The home is a sacred heaven for rest, a temple for rebuild, and a tabula rasa for your wildest thoughts to spring forth in safety — should you want it to be. Even if the space is not meant to be privy to the outside world, home is always a space worth putting extra effort into. The most in fact; a customised kind of haven will always boost your overall well-being even if its just a location for stasis.
Of course, once you hit that sweet spot, it’s hard to think of how to edit the space to maintain the same elements without it looking boring over time. There are only so many ways furniture can be rearranged. But people change, and your living space should grow with you. So we come to you at this opportune time to introduce six lifestyle brands at New Bahru that can help add some spice to your home life, with the intention of enhancing your base, and making what already works work even better than before.
Soilboy
Plants are always a wonderful addition to any space, as they bring along the literal warmth of life to a room. Not only do Soilboy’s considered curation of plants make for wonderful home inhabitants — whether big or small — their hand-made ceramic pots from South Korea, locally-crafted and sustainably-made plant platforms, as well as hand-made lanterns also elevate the landscaping ambience of the interior. The know-how lies not just in decoration, but in integration. Hit them up for a small desk companion or a larger sized friend to place by your window — it will surely make home feel more calm, refined and intentional.
MORNING
A coffee machine that provides ritual and visual pleasure to a great morning while producing cafe-quality brews? MORNING has been on the wishlists of many design-first homes not just because of how pretty they look, but also because of the quality of the coffee that comes with it. Visit the store at New Bahru to see all the latest iterations of the coffee capsule machines first-hand, from the MORNING Machine to the slightly daintier MORNING Mini MM530 — all equipped with ready-to-brew recipes and an app that allows you to add or devise your own, as well as conveniently purchase more specialty capsules from around the world. Our preferred housewarming gift, if we could share!
MAKE by GINLEE
This circular lifestyle sub-brand by GINLEE prides itself in being the antithesis of mass-production — its designs and products are only made when it’s needed. With this level of responsibility and sustainability in mind, it’s no wonder their pretty vases and trays carry that much more weight in intention, thought and presence. The 3D-printed MAKE by GINLEE vases and trays are great for organisation, while their Hibi home scents — subtitled “10 Minutes Aroma” — are also a great purchase and use when the senses need a bit of easing after a long day out.
OMNO
Across the various creations crafted by OMNO, scents play the key role in slowing down, bringing one back to the present. The personal care and sensory brand prides itself in creating multi-sensory experiences that ground us from our digital habits, and have devised a Tonal Archive ceremony — performed in-store — that you can use to ‘log’ a particular memory or emotion with a scent provided. As an extension of this or a means to revisit that archived memory in the comfort of your own home, you can purchase a Tonal Archive gemstone set to bring home, complete with a 30ml essential oil that is dripped onto the crystal fragments during the experience. A nice way to reconnect with a specific mood or memory that you want to intentionally hold close, for a long time.
SOJAO
The most important purchase one must make during the making of one’s own home is the bed. The site of respite, with the help of SOJAO, can be even more enveloping in its daily comfort. Head down to the tranquil New Bahru space to grab one of their latest organic cotton bed sheets, organic cotton bath towels, organic cotton floor mats and more. After all, SOJAO or “go to sleep” in Hindi, was built on the simple belief that everyone in the supply chain — from cotton farmers to customers — deserves a good night’s rest. So now you can rest easy, with the help of SOJAO.
Studio Yono
A space to call your own is not really finished without a touch of art. Be it in a frame or in the form of a cheekily designed mug, Studio Yono is where to go; the brand houses collections from globally recognized creatives and design studios such as Ronan Bouroullec, UTIL, Sowden, and Studio Arhoj, among others under a single roof, focusing on pieces that blur the line between art and everyday objects. Head over to find everything from sculptural lighting to collectible tableware — there’s a little something for everyone here. Also the perfect place to shop for a housewarming gift.
Visit New Bahru at 46 & 58 Kim Yam Road, Singapore 239351. Once you are done with this story, click here to catch up with our March 2026 issue.