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$40k MacPherson BTO to $9.5k Pasir Ris kitchen: 3 homes styled like showrooms by Ikea

Look inside the BTOs that used the Swedish retailer's one-stop Home Design Service to save time and money.

Design and renovation under one roof: Ikea Singapore goes beyond furnishing your home by end-2026

The living room of this MacPherson Weave BTO flat is ideal for the family of five's jamming and movie nights.

Plant Parenting

Take the animal kingdom to your outdoor garden with themed greenery

(Clockwise from top left) White Crane Flower, Shrimp Plant, Butterfly Ginger Plant, Elephant Ear Fig, The Cat's Claw, and Oyster Plant.

Root Awakening

Give aroid cutting more time to take root

In a semi-hydroponics system, add a diluted nutrient solution below the roots once they have formed.

Switched On

No more dumbbells or weight plates: Could a digital home gym replace your gym membership?

Smart equipment for home gyms are taking off, especially among fitness enthusiasts who have no time to use their gym memberships.

How to ditch the gym and bring your workout home

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Feature story about home gym set-ups.

Mr Othniel Indran and Ms Janet Poh each have their own dedicated personal spaces in their HDB flat in Toa Payoh, on May 5, 2026.

For Mr Othniel, the space is a home gym equipped with a mult-functional smith machine, while Janet uses the walking pad.

Love, lust and gnomes as top British flower show bursts into bloom

A visitor amid rose bushes from the Peter Beales' roses exhibit ahead of the 2026 RHS Chelsea Flower Show in London on May 18, 2026.

The Chic Home

Queenstown HDB flat a Zen zone for software engineer and his cat

Software engineer Andi wanted a dark Japandi look for his HDB flat, which he shares with a pet cat.

Root Awakening

Walking Iris plants are not at flowering age

The plants' current location under the tree canopy is too dark for them.

Chaos gardening: Grab some seeds and throw them at the soil

In a rebuke to the stodgy image of the gardener, many gardeners are are embracing a free-form approach called chaos gardening.

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