Study Area

Pre-Renovation :

Post - renovation :

As both of us required a workspace to do our work, we partition half of the former master bedroom into a study area, with the other half used as our walk-in wardrobe area. In line with the colour theme, we selected dolphin gray colour for the study. An exception was made to paint the false wall ( used to separate study and walk-in while housing walk-in wardrobe and shelving)

red to brighten up the space.

We asked our ID to customise a black laminated display cabinet with glass door and shelves in the corner of the study area to house our wedding and sentimental items for display. We chose a floral pattered laminate finishing(see above) to jazz up the display cabinet.

To provide lighting for the display cabinet(above), we installed a downlight linked to a concealed light switch.

(Above)Study table area viewed from passage between study and walk-in wardrobe area

As the false wall blocks off most of the natural light from the window, we had to install a light point to light up the study area. We sourced a modern contemporary flouroscent pendant lighting (below )from Lightcraft. We managed to get a 20% discount and it cost us $161. We discussed with our electrician where to mount the electrical points in relation to how many appliances we have at the study. As we were going to locate our cordless phone base at the study, we asked the electrician to re-route the telephone wire and put up a new telephone point at the location of the study table. We splurge a little bit to get a Legrand telephone point(below) which was more aesthetically pleasing. We know that some people may wonder why we are quite particular but we were also very surprised that we became quite particular about design, even the itsy bitsy,something which we did not know about ourselves before doing up the house.

To provide shelving for Gayle's story books, we mounted a black IKEA LACK shelf($29) as a cost effective alternative (above) to a customised shelf over the study table. Do try to project the relation of your body height and arm length to gauge a comfortable height to mount a bookshelf. It should not be too high as you need to be able to reach it to pick a heavy book or give it a wipe easily.

For our study table, we bought a glass top table with grey steel legs from IKEA (above). We chose this table because the glass top has a black floral pattern(below) that complements our display cabinet and looks contemporary. The flat table top also provide adequate space for our desktop, laptop, router and telephone base plus stationaries. It also has ample space for future appliances like a printer.

We managed to get a affordable study chair ( Winner's Go Getter WM2221A ) from Goh Furniture Decoration at $398(above). Similar ones we saw elsewhere like V - hive were selling between $450 - $800 and they looked very 'towkay'. We were looking for a chair with chromed legs and roller castors and chromed arm rest support bars plus synthetic leather material. This chair matched our requirements and we bought it. Plus points are it's firm back support with adjustable recliner and height levers for seating adjustment. They sell many types of office or study chairs that cater to all budgets. You can visit their warehouse at 55 Ubi Avenue 1 #04-16 (Ground Floor), UBI 55 Singapore 408935.Tel : 65 6842 9450 if you are looking for chairs for your study. We placed a floor protector from IKEA to prevent scratches from the rollers of the chair.