IN LIVING COLOUR

Amy Long and her home are perfect examples of how it’s never too late for reinvention. Having worked in the energy industry for 15 years, Long made a mid-career switch in August 2020 and scored a six-month apprenticeship at interior design firm Elizabeth Hay Design. There, she learned about the finer points of the craft as well as client servicing, troubleshooting and logistics, before becoming, in March 2021, the general manager of Vermillion, a luxury B2B e-commerce platform that connects Asian creators and designers to hospitality groups and boutiques globally.

So you could almost say that Long’s home, a 1980s-era, four-bedroom apartment in the Mount Sinai neighbourhood, is the colour-filled manifestation of her lifelong passion for design. And what a home it is with rooms and pockets of space filled with distinct identities that fit harmoniously into a whole.

“It’s large, yet all on one