Our first holiday as a couple was to Perhentian Island (the less commercialized cousin of Redang Island), we chose to go to the Maldives for our honeymoon and there will definitely be more beach vacays to come in the years ahead.
So really, it’s no surprise that we both wanted a resort-inspired theme for our home.
We worked with Elton and Zoey from Plus Interior Design (coincidentally also Miss Ene’s ID!) and considering how we didn’t have a large budget to work with, we’re pleased with the results.
Our best buy for the house is this teakwood one-seater bench from Wihardja, which we only paid $39 for. Great place to check out if you're sourcing for affordable resort-inspired furniture. And yes, in case you're wondering, that's our built in shoe cabinet, which provides sufficient space. For now.
It's not obvious in this photo but we placed a pot of white orchids beside the TV console. We're still looking around for items to fill up the space below the painting but now that Barang Barang's no longer what it used to be, it's hard to find resort-inspired furniture and decor. Maybe we should go on a sourcing trip to Bali :)
Inspired by the interior decor of our water villa at Cocoa Island, we chose white organza day curtains for the living room, to let more light in. Our sofa, cushions and coffee table are from Ikea. Now, if only we had a seaview.
Our dining table. I love the landscape picture of the Flatiron building, which reminds me of our days in NYC.
Our built in bookshelf. The wooden letters were recycled from our wedding :)
Our Master Bedroom bay windows. We saw a photo of the inclined lounge area in an issue of Home and Decor and got our ID to recreate it.
The jar of sand with seashells was another idea we adapted from Cocoa Island. The sand's brought back from Maldives by the way!
Our customised bedframe comes with drawers for storing bedsheets and side drawers at the bedhead, for our knick knacks. White bed linen was deliberately chosen to recreate a hotel resort feel.
Absolutely LOVE your shire! Especially the sofa area and the built in bookshelf! We are doing up our study now and would die to have your bookshelf. Pix of the kitchen pls!?!
ReplyDeleteThanks girl, I still think it needs a little sprucing up, but we have time to fill up the house as we go along :) I didn't do anything to the kitchen except add an oven and a glass door! (Mine's a DBSS so came with kitchen fittings)
ReplyDeleteVERY lovely home you have here!! And you have a WIW...I am very envious!
ReplyDeleteThanks R, you're too kind. The WIW is hard to maintain though!
ReplyDeletelove the sand idea and your house looks so neat! mine is always in a chaotic mess! haha
ReplyDeleteThe photos were taken when we just moved in, the house wasn't messy yet :)
ReplyDeleteJust saw this - and it looks amazing!
ReplyDeleteThe bay window idea is really clever. :)
Thanks! Do post more photos of your newly revamped home too :)
ReplyDeleteJust saw this too!! Loving what you did with your home! Very nice and it does have a very resort feel to it. ;)
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