Asian Design
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Lunar New Year 2025: YEAR OF THE SNAKE

Lunar New Year falls on Wednesday, January 29th, 2025, and this year, we’re ushering in the Wood Snake. In the lead-up to the celebrations, I’ll be sharing snake-inspired interior designs, table-setting and decoration ideas, and some of my mother’s signature recipes that she prepares every year (and that I’ll be attempting to recreate). Last year,…
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Furniture Board: A Storybook Children’s Bedroom

I’ve been dreaming up on designing bedrooms for children lately, especially now that I’ve become an auntie. The furniture board was inspired by Eva Chen’s beautiful illustrations for the children’s book Auntie Tigress and Other Favorite Chinese Folk Tales by Gia Zhen Wang.
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Mood Board: Contemporary Chinese Bedroom

Since moving to New York City from Oakland during the height of the pandemic, I never quite got to set up my apartment like I had envisioned. For one, I’m still using a plastic container box that aided in my move as a coffee table. The room I’ve neglected the most is my bedroom. The…
