In this second part of my report, I am highlighting a few more trends and ideas which I hope could be a source of inspiration for you as much as they are for me. All it takes is a dash of your own creativity and these trends could easily be tailored for your own home.

Louvre manufacturer is set to change customers’ viewing and selection experience with its mobile app, Breezway Louvre.

The 21,500 sq ft sales gallery of Artra is designed to look like a contemporary art gallery. The name “Artra” ­itself is a palindrome; it reads as “art” both backwards and forwards. The 400-unit private condominium at ­Alexandra View fronts the Redhill MRT station and will be connected to it in the future.

Many of us live in apartments and condos. And when we go outstation or overseas for an extended period, we often opt to stay in serviced apartments. So then, the concern for good feng shui in an apartment or condo unit should be raised as most of us want to benefit from a balanced flow of energy in the space that we live in.

A frenetic pace of life demands tranquility and the adherence to the dictum of ‘less is more’...

As soon as hunter-gatherers began settling down rather than roving from place to place, house mice began to edge out their wild counterparts, said the study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer-reviewed US journal.

There are multi-functional furniture, multi-functional cookers, and all sorts of other multi-functional items being introduced into the market lately. So, why not have multi-functional plants for your garden as well?

The recent video that went viral about two-year-old twins Brock and Bowdy Shoff, who narrowly escaped grave injury when a cabinet they were climbing on fell on them, has highlighted the need for child-friendly furniture.

In hot and humid Malaysia, when one hears the word off-grid, zero-waste, carbon neutral and water-efficient homes, what comes to mind are uncomfortable basic dwellings.

Small homes and even tiny homes have been in trend for those seeking back-to-basics, practical living spaces. Young couples or singles also choose such homes because of their limited budget. However, living in small spaces does not mean having to live in cramped and messy conditions.