Budget-Friendly HDB Interior Design Ideas For Every Room

It is well known that HDB apartments are the most sought-after residential units in the Singapore real estate market. 

Coming in a wide array of sizes, layouts of the rooms, and decor, you can find HDB apartments for your every wish, need, wallet, and type of lifestyle in general.

If you have done your research on the real estate market in Singapore, you could have probably noticed that 3-room and 4-room apartments are the most common and the most plentiful. 

This fact is no wonder to architects and real estate agents because their value per square meter is the most affordable for most families as well as individual homeowners.

So, after purchasing your new HDB unit apartment, you have gained precious privacy and a living area. Now, it is time to make it as authentic as it can be to your taste and character overall. 

However, changing the interior design of your HDB unit apartment can seem impossible without a major investment. However, this could not be further from the truth. 

AC Vision Design atelier in Singapore does not want to empty out your wallet just for designing but to help you create a perfect apartment that will reflect your personality and needs with personalised HDB interior design ideas.

This is why we are going to show you how you can create your own personal heaven for a fraction of the price by taking inspiration from AC Vision’s design portfolios and ideas. We will guide you through the journey and try to make your revamping of the space as painless as possible.

So, without further ado, let’s see what we have in store for you, shall we?

Bedroom

The bedroom is one of the most important rooms in the house if you ask us. It is the most private space where you should get your rest and get ready for the day ahead of you in the morning. But what are the most irritant things that happen in the designs of this particular room?

Closets usually envelop the room making it seem smaller than it is, so how can we solve that problem, you might ask. First of all, you should try built-in furniture and storage. 

This aspect has become very popular in recent years, regardless of whether you have a smaller or bigger apartment. The most important aspect that you need to achieve here is to maximize space efficiency in your HDB apartment.

Losing so much of the significant floor space because of this necessary furniture is a big problem, so built-in furniture has become something that will solve all your troubles. 

You might think that this is an expensive thing to do because you need to buy furniture but it actually is the best budget-friendly thing you can do. How is that possible? Well purchasing this kind of furniture with built-in storage will make buying large closets unnecessary.

All of the clothes and things that we use only once every few months do not have to be a burden, so why not hide them in the furniture through hidden compartments?

This is a small tip for smaller bedrooms, but it can also be used for larger rooms if you really don’t like clutter and prefer cleaner, more minimalistic floor space.

Living Room

The same thing described above can be applied in the living room, too. The line between a pretty display on shelves on the wall and a hanging mess suffocating the room is pretty small, being at the eye level of the person in the room. 

With this, you can completely hide things that would typically be put on the shelves, which usually make a cluttery mess. This does not mean that you cannot display your valuable belongings because all of this can be displayed in an accent wall.

Kitchen

Combining the living room with the kitchen to create an open floor plan can be a pretty invasive process that will be pricy in some cases because this requires tearing down the whole wall. 

So, how can you revamp the kitchen? Why not try painting the kitchen in colors that are similar to the living room so you can create an illusion of a seamless transition between the rooms?

Bathroom

And in the end, what can you do in the bathroom? This might sound radical but what about installing big mirrors on the wall? 

This might sound crazy but you will be pleasantly surprised how much this action will drastically change the aestheticism of the bathroom without tearing down old and putting up new tiles, which people usually do. This will have a pragmatic function as well as make your bathroom seem larger than it is.

Also, this idea will make cleaning the bathroom easier because on the tiles, you cannot see properly if it’s dirty, while on glass, it is easily visible and therefore easier to clean without much hassle.

These budget-friendly HDB interior design ideas can help you transform your HDB into the home of your dreams.