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Fantasy Decor: The Luxe Manor of Hong Kong

Some folks like to really get away...from the norm...while on vacation. Locally, there's the Madonna Inn up in San Luis Obispo, a Central Coast classic with decor that's kitschy, fun and occasionally...

Small Cool 2009: Dangerdan's Hong Kong Conversion
International Division #09

To Small Cool Contest Page and All Entries Who Lives Here: dangerdan Location: Central, Hong Kong Size: 510 square feet What is your one favorite element in your small, cool home? I love how we co...

Over at Unplggd: Hong Kong Condo Mini Tour

Check out the Home Tech tour over at Unplggd. It's not only an impressive use of 500 square feet, but also is furnished with some modern minimalist pieces that compliment the home electronics quite ni...

Hollywood Road Wall Trees
Hong Kong

My expectations of Hong Kong did not include much in the way of natural beauty. I was pleasantly surprised to discover, however, that there is a very green presence within the density of the built env...

No Home Office
Hong Kong

We recently scrapped our plans for a custom built home office in the den. We couldn’t sacrifice the valuable square footage on something that would inevitably become littered with junk and remain mo...

Right Place, Right Time: Curbside Finds
AT Asia

Don’t you just love it when free stuff just lands in your lap? With few second hand shopping options, we’ve had to get creative with our decorating. Never a fan of buying new, we were searching fo...

DIY Impossible
AT Asia

Lately, we’ve been preparing our guest bedroom for a new arrival; today’s task was installing black out blinds and a curtain rod. Sounded easy enough. In North America, we’d always been pretty g...

Roof Deck Envy
AT Asia

When we were searching for an apartment, we put outdoor space very high on our list of priorities. It didn’t matter if it was just a small deck on which to grow some plants and step onto for a breat...

Everyday Inspiration: Taking the Slow Way Home
AT Asia

Where do you find design inspiration? Sometimes it can be found in the mundane, everyday items that we usually take for granted. I’ve long been admiring tramcars, a mode of transportation I take alm...

AT Asia: Hometown Souvenirs in the Home

Bringing kitsch souvenirs home from a trip is sometimes a gamble; you could end up with an interesting conversation piece, a someday-family heirloom or just a cheesy mistake that ends up in storage. W...

AT Asia: Sham Shui Po - Fabric Heaven
Asia

Hong Kong correspondent Liz highlights one of the wholesale home textile resources in Asia... Sham Shui Po, a Hong Kong neighborhood, can be a dangerous place if you have an addiction to collecting f...