You should love everything at your home
They are the simplest, but contain lots of details
I’m Kay Kuo, and I’m from Shanghai
My apartment is located in Xintiandi, with a living room and a bedroom
I have been keeping the two pets for many years
Lately I have a new pet named Duoji
I returned to Shanghai in 2002
I was born here, so I felt really nice when I came back
The apartment is as big as 90m2
It’s not so big but I like it very much
I think living space should often change
The one thing that stays the same is my Buddhist altar
After I get up, the first thing I do is to burn the incense and pray
There’re a number of books in my room
I have been collecting them since childhood
Including magazines, art books and cooking books
It’s like a small world
My living room calms me down
The sofa is from Kenzo
In fact I should not buy silk products because I keep pets
But the animals have a kind of sensibility
Generally they don’t touch the expensive furniture
They would find somewhere else they like
I have been fond of buying things since I was a child
My grandfather was a carpenter
He and my father like collecting very much
They took me to antique shops in Shanghai
Many friends of mine often say I should not buy things anymore
But to me it’s a motivation for working
There’re many types of collectors
I’m quite practical. I might use my collection
Song ceramics have a classy color
The cabinet below contains the cups I collect across the world
Above the door
There’s an Italian fresco
This is Shanghaitan by Mr. Chen Yifei. It’s a masterpiece
The painting is black and white, and I put some pink candles below it
Every day I observe the collection
And I renew the space with my collection
The garden is only as big as 3m2
At the beginning it was really ugly and I didn’t know how to grow them
In fact plants grow naturally
And I just arrange them according to their height
I have a bar downstairs
It’s an old house of 35m2
It can accommodate many people
If I have to work at home
Then I would use the bar as my living room
I’ve met many interesting friends here
I learned hair styling, and I used to be a model and an actress
I worked as a fashion designer and even a bartender
And I used to be a DJ. But I found that I seemed to like none of them
Later I realized
That I wanted to be an interior designer
So I changed my major halfway
After I returned to Shanghai
My studio is more casual than my home
It was an old factory
I’ve been renovating it little by little over the past decade
To make it better slowly
The meeting table was an old door from Xintiandi
In July
This place is going to be changed into a lawn
I will throw a party
To embrace the new change
Now
I live happily
I should be relaxed and don’t look to the past
My mother warns me that I should not marry a guy who can’t make me happy
So I wish
That all young people can find the thing the love as early as possible
And enjoy their love for life