An Essential Study in 4m²

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Japandi
HDB (BTO)
~700 sqft
2 br
Couple Living

よ！ Welcome to the study room. It's 8 weeks in since we promised you this tour, and here we are! This room is still a work in progress, but it's all functional as it is with just a few touches left. Nevertheless, we're excited to show you around. Then again, which part of a house is never a continuous work in progress eh? Hitotema.home is a Modern Japanese (not japandi) cozy 3 room BTO, designed to bring traditional elements of Japanese houses into the modern era.
So, if you've seen our previous posts, you'll know that hitotema.home combined the two bedrooms available into a large room to create a walk-in wardrobe, master bedroom and a study. The study table is built on a cantilever by our designers and carpenters, a single long tabletop with no legs below for a sleek, open and floating feel. From the missus' office space (that's what you're looking at), you can see the bedroom just past that. If you're thinking that bed's a little too close to be tempting, watch this:
A sliding door closes off the room. This makes a cosy isolated space to focus on work, but at the same time, some privacy too. Because the missus does the office grind, sometimes she has to take (ridiculously) early calls. The door helps keep the sound in and, I guess, my snoring out.
And this would be my workspace! It's side by side, so on the weekends, it's lovely because we can chat and joke about to take away some of the pain of working. Yes, I might be a chef, but in this digital age of ours, restaurants aren't run simply through kitchens anymore. So, menu planning happens here (and it's convenient because the test kitchen isn't far), along with photo editing, video editing, uhh, making playlists...the list goes on. Either way, I do enjoy photography and some simple design work, so this setup is built for that (and gaming, aha).
Now, I think it's obvious that, when planning the layout of the house, the bedroom and walk-in wardrobe areas take a higher priority over the study room. Yet, the study room in all its tiny-ness has everything we should require. First, the wall behind our monitors - that's actually part of the wardrobes by the way. Because our wardrobe is organised into an L-shape, there naturally would be a dead-corner. However, having the study behind the wardrobe means we get to utilise the dead corner from behind! That gaping square hole you see? That's actually space carved out for a printer...which we haven't gotten yet. Yet, that space does exist.
And right above that is a really tall (wardrobe height, innit) cabinet space for books, files, and whatever gizmos, gadgets, boxes or whatever.
Also, below the table is a continuation of that same idea. Difference is, the cabinet set below isn't as deep. We gotta accomodate for legroom too anyway. That being said, the space below also acts as a cable management panel, allowing us to stash away the mess of cables away from sight for a cleaner look.
And that's really it for the study! This view in the photo is from the bedroom, with the study door closed. If you haven't seen our previous posts, do check it out! Hitotema.home is a Modern Japanese home, so if you're interested in Japanese designs, do check out our other tours! Otherwise, follow us on instagram @hitotema.home!