FOND MEMORIES

The intricately patterned headboard in the master bedroom is a Javanese doorway, bought on honeymoon in Bali. The inner courtyard leads up to the roof terrace, which boasts a magnificent seaview

美好回憶

主人房精緻的圖紋床頭板原本是一道爪哇出入門，在峇里度蜜月時購得。內庭園通往天台平台，飽覽美麗海景

As for the master bedroom, the focus is most definitely the intricately patterned headboard, which was purchased in Bali while the couple was on honeymoon. In fact, it’s a Javanese doorway that has been restored and painted in a distressed style.

Melissa’s art displays even extend to the bathrooms – an often-neglected area when it comes to displaying collectables – and includes a sculpture by well-known Filipino artist Ramon Orlina. "We now have more art than we can actually display," says Melissa as she laughs. "Sometimes, it’s very difficult not to buy more art, especially when I see something I really like. But my husband doesn’t believe in storing artwork. That’s why, whenever we consider any place we will move to, I always check out the walls." //

市場——當中實在太多值得發掘的珍寶。」陳列下方的海膽海浪玻璃雕塑，出自菲律賓藝術家Impy Pilapil之手。兩者之間的長木椅以一種名為Narra的東南亞實木製作。

主人房的重點在於做工精緻的圖紋床頭板，由伴侶在峇里度蜜月時購得。它原本是一道爪哇出入門，經重整後再髹上造舊潤飾。

Melissa的藝術品收藏更可見於浴室——談到擺放珍藏，此處常被忽略——包括出自著名菲律賓藝術家Ramon Orlina之手的雕塑。「我們現在擁有的藝術品多得不能盡列。」Melissa笑說：「有時候很難抗拒購買藝術品，特別是看到心頭好。但丈夫對儲存藝術品沒多大信心，所以每次遷居，我都一定要先查看牆壁情況。」//