For a warm and modern interpretation of vintage-styled interiors, then Merci Marcel would be a lovely starting point for your #homeinspo.
A French café-restaurant located in Tiong Bahru, Merci Marcel is a chic French bistro in the day, serving breakfast and café brunch fare and turns into a classy restaurant and pub at night.
It is brimming with a variety of woody tones, gold accents, botanical touches and ratten and retro furnishings – creating an atmosphere that’s part chic Parisian afternoons and part Havana nights.
The mix of new and old is consistently carried out – the concrete-look wall is dressed up with a simple and round modern mirror and contrasted with botany murals, while the gloss and shine from marbled tables and bar tops contrast well with the vintage-styled matte hexagonal white-and-yellow tiled flooring.
Meri Marcel
#01-68, 56 Eng Hoon St, Tiong Bahru Singapore 160056
All images from Merci Marcel.
Great vibes await at Santap, a Halal-café serving delish rice bowls made with fresh local produce among other things.
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Many stylish details can be found all over the café.
Lush green hanging planters, black lampshades, open bookshelves and other wooden fixtures and furnishings set against white and concrete walls make for a winning combination that gives the space a tasteful alfresco vibe – one that you can easily translate and adapt for your home.
Santap
16 Madras St, Singapore 208413
Images by Santap and @miffywriggles.
We will probably never be as cool and fresh as A Juicery – which, for a lack of a better description, looks like a 2k17 Tumblr moodboard.
Think neon signs, pink tiles with white grouting, pink walls and really just an all-over pink with black accents. It sounds overwhelming and it is, but in such a hip, alternative way that we can’t hate on it.
While having your entire home in varying shades of pink is rather unrealistic, there are plenty of elements from this you can take and include in specific areas of your home.
For example, having pink subway tiles for your kitchen backsplash or toilet floors would definitely jazz up your home. Neon signs are also coming into their own as wall décor. We love the fresh pink and black colour combination as well.
A Juicery
21 Lorong Telok, Singapore 049033
All images by A Juicery.
If you’re a creature of comfort, look no further than KARA Café and Dessert Bar by the good people of Sogurt for a dose of very aesthetic #homeinspo.
The space evokes the homely warmth of Scandi-inspired interiors and cosiness of zakka-inspired furnishings.
It refrains from being dull however; a floral and fauna wall mural covers an entire wall while stylish oblong mirrors adorns a pastel bricked wall on the other side. The mirrors are accompanied by retro lampshades in a neutral shade of pastel.
Likewise, the concrete floor is interjected with instances of colourful striped tiled flooring.
KARA Cafe and Dessert Bar
617 Bukit Timah Road, Singapore 269718
All images from KARA Cafe and Dessert Bar.
Went to Japan and left a part of your heart there? Why not recreate the look and feel of the comforting, minimalistic appeal of Japanese tea houses and homes?
At Kohi-Ya, a cosy Japanese-inspired café, the combination of light and dark wooden textures, raw concrete, copper fixtures, cove lighting and quaint furnishings exudes a light-hearted and charming ambience.
Kohi-Ya
#01- 667970, 4 Hillview Rise, Singapore 669554