3 Interior Design Highlights to Help Spruce Up Your Home

01: Head down to SPACE Furniture's Globetrotter's Retreat

Interior designer to A-lister Peter Tay borrowed from his jam-packed collection of curios to breathe life into a furniture showroom. In his project to showcase pieces from acclaimed Italian label Maxalto for its 40th anniversary, Tay transformed the third level of Space Furniture into the living quarters of a well-travelled, cultured inhabitant.

“There wasn’t enough life in the original floor plan by Maxalto Asia,” says Tay. To address this, he designed the space to evoke the sense of a journey. And the person making it? A discerning jet-setter.

Says Tay of this imaginary resident: “He picks up fancy accessories on his travels, puts them into his luggage, and smiles when it is time to open the bag and put them on the tabletop.”

To enliven the already chic space furnished with Maxalto pieces such as a green marble-topped Pathos table, L-shaped Lucrezia sofa and velvet-upholstered seats from the Dives collection, Tay added his own eclectic accessories: a pair of Louboutin pumps encased in acrylic, a red Valentine typewriter from the ’60s, a sculpture that resembles a Chinese brush stroke, to name a few.

The result not only shows off the plushness of Maxalto’s designs – “it’s about quietness, solitude, furniture that talks to you” – but also the wide-ranging travels and influences of the mind behind the display.

L3 Space Furniture, 77 Bencoolen Street.

02: SOAK IN LUXURY

Experts in the benefits of “me” time, British bath and basin manufacturer Victoria + Albert has introduced the Barcelona, a free-standing tub with soft curves and smooth lines to create a calm and comfortable environment to rest in. Made of volcanic limestone and resin, the bath has insulating properties that keep water warmer for longer, ensuring you have more than enough time to soak up vitality.

Equip-bathrooms, #04-14 Singapore Shopping Centre.

03: LIGHT UP THE ROOM WITH SOME HARD CANDY

If glassmaker Lasvit and furniture brand Campana Brothers had one thing in common, it would be their love for sweet treats, evident in their collaboration named the Candy Collection. The Sphere chandelier features bulbs encased in handmade glass so enticingly colourful you’d want to lick it. The designers know it, too. The table lamp in the series is called Lollipop.

MACSK, #01-14 Sultan Link.