VANISHING TRICK

To keep the open kitchen fuss-free, designer Peggy Bels added two metal sliding doors to hide the sink area, blending in with the rest of the wall.

低調美學

開放式廚房簡約純淨，設計師Peggy更加建了兩道金屬趟門隱藏鋅盆範圍，跟牆身融為一體。

Hidden on the fourth floor of a nondescript building in the bustling heart of Sheung Wan, French interior designer Peggy Bels’ apartment seems to defy the laws of space and time upon first glance, as the blackened metal front door swings open and you struggle to reconcile the sweeping, serene space with the claustrophobic reality of the streets below.

Peggy, standing behind the oblong concrete kitchen table that acts as the social fulcrum of the apartment, welcomes us in with a modicum of haste. Indeed, the transplanted Parisian is graceful in her momentum, her tall, slender frame dressed in a bright patterned top that contrasts with the muted greys and blacks of the apartment’s palette as she darts to and fro.

Moving to Hong Kong in 2008 after more than a decade spent practising interior design in Paris, Peggy founded her own studio the same year. However, it wasn’t until five years ago, when she

法國室內設計師Peggy Bels的居所隱身於上環鬧市一幢平凡的建築物4樓，當黑色金屬大門徐徐打開後，映入眼簾的景象令你覺得這兒完全違反了空間和時間的既定規律：寬敞而寧靜的和諧空間，跟樓下那人煙稠密的街景大相逕庭。

略顯匆忙的Peggy站在用作待客區的混凝土廚房長桌後方，歡迎我們到來。這位在巴黎成長的設計師舉手投足也很優雅，身形高挑的她於受訪當日身穿鮮色上衣，在以淺灰和黑色為主的空間中來回走動時，畫面悅目有趣。