{"id":91172,"date":"2026-10-08T07:47:12","date_gmt":"2026-10-07T23:47:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=91172"},"modified":"2026-10-08T07:47:12","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T23:47:12","slug":"in-this-60-year-old-hong-kong-home-filled-with-things-every-object-tells-a-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=91172","title":{"rendered":"In this 60-year-old Hong Kong home filled with things, every object tells a story"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.i-scmp.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/1280x720\/public\/d8\/images\/canvas\/2026\/10\/07\/03c16b46-6f7c-4702-985e-40a10fe4a25f_dad99e51.jpg?itok=JR3hAVBS&amp;v=1791374245\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">There is a lot going on inside this 1,700 sq ft (158 square metre) Pok Fu Lam flat, which rejects the pared-back minimalism typical of Hong Kong homes.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">And that is what sparks joy for designer Rosheen Rodwell, founder of Rosheen Rodwell Interiors. When redesigning a flat, she prefers clients to hold on to their cherished possessions rather than start afresh.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">\u201cA home should always tell the story of people who live there,\u201d she says, \u201cand I love incorporating people\u2019s treasures, collected over the years, into my projects.\u201d<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The 60-year-old, three-bedroom, two-bathroom flat on Hong Kong Island was last renovated 20 years ago and was due for a cosmetic refit. Happily for the budget, the existing floor plan could be left largely intact, so Rodwell focused on smaller tweaks better suited to the three-person household and on giving the family\u2019s belongings the setting they deserved.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/lifestyle\/homes\/article\/3369983\/60-year-old-hong-kong-home-filled-things-every-object-tells-story?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><br \/>\n<center\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There is a lot going on inside this 1,700 sq ft (158 square metre) Pok Fu Lam flat, which rejects the pared-back minimalism typical of&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":91173,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[21707,5136,469,3569,5231,16949,1199,2396],"class_list":["post-91172","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bored-interesting","tag-60yearold","tag-filled","tag-home","tag-hong","tag-kong","tag-object","tag-story","tag-tells","wpcat-33-id"],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91172","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=91172"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91172\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/91173"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=91172"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=91172"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=91172"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}