101 330
TANJONG PAGAR
101
January14
This includes the ceramic green birds
bought from Sydney. “I found them so
ugly I just had to buy them,” he chuckles.
The retro 1960s-style sofa has
been recently reupholstered with a
leafy pattern called Gorgeous Green,
reflected again in an elephant chair used
as a pseudo-daybed in their bedroom
area. Two large sparkling chandeliers
were flown in from France and had to
be painstakingly remade after almost
being destroyed in transit.
The perfect contrast
Andreas and Siew Bee, originally
Malaysian but now a Singapore citizen,
met in Singapore seven years ago.
After some months of procrastination
on Andreas’s part, Siew Bee messaged
him on the off chance he was free to
join her to visit her family in Malaysia,
and he said yes.
“ShehasareallylargeChineseMalaysian
family, and I was quite overwhelmed,” says
Andreas. After a rocky start, the family
strongly supported the relationship. “I
understood their concerns,” he admits.
”These intercultural marriages can be
super-challenging.”But, just like their stylish
apartment, they harmonise perfectly.
One of the “irresistibly ugly”
ceramic birds Andreas bought
from Sydney