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Home & Garden

Mad About Gardening

How Instagram microgardener Airene Tan harvests edibles from her 2 sq m HDB balcony

Singapore microgardener Airene Tan with a platter of produce harvested from her balcony edible garden, including Chinese chives, local lettuce, purple king bak choy, Siberian kale and coriander, on Oct 30.
Singapore microgardener Airene Tan with a platter of produce harvested from her balcony edible garden, including Chinese chives, local lettuce, purple king bak choy, Siberian kale and coriander, on Oct 30.

My Space

Actor Terence Cao loves his ‘black beauty’, the granite island centrepiece of his renovated flat

Singaporean actor Terence Cao in his newly renovated Toa Payoh HDB flat.
Singaporean actor Terence Cao in his newly renovated Toa Payoh HDB flat.

The bedeviling work of designing and redesigning Halloween haunted houses

Jim Lorenzo, owner and operator of haunted house Blood Manor in New York, pays rent for an entire year to use the venue for just 23 days.
Jim Lorenzo, owner and operator of haunted house Blood Manor in New York, pays rent for an entire year to use the venue for just 23 days.

New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani makes a splash... with his bidets

New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani said he wanted to install bidets in Gracie Mansion just a day after moving into the mayoral residence in January.
New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani said he wanted to install bidets in Gracie Mansion just a day after moving into the mayoral residence in January.

The latest wealth flex for your home? Big old trees

Environmental Design Inc's residential crane move, placing a large boxed tree into a backyard for immediate landscape scale.
Environmental Design Inc's residential crane move, placing a large boxed tree into a backyard for immediate landscape scale.

People are hungry for carnivorous plants – and feeding the bottom line of speciality nurseries

Carnivorous plants might sound like flesh-eating killers but it is insects, not Seymours, that they eat.
Carnivorous plants might sound like flesh-eating killers but it is insects, not Seymours, that they eat.

Making innovative custom chandeliers for design mavens, this artist knows how to light up a room

Lindsey Adelman, who makes innovative custom chandeliers for design mavens, is celebrating her studio’s 20th anniversary in her most creative way yet.
Lindsey Adelman, who makes innovative custom chandeliers for design mavens, is celebrating her studio’s 20th anniversary in her most creative way yet.

The Collector’s Home

‘Marvel museum’: Funko Pop fan’s HDB flat with over 2,000 figurines

This family home’s palette is simple and monochromatic to better showcase the owners’ vast toy collection.
This family home’s palette is simple and monochromatic to better showcase the owners’ vast toy collection.

The Collector’s Home

Sneakerhead paradise with 157 pairs of shoes in resale flat 

The centrepiece of this HDB flat is a conversation pit with eclectic seating that reflects the family’s playful, informal personality and love of sneakers. 
The centrepiece of this HDB flat is a conversation pit with eclectic seating that reflects the family’s playful, informal personality and love of sneakers. 

The Collector’s Home

Pockets of joy with Doraemon toys in minimalist bachelor pad 

A Doraemon display greets visitors at the door of this five-room flat in Toa Payoh.
A Doraemon display greets visitors at the door of this five-room flat in Toa Payoh.

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