, began salvaging fallen trees and... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/interiors-living/article/3314141/how-sustainable-wood-furniture-maker-hong-kong-turns-fallen-trees-unique-pieces?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/interiors-living/article/3314141/how-sustainable-wood-furniture-maker-hong-kong-turns-fallen-trees-unique-pieces?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 13 Jun 2025 04:45:07 +0000 Peta Tomlinson Peta Tomlinson Building with wood is as much about feelings as aesthetics. Upcycled trees are warm to the touch, pleasant on the nose and, as a biophilic material, psychologically soothing. Hong Kong might be bucking a global movement back to timber construction, but inside their concrete towers, some residents are finding that designing with wood transports them to a place of calm. Professional musician Kelvin Leung became so attached to his alma mater, King’s College, in Sai Ying Pun, that he had his wedding... https://www.scmp.com/postmag/design-interiors/article/3313215/wood-may-just-be-next-quiet-luxury-trend-hong-kong-homes?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/postmag/design-interiors/article/3313215/wood-may-just-be-next-quiet-luxury-trend-hong-kong-homes?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 11 Jun 2025 03:00:08 +0000 Manica Tiglao Manica Tiglao For medical doctors Jade Li and Stanton Ho, home needed to be more than just a place to sleep – it had to be a space that supported recovery and connection. And it had to be calm. Their newly renovated 900 sq ft flat in Kowloon Tong is exactly that. Designed by interior designer Joyce Taufer as a quiet, minimalist retreat, the apartment reflects their need for order and comfort after long, often unpredictable workdays. The two-bedroom, one-bathroom flat is also a return to Ho’s roots – he grew... https://www.scmp.com/postmag/design-interiors/article/3313579/newlywed-doctors-prescribe-themselves-cosy-kowloon-tong-haven?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/postmag/design-interiors/article/3313579/newlywed-doctors-prescribe-themselves-cosy-kowloon-tong-haven?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 10 Jun 2025 00:00:09 +0000 Peta Tomlinson Peta Tomlinson In 2018, after 15 years in Hong Kong, Briton Alice Fortescue heard her ancestral roots calling when a perfect storm drew her, her husband, Robert Derry, and their two Hong Kong-born children back to the family estate, Ebrington Manor. “The idea had always been to build a business [in Hong Kong] and sell it,” says Fortescue, who inherited the honorific “Lady” from her father, Charles Fortescue, 8th Earl Fortescue. In fact, the couple, who moved to Hong Kong in 2003, had built two successful... https://www.scmp.com/postmag/design-interiors/article/3312320/how-lady-manor-renovated-her-cotswold-property-be-home-and-business?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/postmag/design-interiors/article/3312320/how-lady-manor-renovated-her-cotswold-property-be-home-and-business?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 03 Jun 2025 10:00:13 +0000 Peta Tomlinson Peta Tomlinson Sometimes, serendipity smiles. When a long-time expat family were looking to upgrade the Jardine’s Lookout apartment they had lived in for years, a “gem” of a duplex in the same neighbourhood happened to come on the market. For the family of two professionals and two teenage sons, the 2,150 sq ft, two-level apartment had many advantages: four bedrooms, four bathrooms, a study, plus a rare outdoor terrace. The main draw, however, was two living areas, one on each level. The ground floor’s... https://www.scmp.com/postmag/design-interiors/article/3311558/family-upcycles-1970s-jardines-lookout-duplex?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/postmag/design-interiors/article/3311558/family-upcycles-1970s-jardines-lookout-duplex?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 27 May 2025 05:00:09 +0000 Peta Tomlinson Peta Tomlinson Australian couple Kwai and Jason Chang took a “when in Rome” approach to buying their Hong Kong flat. Together with daughter Emily, 15, the family has “toggled” between Hong Kong and Melbourne, Australia, since 2018, initially renting in Repulse Bay on the scenic south side. “We felt we were living very much an expat life, and wanted to reconnect with the real Hong Kong,” says Kwai. The vibrancy of the city beckoned for Kwai, a homemaker, and Jason, a private equity investor, who settled on... https://www.scmp.com/postmag/design-interiors/article/3310491/how-1980s-mid-levels-apartment-became-chic-family-home?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/postmag/design-interiors/article/3310491/how-1980s-mid-levels-apartment-became-chic-family-home?