The featured apartment is a mid- to low-level unit at Double Cove at Ma On Shan. The apartment has a salable area of 514 sq ft. The interior design and renovation is provided by Design Information Centre.The 2 room apartment has a utility platform. The owner can enjoy beautiful sea view as most of the windows are facing Tolo Harbour.

As the apartment is a firsthand property, the house owners decided to keep the original design of the kitchen, bathroom and some furnishing and electrical appliances. The cost of interior design and furnishing is about $310,000.

Simple yet stylish design

Emphasized in simplicity design, there are no fancy decorations in the apartment. All you can find are simple linear designs with black and white as the theme colour. The furnishing is mainly in black and wall is in light colours to display a colour contrast for a chic and stylish feeling. Gray flooring can be found from the vestibule towards the house interior to give a simple yet stylish feeling. The light trough on the left extends towards the end of the living room; working platform is on the right for accessories.

The apartment has a square layout with distinctive rectangular dining room and living room. The dining room has a dining table with black glass surface to echo with the design theme. It is also easy to clean. The bird nest chandelier serve as the highlight and introduce some colours in the dining room.

The mirror glass surface is easy to clean. It’s easy to spot the dirt after meal. It also provides the simple yet stylish feeling with the interior.

The window next to the dining table provides good ventilation.

The baby blue sofa introduces the cozy feeling in the living room. It provides a perfect colour contrast with warmth.

The glass cabinet next to the TV is used to display the owner’s favorite collection. There is also a white storage cabinet next to the glass cabinet, it has an elegant design. Additional storage capacity can be found underneath the storage cabinet.

The metallic red copper TV wall in the living room maximize the stylish atmosphere with the gray flooring. The black TV cabinet also provides a strong contrast with the white storage cabinet.

The master bedroom makes you feel like living in a hotel

The embedded light trough on the TV wall provides soft and gentle lighting. When it shone up into the ceiling, the living room demonstrates a modern stylish atmosphere with good sense of space.

The light trough provides different lighting effects, it can be adjusted based on the preferences of house owners.

The floor has been changed into light brown floor tiles according to the owner’s requirement. The living room is connected to a balcony separated by a sliding glass door for the owner to enjoy the beautiful sea. Although the views on both sides are blocked by construction site, the owner can still enjoy the view of Tolo Harbour from the central position. Natural sunlight from the window can also improve the sense of space as well.

Although there are no separations among the living room and dining room, the corridor in between has a door frame to enrich the entire layout. The master bedroom has similar layout with the hotel. It uses the most popular floor platform bed to increase the storage capacity. The cabinet underneath the headboard can be transformed into a desk. The white closet is next to the desk.

The master bedroom has the similar stylish design as the living room. The copper colored cushions can be found on the headboard. The reading light is installed on top of the bed can allow the owner to enjoy his bedtime reading before sleep.

Another room is designed as the study room. It is mainly in white and blue colour for the refreshing properties. The table is in front of the window. The owner can enjoy the beautiful scenery while working.

Light trough as highlight of the house

It’s common to use light troughs in interior design for the modern and stylish element. There have been some changes in light troughs design over recent years.

According to the information from Design Information Centre shows that the light trough designs were dominated by fluorescent tubes and spotlights in the past.

As some believe light source from spotlights is too bright and generate high temperature, designers use fluorescent tubes on the light trough to allow the light source to reflect from the ceiling for a soft lighting effect. This can create an illusion of high ceiling effect and improve the sense of space.

Light troughs is also an good idea in some apartments with crossbeams on the ceiling as they can disperse the light to reduce the sense of compression from the crossbeams.