Vintage furniture hunting

Published Wed, Apr 3, 2024 · 08:41 PM

THERE is something about vintage furniture that makes it charming – and so special. Trends may come and go, but these classic pieces hold their own. Often made from the best and most enduring materials that have largely disappeared from the market, vintage furniture is highly-prized by modern-day aesthetes.

These pre-loved handcrafted pieces have lasted decades, and the expectation is that they will last many more. In the Friday (Apr 5) edition of BT Lifestyle, we go retro and hunt down some of the best places to look for vintage furniture, from Scandinavian to South-east Asian.

Meanwhile, cute fictional characters are flourishing among local creatives, who have been developing original characters which they sell on everything from stickers and keychains to T-shirts and plushies. Not only are more young people expressing themselves through their illustrations, they are also gaining a growing fan base for their work and making money with their art. We meet a few of these 20-something creatives.

In Arts, we find out what was uncovered when selected pieces from Nanyang master Cheong Soo Pieng’s body of work were analysed using X-ray scans and infrared photography.

In Dining, we check out Restaurant Início, which aims to bring accessible fine dining to the heartland neighbourhood of Redhill.

Read all this and more in Friday’s issue of BT.