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 20 May 2025 01:00:14 +0000 Christopher DeWolf Christopher DeWolf When Lofter Group was founded by entrepreneur Carol Chow Pui-yin in 2012, its focus was on renovating old industrial properties. Now it has just unveiled its first new-build office tower, One Bedford Place, with an interior design that references the heritage of its surroundings in Tai Kok Tsui. And for that, the upstart property developer tapped architect Frank Leung and his design firm, via. The brief was to create a memorable series of common spaces within the 26-storey tower, designed by Ben... https://www.scmp.com/postmag/design-interiors/article/3309652/inside-one-bedford-place-architects-nostalgic-tribute-old-hong-kong?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/postmag/design-interiors/article/3309652/inside-one-bedford-place-architects-nostalgic-tribute-old-hong-kong?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 13 May 2025 03:00:08 +0000 Gayatri Bhaumik Gayatri Bhaumik Using art to create focal points and atmosphere in restaurants is hardly groundbreaking. But some of Hong Kong’s best restaurants go above and beyond when it comes to decorating their walls. Rather than being an afterthought, the works displayed are the result of a cohesive effort from restaurant owners, designers and curators to create a multisensory experience encompassing food, drink and the visual arts. But what does it take to curate these collections? First: purpose. At Golden Gip – a new... https://www.scmp.com/special-reports/article/3309196/hong-kong-restaurants-art-more-just-decorative?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/special-reports/article/3309196/hong-kong-restaurants-art-more-just-decorative?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 06 May 2025 22:15:08 +0000 Manica Tiglao Manica Tiglao Tucked into a high-rise building in the heart of scenic Repulse Bay, a 2,060 sq ft flat revamped by Hong Kong design firm Studiossoo offers a tactile study in restraint and refinement. Moody and masculine, the one-bedroom flat affords space for the client’s many passions, including music and entertaining. “We gave the client a very clean and blank canvas because we know that they like to collect [furniture],” says Studiossoo founder and creative director Samantha Soo. Soo’s client, who works in... https://www.scmp.com/postmag/design-interiors/article/3308841/subtle-elegance-heart-hong-kongs-repulse-bay?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/postmag/design-interiors/article/3308841/subtle-elegance-heart-hong-kongs-repulse-bay?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 06 May 2025 00:00:12 +0000 Cat Nelson Cat Nelson Face paint and the stage were never my thing, so when I found myself with a face full of circus make-up (rosy red cheeks and all) on a brisk Seattle afternoon in early March, I was surprised how I felt. I was ready for my moment. I could feel myself morphing into someone different – less guarded, less self-conscious. More free. Maybe I should have been a theatre kid. That’s the power of a mask for you. In advance of its Hong Kong tour stop this month, Cirque du Soleil had invited PostMag... https://www.scmp.com/postmag/culture/article/3308798/week-postmag-behind-scenes-cirque-du-soleil-and-hk-cinema?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/postmag/culture/article/3308798/week-postmag-behind-scenes-cirque-du-soleil-and-hk-cinema?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 03 May 2025 06:00:22 +0000 Peta Tomlinson Peta Tomlinson It was architect Arnold Wong Yok-fai’s lucky day when he and his wife, Grace, moved into a harbour-view Tai Hang apartment just before Lunar New Year in 2024. Watching fireworks from the living room invited good fortune into their home, he says, and the “birth year” of the building – 1989 – was the same as his own, which augurs well, according to feng shui beliefs. “It was some sort of fate,” says Wong, co-founder of ARTA Architects, whose projects include installations made with recycled... https://www.scmp.com/postmag/design-interiors/article/3307925/family-flat-tai-hang-luxury-hotel-twist?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/postmag/design-interiors/article/3307925/family-flat-tai-hang-luxury-hotel-twist?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 29 Apr 2025 07:00:09 +0000 Caroline Olah Caroline Olah Sustainability. I confess, as a furniture brand owner committed to its principles, I dislike the term. It’s a tangled, buzzword-laden concept that is, frankly, confusing. Absolute sustainability is impossible for any business because even eco-friendly products require transport. At the end of 2014, when I founded Reddie (a play on “ready-made” and Eddie, my son’s name) in Hong Kong, I aimed to build a mid-to-large-scale furniture brand with showrooms in Sydney, London and New York, employing 20... https://www.scmp.com/postmag/design-interiors/article/3307732/i-started-sustainable-furniture-brand-hong-kong-heres-what-ive-learned?