The clients appreciate bespoke and fine details, and requested a home with a “classic yet contemporary” look and feel, says Leung. They also wanted a gentle, lightly beige palette, which inspired Leung and her team to use the colour greige throughout the home. They also selected whitewashed oak for the flooring, walls, doors and carpentry. To add a contemporary touch, matt champagne gold accents are used on the trims and bespoke handles.

Together with the views, the living and dining spaces offer an open, spacious feel. A crisscrossed mouth-blown glass Ross Gardam pendant light, sourced from Archetypal, is described by Leung as “reminiscent of the rippling surface of the ocean” and hangs in the dining room.

Between the two spaces, a “crossroads” design was created. This is “an intersection that links up all the spaces of the home, running in all directions”, says Leung. Featuring a wood veneer-covered ceiling, it is “deliberately left empty”, creating a feeling of space in the heart of the home.

To the left of this space is where the original third bathroom used to be: it now houses a full-height lacquer shoe cabinet, a powder room and a dry pantry, where ingredients, equipment and a collection of wine are displayed on glass shelves. The kitchen adjoins the dry pantry and features a white marble counter that extends to become a breakfast bar.

A wall to the right, painted greige and designed with a gentle curve, leads to the bedrooms. Two of the bedrooms and one of the bathrooms were transformed into a large master bedroom. The wall behind the bed features a design of alternating leather and wallpaper, which is handpainted. This represents duality, says Leung—it is a symbolic representation of the clients’ personalities.

That theme extends to the his-and-hers closet. The two parts of the closet have a different look and feel: the former features a greige lacquer door and matt gold trims, while the latter is decorated with soft leather shelves and bespoke curved metal handles. A bespoke pink pouf and wall-to-wall purple and grey silk carpeting, hand-tufted by Tai Ping Carpets, also add a touch of femininity, says Leung.

The all-white en suite bathroom was created with indulgence in mind—and this is also why it is Leung’s favourite part of the home. Drama is added, she says, with the addition of a freestanding marble bathtub that sits on a raised floor behind a stage-like glass frame portal. It also features a bespoke marble counter with double basins.

Leung envisioned the home as a place of relaxation for the owners, and every consideration has been made to bring that to life. A bench was designed in the white marble-floored formal foyer to allow the owners to come home, “take a pause”, and comfortably remove their shoes, while the dining room accommodates their love of cooking—and “sharing that passion with friends”. More importantly, however, the design details “are not for others to admire”, she adds—“but for themselves to enjoy”.

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