Come evening, if you were walking along this residential street in Singapore's Joo Chiat enclave, you might do a double take in front of a particular home. Facing the sheltered walkway, a large window, when retracted, offers unfettered glimpses of a light-filled abode. There might be a cat lazing languidly on the window counter. Or perhaps some friends are perched atop bar stools, peering out at the comings and goings in the neighbourhood as they share a tipple or laugh over a joke.
This home belongs to Jeremy Ng and Amanda Misso. Wholeheartedly embracing its unique sense of place, it is a home filled with generosity—the generosity of company; the generosity of natural light and breeze that gives the interiors a comfortable, airy disposition; and the generosity of friendliness to the neighbourhood.
Misso works in marketing procurement at Visa and Ng brings in overseas entertainment acts for premium customers at Marina Bay Sands. It was an arduous search for a specific type of unit that brought them to Joo Chiat. Misso is no stranger to the East, having grown up in the area. She quips: “I'd like to think I influenced Jeremy to some extent, to realise how ‘East is the best
