This case study features a three-bedroom unit at Lok Hin Terrace Block 3 in Chai Wan, a mature private estate in eastern Hong Kong Island. The unit measures approximately 600+ square feet and houses a three-generation family. The design brief called for a modern minimalist style with light luxury accents, distinct character for each bedroom, and a kitchen that maintains visual openness while controlling cooking smells. The completed project balances visual quietness with material richness, anchored by a dramatic marble-look feature wall in the living area.
Living and Dining Areas
The living room centres on a sintered-stone marble feature wall housing a 65-inch wall-mounted television and a continuous black floating console exceeding 2.5 metres in length. Indirect LED strip lighting along the wall edges washes the marble veining at night, creating a hotel-lobby atmosphere. The dining zone shares the same material vocabulary with a long marble-topped table and four leather chairs, while a black-lacquer display cabinet with internal lighting anchors the entry foyer.
Kitchen Layout
The kitchen entrance has been transformed from a solid wooden door into a black-framed clear glass sliding door, preserving sight lines to the dining room while still containing oil mist when cooking. Inside, sintered-stone wall cladding, deep grey lacquered base cabinets, light wood upper cabinets, and an embedded electric induction cooktop create a clean, low-maintenance work environment. Custom dish-rack arrangements and brass-tone hardware accents add functional sophistication.
Bedrooms and Bathroom
The master bedroom features a 1.3-metre-tall textured fabric headboard wall in light grey, paired with mustard-yellow velvet curtains and a wood-grain wardrobe with a vertical brass strip detail. The second bedroom serves as a flexible guest-and-vanity room, with a marble-topped vanity desk on slim brass legs. The third bedroom is the family’s younger generation’s space, finished in low-saturation pinks and powder blues. The main bathroom features a vessel sink on a sintered-stone counter, a mirror with backlit warm LED, and a transparent glass shower enclosure.
Materials and Custom Furniture
Material selections prioritise long-term maintenance ease and visual restraint. Imported 12mm Italian sintered-stone slabs replace traditional natural marble in the living and kitchen areas, eliminating annual sealing requirements. All custom cabinetry uses E0-grade plywood with REHAU edge banding, and all hinges and drawer slides are sourced from Austrian manufacturer BLUM. Total construction time was approximately 13 weeks across demolition, MEP rework, tiling, custom carpentry, painting, and final installation.