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Adated interior has been transformed into a contemporary family home of four thanks to the smart design by Clifton Leung.
The 186-square-meter, six-level town house at Marina Cove, Sai Kung, Hong Kong is bright, fresh and streamlined.
Homeowner Johnny Yip and his wife Penny like the house because of its generous size, with lots of privacy. They had designer Leung help them out with a previous house design and couldn’t be happier with the final outcome of this second house project.
“It was so run down when we first bought the house, Leung and the team made the renovation fun and worry free,” Yip said.
It took Leung a year to renovate the apartment. The house had barely been touched since it was built in the 1980s.
“It was very run-down and dated. So, I changed the layout totally. Rooms are reassigned and considered alterations made — a skylight at the dining room, a set of bi-fold doors in the living room and walk-in wardrobes everywhere,” he said.
The team rebuilt and upgraded the house. The electricity had a modern use upgrade and all the piping work were redone.
“It’s an extensive renovation from the terrace to the interior,” Leung said. “A nautical home away from home atmosphere is created here.”
The accommodation in the splitlevel house is arranged over six and a half floors. With so many levels to play with, the central staircase became a key element of the new look. Out went the narrow stairs and metal balustrades and in came a single slim-line balustrade with wooden handrails.
On each level of the house, Leung maximized the size of the windows, to bring in more natural light, and installed fuss-free white blinds to keep the look clean. Just as neat is the cove lighting, aided by accent lamps and downlights.
Outside, Leung installed a series of large and small steps leading from the terrace to the private floating dock at the edge of the marina. Now it is a more interesting use of the space. It’s a gathering place for family and their friends, somewhere the kids can have picnics.
“But it’s the large kitchen-diner that is the heart of the home,” Leung said.
By moving the helpers’ quarters to the ground-floor lobby, Leung was able to reclaim the space for a “dirty kitchen” behind an opaque grey glass sliding door, which contains cooking smells and hides the washing up.
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