Hacking down a wall can do more than just create a bright and airy space as proven in these Singapore homes where demolishing a concrete wall, whether fully or partially, was the best decision ever:
1. Kitchen Made for Entertaining
A chunk of the kitchen wall was cut out to create a large window opening in which light coming from both ends of the home helped to better illuminate the living room and the cooking space. But the window is more than just an entry point for sunlight, it also provides a more convenient way to serve meals over to the dining room while the window ledge also acts a serving table when the homeowners organise buffet-style meals for their guests.
Design: Eightytwo
2. Open Concept Bathroom
A glass-encased en-suite was the result of removing a wall between the bathroom and the bedroom and replacing it with glass sliding doors. It lends a chic hotel boutique feel to the space, made more outstanding thanks to the monochrome colour scheme the designer adopted.
Design: D’ Initial Concept
3. Workspace for Two
The walls of an original bedroom in this 4-room BTO were removed to create a home office suited for the couple who lives here. The two workspaces are separated by black-framed glass panels to create privacy without blocking off the daylight. It also allowed the couple to be connected while working. A full-height toy display cabinet provides a hideaway separate from the living room.
Design: Eightytwo
4. Dining Made Easy, Kitchen Made Breezy
To create additional bedrooms for their large family in this apartment, they had to sacrifice a dedicated dining space separate from the kitchen. To work around this, the dining room was joined with the kitchen counter to create an eat-in kitchen that helped to cut down the time needed to serve meals. Original walls between the kitchen and entranceway were hacked away so as to create an open space more conducive for communal dining.
Design: Ethereall
5. Light and Airy Master Suite
The homeowners sacrificed a bedroom in order to connect their ample-sized walk-in wardrobe with their bedroom. The wall separating both rooms was knocked down and replaced with a hinged glass door and a half-wall glass panel. Together with the almost all-white scheme, the absence of concrete walls creates a light and airy feel to the space.
Design: Free Space Intent
6. Cosy yet Open Living Room
In order to accommodate their large studio, the space originally set aside for the living room in this 5-room BTO, gave way to a loft-style artist workspace. Instead, the living room was moved to a bedroom, where walls were hacked away and replaced with bi-fold glass panels to create a flexible, entertaining-friendly communal space.
Design: Three-D Conceptwerke
7. Café-inspired Kitchen
The top half of the walls surrounding the small kitchen were removed to make way for large glass panels framed in thin black aluminium. With the square white tiles and black grouting that were laid at the bottom half of the walls, the scene conjures up the image of a modish Parisian-style café.
Design: Three-D Conceptwerke
8. Enlarged Bathroom
The wall between the service yard and the bathroom in this resale HDB was partially taken down to create a separate wet and dry area for the bathroom, demarcated by a glass door. The original service yard now sits an island-style vanity sink and a ceiling-hung mirror, while the shower facilities remain at the original bathroom zone.
Design: The Interior Lab
9. A Storage Partition
To accommodate the homeowner’s extensive book collection, the walls to the bedroom were replaced by see-through bookshelves that not only serve as storage but also as a one-of-a-kind room divider. The vibrant shades of the binds on the tomes also create pops of colours in this neutral-hued space.
Design: UNO Interior
10. Dedicated Walk-in Wardrobe
In this BTO flat, an extra bedroom was converted into a see-through walk-in wardrobe by removing the wall between the closet space and the adjacent bedroom and replacing it with a glass panel. The wardrobe, fronted by tinted mirrors, gives the illusion of a much more expansive walk-in wardrobe.
Design: In-Expat
KEEP THIS IN MIND: Not all walls can be hacked away. Structural column and beams, for instance, provide structural integrity to a building and cannot be removed. Most hacking jobs are also expensive (costing anywhere from a few hundred for a single wall to a few thousand for an entire flat) and will eat into your renovation budget. Contractors and interior designers will also factor in the cost of removing debris from the hacking job.
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