Home Solutions 2025 Editor's Note: Small Spaces, Big Ideas

When you step inside a home, you realise that photographs only tell part of the story.

To truly understand a space, you need to appreciate the challenges it has faced and the labour of love that has turned it into something special.

That’s what makes our annual edition so special – it offers an authentic behind-the-scenes look at both the successes and struggles that, together, breathe life into each home. These stories are just as important as they are what truly give a home its soul.

Welcome to Home Solutions, our deep dive into local homes and the innovative design strategies behind them.

This year, we asked our featured designers to share their biggest challenges. Some encountered layout restrictions – one even noted one home was too perfect to begin with – while most concurred that maximising storage within a small footprint is the greatest task of all.

Storage, as any designer will confirm, is a perennial theme in Hong Kong, so much so that it shapes the entire design narrative. Throughout this edition, you’ll discover the journey of each home – from multi-generational homes to chic pieds-à-terre – and how creative solutions make the seemingly impossible quite possible.

Gracing our cover is a stunning three-generation home by Liquid Interiors, complete with a lift and a prayer nook that fits right in with everything else. It even turned a smart storage solution into a design feature, concealed within a fireplace in the living room.

Grande Interior Design took a similar approach with its Kowloon Tong project for a family of six. It integratedstorage into transitional zones to keep the home neat and tidy. Over in Wu Kai Sha, Hei Design Interiors turned a big family’s storage needs into beautiful display shelves that work double duty.

If you’re a couple trying to maximise a small space, JJ Acuna / Bespoke Studio’s Kowloon Tong residence offers clever tricks to make small spaces work better and look bigger – sometimes as simple as adding a bench or a printed ceiling; or if you’re living solo, but have as much stuff as a big family, Root Design HK’s Ho Man Tin home will give you plenty of ideas. It changed up the layout to fit in more storage while keeping the main areas clutter-free.

Though Hong Kong homes are often modest in size, they are anything but limited. With a dash of creativity, every square foot can work harder, and look better.

Full list if featured home cases:

New Territories

This 5,800 sq.ft. Abode on Tai Po Road Shines like a Jewellery Box

2,670 Sq.ft Camellia Avenue Abode Showcases a Soft Luxury Aesthetic

This Versailles-inspired Home Brings the Savoir-faire of Parisian Living into Everyday Life

Inside a 1,388 Sq.ft Villa Lucca Apartment with Depth and Contrast

This Sai Kung Villa Blurs the Boundaries Between Indoor and Outdoor Living

Functional 1,760 Sq.ft. Ville De Cascade Villa that Exuded Luxury

Monochrome Works Magic in this 490 Sq.ft. Tseung Kwan O Apartment

Kowloon

How JJ Acuna Turns a Vintage Kowloon Tong Unit into a Bright, Airy Home

Tour a 5,040 sq.ft. Kowloon Tong House with a Private Elevator