Popcorn Interiors

Popcorn Interiors Making your space POP into its most tasteful version. It all starts with a seed full of potential: our client’s idea. Irresistible and full of character.

Watching corn kernels burst into the most beautiful version of themselves reminds us of our design process. After a simmering stage of research and exploration…pop! The ideal space bursts boldly into life - a tasteful combination of colours, shapes, materials and meaning.

19/08/2026

What was initially a brief for a neutral Scandinavian home turned out to be one of the boldest projects we’ve ever done, and one of my personal favourites. The home’s original look was restrained and muted, with a few accessories that the homeowner had put up around the house for decor, but which never really came together.

During the design process, we listened to what she really wanted — and it turned out that it wasn’t restraint or neutrality after all. She’s a dynamic, expressive person who’s also a high-performing professional, and what she really wanted was a home that reflected that level of personality.

The result is a colour palette that almost leaps out at you when you see it on the screen or step through the doorway. Chartreuse velvet dining chairs are juxtaposed against a playful orange dining lamp fitting, and a bold peacock-blue sofa has replaced its original black leather counterpart. I kept everything soft with rounded curves, echoed in the black-and-white pattern of the feature wall in the living room, with graphic elements like the ace of spades art piece and rug border to add a statement without overpowering everything. To balance it out, I also added light-reflecting elements like a sculptural chrome chair and a fun coffee table with translucent legs.

I had so much fun doing this project and would love to do more like this one. If this resonates with your sense of style, send me a DM and let’s have a chat.

23/07/2026

A question I’m often asked as a designer is: “Are there any design rules that you live by?”

To be honest, I don’t follow rules for the sake of following them. You hear it all the time — always group accessories in odd numbers, never match this colour with that — and while these might work for some, to me they feel like unnecessary conformity to arbitrary conventions.

What I follow instead are principles: form, functionality, harmony, balance, proportion, scale, rhythm, technical and safety requirements, and an understanding of each property’s restrictions. Beyond that, I design around how my clients actually live — what they need from a space, and how they want it to feel.

Another core principle I hold firmly to: we don’t design for magazine-worthy shoots. Yes, what you see on Pinterest and in design magazines is beautiful, but it’s the product of hours of careful prep and styling. It’s not necessarily a reflection of how people actually live day to day.

A home is not a perfectly styled photograph, nor should it feel like one. Trying to maintain a magazine-worthy space at all times is unrealistic, and for many people, exhausting.

Instead, I design for real moments: family dinners, lazy Sunday mornings, children doing homework at the dining table, guests dropping by unexpectedly, work calls, and all the small routines that make up everyday life. The goal is a home that feels beautiful and functional even when the dining table has a laptop and papers on it, and the floor is covered in Lego.

Design rules don’t hold up to everyday living. Principles do. That’s the distinction I design by.

What’s a “design rule” you hear all the time but doesn’t work for every home? I’d love to hear it.

19/06/2026

Every homeowner that I’ve met has had something that is important to them. It could be a collection of tableware that had been a wedding present, or an old chair that’s been with them since their first apartment. Often, it’s something that they love, but doesn’t quite fit with the aesthetic they have in mind or their current lifestyle with young children.

My job as your designer is to help you decide how this part of your past fits into your present narrative, so that it can be celebrated instead of kept in storage.

12/06/2026

A lot of my clients arrive with a Pinterest board, or a collection of references.

They know what they’re drawn to. They can show me images, or describe a vibe. But they don’t yet have the language to articulate why those references resonate, or how to turn them into a home that feels cohesive, personal, and liveable.

That’s because the design language most of us learn comes from social media. It works in broad strokes — “warm minimalism,” “Japandi,” “coastal” — but it doesn’t have the nuance to capture what you actually want your home to feel like.

When you’re drawn to a colour, a pattern, a material, you’re not just responding to how it looks. You’re responding to the emotion it evokes: a memory, a vacation, a person or a moment that you remember fondly.

My job is to listen to what your heart’s being called to — which is often not articulated in words — and translate that into a visual narrative that captures that essence.

