Dating back 120 years, the shophouses were once an entire building that had fascinating occupants over the years. Constructed in 1896 in the then British Malaya, the building was first used as a prison, then became the den of opium smokers and later budget lodgings for labourers.

Some cats are sooooooo lucky...

These dinosaur-age insects are highly resilient and can breed rapidly

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?