The Singapore-based interior designer who doesn’t shy from colour or pattern
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The Singapore-based interior designer who doesn't shy from colour or design
Minimalism takes a back seat in the dwelling house of interior designer Nikki Hunt, who loves to fill her living spaces with bold colours and prints.
Nikki Hunt is the founder of award-winning interior design firm, Blueprint Intervention. (Photograph: Freestate Productions)
04 Jan 2022 06:30AM (Updated: ten Dec 2022 11:22AM)
If you're not familiar with Nikki Hunt, it's not besides late to become acquainted. She's the founder of award-winning interior design firm, Design Intervention, and ane-one-half of the design duo that hosted HGTV's abode improvement series Come up On In, forth with sometime model and fellow designer, Andrea Fell.
Unlike most local designers who gravitate towards Scandinavian, Industrial or Minimalism styles, Hunt is all virtually a maximalist way of life, a design philosophy she wholeheartedly practical to her own home. "Maximalism is all almost celebrating life, celebrating love. Jubilant everything that y'all similar and that makes yous feel good," she attested.
She's quick to remind us that maximalism doesn't mean you tin can but throw everything in the pot and hope for the best. It must be done with gustation, combining elements that work together well, even though they may seem contradictory. "Maximalism definitely isn't anarchy. It's a finely-calibrated rest between competing elements that ooze fun. That's really what I try to do," she affirmed.
Similar all neat work, the maximalist way must be driven past a concept. For Hunt'southward recently refurbished abode, tropical flora became the primal theme of her house because of the lush vegetation that surrounds information technology.
"One of the concepts I've embraced in the design of this house is 'biophilia'. I honey that word – it literally means 'love of life'!"
This was Chase's third renovation since moving into the house 15 years agone – a project that she embarked on after her son and daughter left the nest to study overseas. The aim of this latest remodel was to update the look of the communal rooms, but continue areas like the entrance foyer, children's rooms and study room intact, so her kids can maintain a sense of familiarity when they render for the holidays.
"Because the house was and then quiet after the children left, I really wanted to fill it with an energy and a life, and just a sense of vitality."
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Venturing into the black-and-white mansion, your senses are sent into overdrive with a barrage of vibrant prints, bold colours and contrasting textures. Each room looks different, yet at that place is a purposeful cohesiveness thanks to the over-arching tropical theme.
The wallpaper in each room is the main differentiating factor. Her living room, for example, is adorned with Pierre Frey wallpaper that features a kaleidoscope of random brush strokes equally if a mad painter was let out of an aviary. "I really like to take a multi-sensory approach, stimulating all our senses to different degrees," said Hunt.
Her reception room – filled with sofas of various textures and prints, and juxtaposed against lime green drapes – is a whimsical masterpiece of excess that almost certainly sparks joy. "When you take a room like this, where the proportions are then grand, I think the challenge is to make your guests feel relaxed. And one of the ways I do that is bring a flake of humour, bring in a bit of mismatch. Things that aren't so perfect, so that information technology just calms everything down," she explained.
Next to it is a verandah where yous'll find her hubby'due south private sanctuary that features a bar, breezy dining and sitting surface area. It'southward dressed in floral-printed wallpaper to complement the view outside, and decked with his favourite sports memorabilia.
Chase's favourite place to enjoy her morning newspaper and breakfast is the air-conditioned verandah next to the swimming pool, that features floor-to-ceiling glass doors. While the chairs and walls are emblazoned with leafy motifs, the ceiling is given some texture with a stretch of hanging satay fans. "I tried to put in local flavour and celebrate the best of Singapore life," enthused the British national, who has lived here for 26 years.
Every bit you motility upstairs, the color palette quietens down with calming pastel hues. The master sleeping room is awash in pastel yellow and pink, and softly accented with fluffy chairs and flowing linens. "I desire this feeling of relaxation then nosotros slumber ameliorate, and also a picayune bit of romance. Pink is such a delightful colour, and it makes everybody look better!" she quipped.
Her piece de resistance is her bathroom, where a bathtub sits in a footling oasis surrounded past a tropical mural backdrop. It overlooks the outdoors through tall glass windows which she discreetly curtained with decals of palm trees. "It gives me the privacy I demand and yet I still have that real feeling of bathing in the woods."
Source: https://cnalifestyle.channelnewsasia.com/remarkableliving/nikki-hunt-design-intervention-197041
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