Compact 304 Stainless Steel Kitchen in a Hong Kong Flat

Perched high above the harbour, this flat balances glamour with the discipline that compact city living demands. The living room sets the tone: a book-matched stone feature wall flanked by fluted dark panels and crystal sconces, faced by deep leather seating. Opposite, the television sits over a low cabinet that folds in a glazed beverage cooler and closed storage, so the wall serves the room without crowding it.

The dining side is handled by a single full-height sideboard — black-framed smoked-glass display cabinets above a stone-topped counter and a bank of soft-cream doors below, with a recessed power rail keeping the coffee machine and countertop appliances wired without visible sockets. At the window, a timber bar counter with stools turns the panoramic skyline into the flat's best seat. The kitchen itself is compact and fully worked: gloss white cabinetry over stainless steel worktops and splashback, a windowed corner over the sink, and a pull-out corner carousel that swings deep storage out of the blind cabinet on steel-railed trays. A full-height wine cabinet and stacked ovens are built into the tall run beside it, keeping the short worktop clear for cooking.

In the bedroom, wardrobes with dark glass fronts run along the window wall, their reflective doors doubling the water view rather than shrinking the room. Throughout the flat the cabinetry — kitchen, sideboard, media wall and wardrobes alike — is fabricated in 304 stainless steel, a practical answer to Hong Kong's humidity as much as an aesthetic one, keeping slim carcasses stable in a home where no centimetre is spare.