Space Savers

16April

BK Magazine, April 11, 2008, Issue 232

Multi-purpose furniture to help you survive your micro home. By Sabina Ahuja and Alisara Chirapongse

Apartments are getting smaller and smaller as the price of land in Bangkok soars ever higher. Instead of spending your heard-earned dough on some extra square-meters, splurge on these multi-purpose furniture pieces. From a sofa bed to a closet box, here’s a space saving guide for you and your shoebox.

Coffee break or dinnertime? This puzzle of a table (B6,000, Hawaii Five-O) can become a chic geometric coffee table for your living room, or, if you jigsaw them together, a mini Japanese-style dining table.

Take yourself back to the prathom years with this wooden student-desk (B8,000, Hawaii Five-O). Open the top and instead of textbooks and pencils, you’ll find a mirror and lamps. Perfect for your retro boudoir. Read more…

Spring Trends 2008

01February

BK Magazine, February 1, 2008. Issue 222.

What to wear this coming spring? by Sabina Ahuja

The Transparent Look
In the 90’s we saw a lot of skin. Well those days are back again. Leading designers such as Fendi, Marc Jacobs, and Chloe are ordering see-through fabrics by the mile and planning on wrapping it around us, with a pair of boy shorts underneath. Try a chiffon neckline top with classic pastel colors.

Boyish Act
Get in touch with your masculine side, girls. Gucci, Nina Ricci, and Yves Saint Laurent are some of the designers that are bringing blazers back to life—whether black, disco metallic, lose or tight, they’re in! Read more…