A millennial couple in Singapore purchased a 3-bedroom public housing house for $450,000. They turned it into an ethereal, farmhouse-style residence with Japanese influences — see inside.

The couple began renovating their residence in Might final yr, and accomplished it in September. Wong estimates that they spent 75,000 Singapore {dollars} on the venture, excluding white items.

HDB flats are available quite a lot of sizes, starting from one-bedroom to two-story maisonette flats. The couple’s home is taken into account a five-room flat, by HDB’s definition.

The very first thing that anybody sees upon coming into the couple’s house is the open-concept eating and dwelling space.

The research is to the left of the primary entrance, whereas the kitchen is positioned off the eating space.

An entire wall of fluted panels in the lounge hides two doorways that result in three rooms, together with the first suite.

As a substitute of working with an inside designer (ID), the couple determined that they needed to design the house on their very own and work with the contractors straight.

“We received quotations from varied IDs, they usually all got here out to at the least S$120,000,” Wong mentioned. “I do know that available in the market, your renovation might be 25% costlier in case you get an ID. So we determined to chew the bullet and simply do it ourselves.”