Would you live here, or would it drive you crazy? At first glance, co-living space Canvas House would appear rather empty. But upon further inspection, one would realise that the house is actually completely furnished – it’s just that every bit of its interior is in the same shade of pure white!
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Set in a traditional four-storey shophouse in Tanjong Pagar, the co-living space provides shared accommodation and has already hosted a handful of tenants since launching earlier this year.
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Designed by local firm Ministry of Design, the shophouse had every inch of its surfaces painted completely white – from the walls to the ceilings and floors, and even covers the vintage collection of furniture.
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Pieces of carefully-curated wall decorations lend some texture to the space. Peek-a-boo cut-outs in the walls and the floors reveal snippets of the shophouse’s original brick walls and timber flooring.
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With neon art and translucent lamps, the space blends the vintage with aspects of the modern, which the firm describes being “choreographed glimpses into the past”.
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