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SG.ID Seen is a regular column on Home & Decor, where we pick out some of the most interesting home interior projects completed by designers in Singapore and point out what we like about it.
Local homeowners are increasingly gravitating towards using bold colour schemes for their homes, but in this case the boldness of this home’s palette comes from the very pronounced all-white monotone look, accented by subtle wood hues.
It’s a bold choice, because it goes against popular belief that an all-white room feels sterile and cold, gets dirty fast, and dirt also shows up more distinctly in such cases.
But find out how KnockKnock Studio helped these homeowners to go all-out with their white theme, while still keeping it warm and cosy, modern and inviting, and most of all, executed with quality finishes.
The gleaming white surfaces catch your attention as soon as you step into the entrance foyer of the home. While your first thought might be that the homeowners are just too lazy to consider other colour options, once you look into the details you’ll realise just how much effort was put in by the homeowners as well as the team at KnockKnock Studio to ensuring the monotone look is flawlessly executed.
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The immediate sign of good workmanship comes from the beautifully laid tiles in the hallway, comprising hexagonal-shaped tiles alongside long planks of wood-textured tiles. While it may be easy to cut straight lines in ceramic tiles, it is much more challenging cutting odd angles in tiles. Similar to glass, tiles tend to crack easily when angled cut-outs are made. In this case, the tile installers need to be extra careful with their cutting and measuring, to ensure that the defining border between these differently-shaped tile designs are perfectly fitted and grouted. The result is a breathtaking flooring design used to visually separate the entry foyer and the living area. Kudos to KnockKnock Studio for this spot of detail.
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Instead of stunning you with ornate designs, this home captivates you with its small beautiful touches. When you look at the ceiling, the false ceiling helps to make the room feel more intimate, while the thin cove area in front of the TV wall and cabinets is edged in grey to create a stylish finish. The full-length cabinets are also lovely to behold, with their finger-groove handle design helping to create a seamless look along the whole stretch of cabinet panels.
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We also like how the display shelving area is designed to stand out effortlessly with its wooden paneling detail. This is a great idea for those who want to add character and depth to the design of their home, especially if you are relying heavily on only one or two dominant colours.
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To balance out the wooden display shelving area and the wood-look flooring, the design team opted for white-blinds instead of coloured ones. It’s a great idea because it helps to white theme to stand out in a more significant way, ensuring that you are clear about the design direction of the space.
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In keeping with the minimalist look of the home, the design team also chose a modern chandelier design for the dining area. Its thin silhouette means there’s nothing obstructing your view of the open-concept living and dining room.
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Next to the dining table is a kitchen counter, with the wet kitchen thoughtfully closed off behind clear glass panels behind. This is a great way to keep the fumes out of the living area when cooking, and also keeps the look of the home flowing seamlessly into the wet kitchen area.
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Once again, the attention to detail in the beautiful finishing of the kitchen counter tells us how much care the design team put into the project.
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Now here’s something many homeowners tend to forget when renovating their homes. That’s creating enough power outlets around high-usage areas, such as the kitchen and dining area. When you don’t have enough outlets, you end up having a mess of extension cords snaking all over the floor. Unfortunately, it is something many homes suffer from. Not only does this home have power outlets along the counter, there are also power outlets created under the dining table on the opposite side of the kitchen counter as well.
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Two counters flank the sides of the wet kitchen, providing ample space when cooking. It’s an interesting choice of layout because most designers would opt for a triangle-shaped layout in a wet kitchen set-up (with the stove, sink and fridge placed at each point of the triangle). In this case, the cooktop faces the sink, but the fridge is a tad far away in the dry-kitchen area. This might pose some inconvenience during food prep, but it’s not a big issue. And we can also see that this also helps the wet kitchen to enjoy plenty of natural daylight from the utility yard area.
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Although the wet kitchen may be set outside of the open-concept living area, the design team put just as much thought into turning it into a beautiful space with its own character thanks to the fish-scale tiles used for the backsplash.
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From the living room, one can look into the master bedroom and catch a glimpse of the herringbone design on the wardrobe panels.
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The homeowner converted one of the bedrooms into a walk-in wardrobe, with a vanity top running along one side of the room.
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A length of wardrobe storage lies on the other side of this room, the panels are also laid with the herringbone design used for the master bedroom. Between them is a bay window seating area.
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The parquet pattern helps to add just the right touch of colour in the white room, without creating too much distraction from the simplicity of the layout.
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Instead of typical doors, frosted glass panels are used to separate the master bathroom from the sleeping area.
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To provide more privacy, the bed in the master bedroom is set deep within the room. Instead of a headboard, the design team created a thick wood-textured wall border so that the space feels more streamlined and minimalist.
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The master bathroom offers another look of its own, with a slightly industrial look with its square tiles, black grouting, exposed piping and a thin black border. With the horizontal line running across the room, the bathroom feels much more spacious.
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The floating effect of the counter may mean less storage space below it, but it does help to make the bathroom feel more modern and sophisticated. It’s a great look for a small household.
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To save space, corner shelves are also used in the bathroom.
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In contrast, this is the look of the common bathroom. You can see how different the two bathrooms look in terms of its design. One feels much larger than the other even though they are roughly about the same size.
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Corner shelves are a great idea for a simple bathroom design, but to create a seamless look you’ll need to work this into the original concept and using the same materials instead of opting for drilled-on or hanging versions after the renovation is completed.
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The circular mirror with black border comes with built-in storage behind, so even though the counter may be small, there’s still enough storage space in the master bathroom.
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The cove cutout in the bathroom is a worthy investment, because it makes the whole space feel more polished and upmarket. We just wish the paper holder could be in a square shape to complement the straight lines in the space. But in all, the design of this home is slick, stylish and well executed.
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