Case study · 5-room HDB

White, carried through every room.

The couple approved one design and let it run through the whole flat. What keeps it warm is everything hidden inside the white: sensor lighting, glowing display cabinets, and a Lego collection doing the job of a feature wall.

ProjectFernvale St
Type5-room HDB
The brief“White”
Duration1.5 months
Wide view of the all-white dining and kitchen area at Fernvale St
Living room with sofa, TV wall and lit display shelves
Beat 01

This 5-room flat looks all white until someone taps the wall

The homeowner is an electrician. He wired his own display cabinets to light up on a touch, no switch anywhere.

Dining table and kitchen with framed car artwork
Beat 02

The brief was one word: white

No mood board debates, no back and forth. The couple approved the design and let it run through the whole 5-room flat.

Dining table looking into the white kitchen
Beat 03

Tap the wall, the cabinet lights up

No switch. The homeowner rigged sensor lighting into his own display cabinetry so it activates on touch.

Entry niche with backlit shelves of collectibles
Beat 04

The Lego collection is the real feature wall

Every cabinet lights up around it. At night the white walls turn warm instead of clinical.

White kitchen with sink and hob run
Beat 05

Even the kitchen stayed white, and it still doesn’t look bare

Same palette carried straight through with warm under-cabinet lighting so it never reads flat.

Counter run with aquarium and framed artwork
Beat 06

Two bathrooms, fully hacked and rebuilt

The layout everywhere else stayed the same. These were the only rooms touched down to the studs.

Open wardrobe with warm interior lighting
Beat 07

The bedroom gets its own tap-to-light cabinet too

Same sensor trick, carried from the living room all the way to the wardrobe.

Accent chair in the bedroom corner
Beat 08

Furniture was shortlisted, not just picked off a catalogue

The ID narrowed it down to a few options and let the couple choose what stayed.

Plant by the window with warm daylight
Beat 09

1.5 months, one directive, zero detours

Whole house white, executed room by room without the palette ever breaking.

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Hallway view into the kitchen with artwork at Fernvale St