{"id":81818,"date":"2026-09-03T13:10:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-03T05:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=81818"},"modified":"2026-09-03T13:10:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T05:10:00","slug":"feng-shui-and-art-guide-a-1400-sq-ft-hong-kong-apartments-redesign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=81818","title":{"rendered":"Feng shui and art guide a 1,400 sq ft Hong Kong apartment\u2019s redesign"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">What do you do when your feng shui master declares that your front door sits in the wrong place \u2013 but moving it is impossible because of strict building rules? Such was the dilemma facing Suki Tai, the young director of her family\u2019s textile business.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Her new 1,400 sq ft (130 square metre) flat in Ho Man Tin, Kowloon, was her first solo home, and when she bought it she had not anticipated that good fortune would hinge on a door. For help, she turned to her friend, interior designer Quinn Wong of Studio Quinn, for a little design alchemy.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">\u201cThe feng shui element was very strong and perhaps the biggest challenge of this project,\u201d recalls Wong, who grew up between Australia and Hong Kong and set up her eponymous design studio in 2024.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">\u201cWe had multiple conversations about how best to incorporate it into the interior since there were so many boxes to tick and balance, including building regulations, the apartment layout and design aesthetics,\u201d she says, \u201cand all of this incredibly detailed planning meant the project took a year to complete.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-inline-container e1a5rv550 css-1llrc1m e1yqhwb40\" data-qa=\"Component-renderMap-StyledDiv\">\n<div class=\"image-inline caption e1fvabeq0 css-19sk4h4 ea9pn0s0\" data-qa=\"Component-Container\">\n<figure class=\"image-inline caption ea9pn0s1 css-d3pq8q e1gf69pb0\" data-qa=\"ArticleImage-ArticleImageContainer\">\n<div data-qa=\"ArticleImage-handleRenderImage-ImageContainer\" class=\"css-bjn8wh e1gf69pb3\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"In a section behind the dining area, open shelving lets in more light and an aquarium enhances feng shui. Photo: Common Studio\" data-qa=\"BaseImage-handleRenderImage-StyledImage\" class=\"e1gf69pb2 css-6ikqhs e445x7d0\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/img.i-scmp.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/fit=contain,width=1024,format=auto\/sites\/default\/files\/d8\/images\/canvas\/2026\/09\/01\/a43e8142-feed-49bb-884e-293f99062c58_32949e60.jpg\" title=\"In a section behind the dining area, open shelving lets in more light and an aquarium enhances feng shui. Photo: Common Studio\"\/><\/div><figcaption data-qa=\"ArticleImage-DescriptionContainer\" class=\"css-1bj5zno e1gf69pb1\">In a section behind the dining area, open shelving lets in more light and an aquarium enhances feng shui. Photo: Common Studio<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">To remedy the entrance issue, Wong created a partition wall facing the front door, carving out a small transitional hallway. She then framed the threshold between this foyer and the main living and dining area in a bold indigo-blue surround \u2013 larger than the front door and with a slightly raised step.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">\u201cBy becoming the \u2018main\u2019 entrance, the frame sidestepped the compromised feng shui posed by the front door and also introduces the dining space in a very dramatic way,\u201d Wong says. \u201cThe colour won the feng shui master\u2019s approval, as he felt the apartment was lacking the water element, and it fit with Suki\u2019s taste, too.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/lifestyle\/homes\/article\/3365974\/feng-shui-and-art-guide-1400-sq-ft-hong-kong-apartments-redesign?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><br \/>\n<center\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What do you do when your feng shui master declares that your front door sits in the wrong place \u2013 but moving it is impossible&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":81819,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[26656,1501,13304,1032,3569,5231,4447,13305],"class_list":["post-81818","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bored-interesting","tag-apartments","tag-art","tag-feng","tag-guide","tag-hong","tag-kong","tag-redesign","tag-shui","wpcat-33-id"],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81818","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=81818"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81818\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/81819"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=81818"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=81818"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=81818"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}