Tatler Homes Singapore Jun 2016

The design fraternity turned out in force at the Salone del Mobile Milan recently. As an annual event, the Milan Furniture Fair presents the opportunity for the world’s established furniture makers and designers to gather and present their latest collections, and this year’s fair was filled with plenty of new ideas for home furnishing. In addition to the launches, it’s also refreshing to visit the many off-site exhibitions and art installations conceived as ways to inspire the audience to bridge the cross-disciplinary divides between design, art, lifestyle and fashion. Some of these commissions included a stunning ‘Forest of Light’ show by fashion brand COS and artist Sou Fujimoto, an art display by Amsterdam’s Dirty Art Department in a former slaughterhouse called The Wandering School and Berlin-based architect Diébédo Francis Kéré…

ROSSARA JAMIL FEATURES WRITER Rossara Jamil is relentless when it comes to sussing out luxe finds and interior design trends. In addition to speaking with and profiling designers, architects and artists, her portfolio includes coverage of lifestyle, travel and luxury trends around the world. YONG WOEI NA STYLIST Having spent the last 14 years honing her craft and working with various interior, socialite, food and fashion titles, Woei Na’s expertise ranges from styling jewellery, interior, food and wedding spreads. An avid cook, she prefers to spend her free time experimenting with new recipes. CAI HUIXIN PHOTOGRAPHER Cai Huixin is one of Singapore’s leading female photographers specialising in interiors and architecture in Singapore. A member of Calibre Pictures, her passion lies in getting the perfect shot in and out of the…

WHAT / Previously an option available only to professional chefs and the hardcore culinary enthusiast, sous-vide cooking can now be enjoyed by domestic cooks with Gaggenau’s new 400 Series range of combination steam ovens. Its latest combi-steam ovens are equipped with the sousvide (vacuum cooking) option as well as a vacuum drawer, providing users with the choice of preparing and cooking their sous-vide creations at home. With the oven, sous-vide cooking is as easy as sealing your seasoned meats and vegetables in airtight bags within the vacuum chamber before transferring them to the combination steam oven to be cooked with the sous-vide function. The fixed inlet and outlet water connection ensures that the vacuum-packed food package is cooked slowly and gently over precise low temperatures ranging from 50°C to 95°C,…

ELIOT ROUND TABLE FROM CATTELAN ITALIA (AVAILABLE FROM XZQT) MICHELLE ENG “For my modern baroque style dining room, I’d pick a wide-base round table in white marble. Beautiful as it is, white marble is sleek and lends a luxurious feel to the room while a round model enables diners to engage in conversation more comfortably than with a long table.” COCKTAIL TABLE AT EXTREME WOW SUITE, W SINGAPORE - SENTOSA COVE PEGGY JEFFS “A scene-stealer with storage built into the design for a bar, this innovative piece I saw in the Extreme WOW suite of W Singapore – Sentosa Cove makes a great display piece. It has a mirrored counter criss-crossed by silver lining. When closed, it can be a cocktail or console table. It opens up to a bar…

ONE-STOP SHOPPING Shopping for the home can be tedious, but perhaps less so when you can find everything under one roof. HomesToLife carries more than 20 brands covering living, dining and bedding labels, so there’s plenty to choose from whether you’re looking for something for your own home or a gift for a friend’s housewarming party. In addition to two showrooms, HomesToLife now has a sprawling flagship showroom at Mohamed Sultan Road. A brainchild of HTL International, it builds upon a 40-year heritage in the furnishing business. You can even get sofa customisations done at HomesToLife. The showroom presents several experiential areas that offer plenty of inspiration. HomesToLife Flagship Store 65 Mohamed Sultan Road Tel: 6635 5050 CONTEMPORARY CHINESE Homegrown furniture brand Scene Shang stands out for its clever blend…

Textiles are vital to home interiors. Whether you’re looking for drapes with an art nouveau motif, or chequered linen upholstery in a specific shade of orange, Acacia Fine Fabrics is the ideal go-to for a wide range of European fabrics. It has more than 19,000 items in its inventory, and they come with a five-year warranty. The Kuala Lumpur-headquartered Malaysian company offers six distinctly different brands, which are available throughout its boutiques across Southeast Asia. More recently, it opened a new warehouse-cum-office space spanning 70,000sqft that houses a comprehensive fabric library, and can hold up to four times more stock than before. Additionally, it also has a rooftop terrace offering impressive views of the twin-towered Kuala Lumpur City Centre. The venue is perfect for hosting Acacia’s partners, designers and dealers.…