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/postmag/design-interiors/article/3307732/i-started-sustainable-furniture-brand-hong-kong-heres-what-ive-learned?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 26 Apr 2025 10:00:14 +0000 In this day and age, doing a sustainability issue is treacherous territory. I’ll be honest, we had fierce debates in our editorial meetings. Should we? Shouldn’t we? There were arguments for both sides. So much is greenwashed, all marketing and no substance. The word itself has been co-opted by every brand imaginable – and even if you try to sidestep it and approach the subject with more nuance as a business, you can’t because SEO. And yet, writing off any and all attempts at lessening our... https://www.scmp.com/postmag/culture/article/3307884/week-postmag-upcycled-eggshells-and-eco-friendly-practices?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/postmag/culture/article/3307884/week-postmag-upcycled-eggshells-and-eco-friendly-practices?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 26 Apr 2025 01:00:14 +0000 “Try cracking it,” says Dilara Kan, partner at Studio Yellowdot, as she hands me a small piece of dried eggshell. Holding the pearl-coloured fragment between my thumb and index finger I can feel the dual nature of one of the world’s most ubiquitous waste materials. Rigid and porous at the same time, the shard bends easily, but when enough pressure is applied, it cracks, producing a crisp sound similar to clinking glass. “Isn’t it fun to play around with it?” For the past five years, Kan, who... https://www.scmp.com/postmag/design-interiors/article/3307693/designers-recycling-eggshells-create-lamps-and-decorative-household-objects?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/postmag/design-interiors/article/3307693/designers-recycling-eggshells-create-lamps-and-decorative-household-objects?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 24 Apr 2025 23:30:08 +0000 Flowers have always been considered an important element in interior design and continue to bloom in various forms across the home, from prints and patterns on furniture and textiles to art on the wall. Whether you want to create a look that’s cool and contemporary or traditional and elegant, florals lend themselves to a multitude of different styles and tastes, making them the ultimate design tool. Incorporating fresh blooms inside the home is also one of the easiest and simplest ways to... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/lifestyle/design/article/3305074/how-make-your-home-bloom-plus-5-tips-perfect-floral-display-choosing-seasonal-blossoms-and-best-vase?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/lifestyle/design/article/3305074/how-make-your-home-bloom-plus-5-tips-perfect-floral-display-choosing-seasonal-blossoms-and-best-vase?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 18 Apr 2025 06:00:08 +0000 Adele Brunner Adele Brunner While 1980s interior trends are having a moment in fashionable circles, the original design of Scott Austin and Craig Stevenson’s Happy Valley home wasn’t the sort of retro you’d want to revive. Instead, the 581 sq ft space that hadn’t been updated for more than 30 years, with its two-toned bathroom, myriad grilled partition windows and three tiny bedrooms, was gutted, paving the way for a complete transformation. “We’ve renovated apartments in the past and are good at looking beyond the... https://www.scmp.com/postmag/design-interiors/article/3306093/how-hong-kong-flat-got-large-new-lease-life?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/postmag/design-interiors/article/3306093/how-hong-kong-flat-got-large-new-lease-life?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 15 Apr 2025 04:00:08 +0000 Peta Tomlinson Peta Tomlinson The Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris took two centuries to build; 15 hours to be almost lost to fire; and five years to reconstruct after that devastating 2019 inferno. But what does all this have to do with high-end wallpaper? If not for traditional skills passed down through the ages, says couture-wallpaper doyenne Laura Cheung Wolf, one of architecture’s greatest medieval achievements might never have been rebuilt. It’s why the founder of home decor and lifestyle brand Lala Curio feels it is... https://www.scmp.com/postmag/design-interiors/article/3305962/these-bespoke-hand-crafted-wall-coverings-keep-traditional-skills-alive?