You’ve just moved to Singapore, and nothing fits quite right. The dining table blocks the balcony door, the sofa overwhe...
10/06/2026

You’ve just moved to Singapore, and nothing fits quite right. The dining table blocks the balcony door, the sofa overwhelms the space, and you’re not sure what to keep or where to start. I know the feeling — I moved here too.

Singapore condos are laid out differently: open-plan, compact, with smaller bedrooms and less storage than homes in the UK, Europe, Australia, the US or Latin America. The furniture that used to work in your old home now doesn’t seem to work in your new one, and that can feel disorienting.

To help ease the load and make moving in easier, a design consultation can be a smart investment. I’ll assess what you’ve shipped over, recommend what to keep or replace, and give you a clear plan so you can move forward with confidence and turn this formerly anonymous apartment into a real home.

Shall we begin? Send me a DM or book a discovery call through the link in my bio.

You’ve just moved to Singapore, and nothing fits quite right. The dining table blocks the balcony door, the sofa overwhe...
10/06/2026

You’ve just moved to Singapore, and nothing fits quite right. The dining table blocks the balcony door, the sofa overwhelms the space, and you’re not sure what to keep or where to start. I know the feeling — I moved here too.⁠
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Singapore condos are laid out differently: open-plan, compact, with smaller bedrooms and less storage than homes in the UK, Europe, Australia, the US or Latin America. The furniture that used to work in your old home now doesn’t seem to work in your new one, and that can feel disorienting.⁠
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To help ease the load and make moving in easier, a design consultation can be a smart investment. I’ll assess what you’ve shipped over, recommend what to keep or replace, and give you a clear plan so you can move forward with confidence and turn this formerly anonymous apartment into a real home.⁠
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Shall we begin?⁠
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29/05/2026

I spent years helping to shape some of the world’s most iconic brands, including Coca-Cola and Panasonic. But even when I was in marketing, I was already in love with design — sartorial, cultural, environmental expressions of creativity. So one day, after having lived in Hong Kong for a while, I made the decision to leave behind the world of marketing and step into the world of interior design.

But what I didn’t realise back then was that I wouldn’t be leaving my marketing roots behind, and they would in fact form the foundation of how I work today. Marketing has taught me to shape narratives, take a concept and translate it into reality, and bring order to the creative process while still holding the vision. All of that goes into my design projects.

Today, instead of shaping iconic brands, I’m shaping homes that people live in. And I’ve never looked back since.

If you’ve ever felt the pull toward something creative, or if you’ve wondered whether a big change is worth it — I hope this story reminds you that it is.

If you’ve ever stood in a room that you didn’t quite love yet — a layout that doesn’t flow, or furniture that doesn’t fi...
21/05/2026

If you’ve ever stood in a room that you didn’t quite love yet — a layout that doesn’t flow, or furniture that doesn’t fit well — you’ve probably wondered whether hiring an interior designer might help.

For most, interior design means seeing the finished rooms and beautiful shelves on Pinterest, but there’s a lot of thinking, documentation, and decisions that go into them.

Let’s take a closer look together at what happens during the design process, and what it offers you as the homeowner when you decide to invest in it. Swipe through to see how it works.

Thinking about whether to hire a designer? Let’s have a chat — link in bio to learn more.

08/05/2026

I’ve been asked so many times why I named my brand Popcorn Interiors. It sounds like a quirky name, but there’s meaning behind the playfulness.

So here’s how the story begins: I was standing in my kitchen one day, making popcorn as a pre-movie snack and watching the kernels. One moment they were there, nondescript seeds, and the next — with a lot of noise and heat — they had exploded into delicious fluffy popcorn.

In that moment, I realised that design takes the same arc: it starts as a seed of an idea, a feeling, or a sense that a space doesn’t quite work yet. Then comes the messy middle part of every creative process, which looks like chaos but is actually transformation taking shape. There are so many possibilities, needs, and constraints being held in tension. And my job is to listen, edit, organise, and give shape to all of this.

My favourite moment is when these individual tensions resolve themselves into a clear shape of the home. Somewhere, during the process, everything comes together — and that’s the pop.

And just like popcorn, no two projects ever turn out exactly the same.

Today, even six years later (need Ale to confirm the exact number of years), I still love that metaphor. The design process is by nature a little chaotic, but that’s also its beauty.

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