SINGAPORE – This French-style home belongs to married couple Ronald Wan and Rachel Ong, who love travel and based their Tampines home on apartments they saw in Paris.

As a former fashion blogger, Ms Ong – who is 34 and an assistant marketing director – loves the style of the French capital and wanted to reflect this in the interior of their 1,679 sq ft Housing Board executive maisonette. 

Like many Parisian apartments, their flat is decked out in shades of white and cream.

“A lot of Parisian apartments and houses are in either cream or pastel tones, which look elegant, chic and timeless,” says Mr Wan, a 41-year-old content strategy lead.   

They chose The Merry Men Interiors to overhaul the unit, as they had a positive experience working with the local interior design firm on their first home.

“The interior theme is a contemporary take on the classic French villa reimagined through an Asian understanding of the style, and adapted to the specific materials, resources and construction methods available in Singapore,” says Mr Douglas Choo, one of the firm’s co-founders.