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/postmag/design-interiors/article/3305962/these-bespoke-hand-crafted-wall-coverings-keep-traditional-skills-alive?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 13 Apr 2025 08:00:09 +0000 Cat Nelson Cat Nelson I’ll let you in on a little secret: I still haven’t been to Yardbird. And that makes me feel … ashamed? I know, I know – perhaps that’s overstating it. It is only a restaurant after all. But it’s a place that seems to have played an outsized role in Hong Kong’s modern food scene. Even living in Beijing more than a decade ago, I’d heard about a fun, funky new yakitori spot called Yardbird. Much like a certain band who came through town this past week, it has its ardent fans, and its fervent... https://www.scmp.com/postmag/culture/article/3306159/week-postmag-yardbird-founders-new-concept-and-wong-fei-hung?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/postmag/culture/article/3306159/week-postmag-yardbird-founders-new-concept-and-wong-fei-hung?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 12 Apr 2025 01:00:13 +0000 Charmaine Chan Charmaine Chan Damien Hirst, eat your heart out. A handsome bike in a vitrine might just be more eye-catching than a lifeless shark in a tank. Maybe it’s just me. The bicycle-as-art exhibit is, apparently, not always the first thing visitors notice when they enter this 2,560 sq ft, three-bedroom family home in Repulse Bay, given the apartment’s numerous talking points. “They can see the bike but I think they are more attracted to the garden and overall layout,” says Travis Wong, who, with wife Ashley Yeung and... https://www.scmp.com/postmag/design-interiors/article/3305509/fewer-corners-mean-fewer-arguments-inside-feng-shui-informed-makeover-hong-kong-home?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/postmag/design-interiors/article/3305509/fewer-corners-mean-fewer-arguments-inside-feng-shui-informed-makeover-hong-kong-home?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 07 Apr 2025 22:15:08 +0000 Peta Tomlinson Peta Tomlinson Nothing sparks collective nostalgia quite like Hong Kong’s historic “ding ding” trams. But could you imagine rekindling those memories in your own living room? Designer Eugenia Yiu did, upcycling waste glass from old carriage windows into an elegant piece of designer furniture. Incanto di Hong Kong, the drinks cabinet produced by Yiu, co-founder of Bill’s Design, is one of 10 bespoke pieces selected by the Hong Kong Interior Design Association to showcase the city’s design and manufacturing... https://www.scmp.com/postmag/design-interiors/article/3305040/these-hong-kong-designs-are-inspired-tradition-symbolism-and-sustainability?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/postmag/design-interiors/article/3305040/these-hong-kong-designs-are-inspired-tradition-symbolism-and-sustainability?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 03 Apr 2025 10:15:14 +0000 Peta Tomlinson Peta Tomlinson Who hasn’t gone on holiday to a place so beguiling they toyed with the idea of moving there? One Hong Kong-based Malaysian family felt that way about the soothing, otherworldly bamboo forests of Kyoto, Japan. But since it wasn’t practical for Daniel Tan, a stay-at-home dad, and See See Ooi, who works in finance, and their adult children Jieh Jia “JJ” Tan and Shuen Shuen Tan, to uproot and relocate, a solution was to bring the forests to them – at least, in spirit. A new 1,200 sq ft four-bedroom,... https://www.scmp.com/postmag/design-interiors/article/3304725/how-turn-hong-kong-flat-japanese-inspired-sanctuary?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/postmag/design-interiors/article/3304725/how-turn-hong-kong-flat-japanese-inspired-sanctuary?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 01 Apr 2025 10:00:18 +0000 Adele Brunner Adele Brunner Although designer Ella Bridgland conceives beautiful interiors for a living, she confesses that she and her husband, Damian Chandler, an arts and culture consultant, never consciously designed their 1,200 sq ft apartment. Instead, she says, their home, which they share with their four-year-old son, five-month-old daughter and cat, has evolved organically over the past five years, and is as much an expression of themselves as it is a testament to their love of art and design. The British couple’s... https://www.scmp.com/postmag/design-interiors/article/3303730/how-art-heart-soon-be-demolished-hong-kong-home?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/postmag/design-interiors/article/3303730/how-art-heart-soon-be-demolished-hong-kong-home?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 26 Mar 2025 08:00:08 +0000