DJ Maddy Barber's family home mixes old and new

Maddy Barber's brother Gabriel asked their parents to expose the original ceiling when they bought the house. PHOTO: PHYLLICIA WANG, ART DIRECTION BY NONIE CHEN
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SINGAPORE - Maddy Barber, radio personality and founder of jewellery brand Madly, has moved into a new home.

Well, almost new. The 1950s single-storey terraced house in a tranquil Serangoon Garden neighbourhood - which is now home to a three-generation family of five, a domestic helper and a dog - was bought by her parents in 2006.

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