Luxury and simplicity

Two interior designers have chosen Martha Stewart furniture to contribute to the warm and soft feel in the high-end Narasiri Home

Interior designers Kiattipong Boonpromsup and Tuanchai Leelatanawat from the design worldwide partnership (dwp) selected a Martha Stewart furniture collection to decorate the "Narasiri Home" at the Emperor project on Bangkok's Rama II Road, building a soft and warm welcome into luxury housing worth up to Bt40 million.

They reasoned that Martha Stewart furniture suits a Thai house because it combines both western and eastern influences, with selected natural raw materials.

The main furnishings are in white and natural-coloured wood. These are mixed with local accessories, particularly sisal carpet.

The predominant colour of the Narasiri Home is white, offering an easy match with a variety of furnishing materials, including cotton, wood, steel and plastic. But Kiattipong and Tuanchai selected cotton and wood to be the raw materials for the furnishings in this home.

From the main entrance, visitors see an expansive dining room with its white background highlighting a wooden dining table. Other furnishings feature glass and ochre-coloured fabric.

To the right of the main entrance is a living room featuring Martha Stewart furniture mixed with rebuilt pieces designed by Kiattipong and Tuanchai.

Among Kiattipong's favourite pieces is a Martha Stewart tea table with a surface texture created by steel built in to the wood, and a design reminiscent of Chinese tradition.

The living-room furniture also uses white leather and white cotton, matching with a showcase in the now-familiar ochre colour.

Turning left from the main entrance is the kitchen and a bedroom for an older family member who prefers not to negotiate stairs. Both are decorated in white-painted wooded furniture and fittings.

On the way upstairs to the second floor, a large electric candle casts a simpler light than would a chandelier, and a mirrored wall creates a feeling of space and depth.

The second floor has three bedrooms, all decorated in shades of ivory and grey. Martha Stewart pieces include a middle table for a second-floor relaxing room, as well as a showcase and desk in the main bedroom.

The main bedroom also features a partition separating the bedroom from a dressing room, creating a greater feeling of simplicity than would a formal door and total separation between the two rooms.

"Our concept is 'Simply City Classic' decor for this house, so we selected Martha Stewart to match with local furniture, mixing the western and eastern styles. Home-owners will feel the warmth and relaxation of simple living when they stay at home," Kiattipong says.

Somluck Srimalee

Thailand News
The Nation Thailand
Friday January 26, 2007