Arete Culture

Carol, Nirvi and the entire Arete Culture team did an AMAZING job designing our new home! They repurposed our existing furniture in spaces and ways we never would have thought of. They also recommended new exquisite pieces that made our house a home. We highly recommend them and look forward to working with them again on our next project! Thank you Carol, Nirvi and Arete Culture team!!!

Great design flair , aesthetics , beautifully curated pieces, classic and timeless look, client centricity ... and I could I list many more to describe the Arete Culture experience. The one thing that was an absolute standout was our designer Cherry ... A great person , with immense enthusiasm and so focussed on making the whole experience memorable. Cherry is a testimony of ‘customer first’ philosophy and ensured that the design principles was developed around our requirements . The end result is beautiful and classy ...Thank You Cherry and Arete Culture ....

Great job. Helped us navigate through a change in our style with pleasing results. Colours and textures were well combined and balanced.

Working with Cherry has been a breeze in this makeover journey. Cherry is patient and works according to what we desire for the home transformation. Never once do we feel pressured to accept what she has suggested. The actual day of makeover has been an amazing experience for me!

We engaged Jeanette and Carol to help us with a makeover for our rented property. For the longest time I’ve been putting off doing up our home due to our crazy work schedules and with the birth of our child. This dynamic duo came to our rescue! We absolutely love the result (with more to come!) and finally it really feels like home. Beautiful yet practical (with an active toddler running around!). They came up with ideas to maximise our space in a practical and pragmatic way. Always available to answer queries (even at crazy hours, sorry!) and work together with us listening to our concerns and ideas. Thank you so much again ladies!

I liked very much the speed of the service and professionalism. The entire project was completed in less than one week.

We first worked with Carol in 2016 when we moved into our new apartment after reading about Arete Culture all over town. We were thrilled with the results that transformed our plain space and large outdoor balcony into a beautiful, multi-purpose "great room" that is stylish, exotic, yet comfortable and perfectly suited to the needs of our young family. Two years later, we found ourselves craving a decorative refresh and another dose of Carol's magic - this time expanding her remit to include bedrooms that hadn't been part of the first styling makeover. Again, we thoroughly enjoyed the experience of working with Carol who has a real knack for combining your existing furniture and decorative items with carefully selected new pieces to breathe new life into a space while keeping the aesthetic distinctly 'you' - but a much more tasteful version of you! In particular, we appreciate how thoughtful she is in how she uses your budget - always finding creative ways to infuse inexpensive products with pricier, special pieces in ways you'd never think of yourself. Our 5 year old daughter was squealing with delight when her transformed bedroom was revealed, while all of us were marvelling at the drastic makeover that appeared before our eyes. Last but not least, Carol is so fun to work with which makes the makeover day a joy. We can't wait until the next time! Thank you Carol and Arete Culture team!

The Arete Culture team undertook a makeover of our living, dining, master bedroom and outdoor areas. We are thrilled with the results. Our new home feels more spacious, relaxing and homely and the flow is vastly improved. We now really enjoy spending time in our apartment, as do our friends! Caroline and Nirvi make a great team - creative, elegant, tasteful whilst also being responsive, patient and paying attention to detail and our preferences. The process is slick and costs were managed to budget. We couldn't have asked for more. If you are thinking about using Arete Culture, don't hesitate, just do it. Our only regret is not finding them sooner. Thank you Caroline and Nirvi!

I had a lovely experience working with Nirvi. She patiently guided me through the options I could have for my home and made it a really painless process. The end result is amazing! Love her attention to details and how the pieces of furniture and colours flow with one another. Love love love the transformation! Thank you so much for giving me a beautiful home, Nirvi!

We walked into Arete Culture showroom in Tan Boon Liat building by accident. We were really impressed with their collection. We decided then that we needed to look no further and we would get Arete Culture to style our home. From the time we made contact with Nirvi we had excellent support through our styling process. Her patience and commitment to work is incredible. Being first time home buyers we had hundreds of questions, but her response was prompt and detailed. Her attention to detail and her ability to visualize the space is impeccable. We truly appreciate Nirvi's support through the process. We are happy that we made the right choice in picking Arete Culture as out stylist. We truly enjoy our new HOME. Thank you NIRVI and Thank you ARETE CULTURE!

I came upon Arete in a magazine and was very pleased that they were willing to do a full reno in addition to styling i.e. concept to completion of my dated HDB flat. They were professional, understanding and had lots of patience with my zillion questions. The result was gorgeous! They created a beautiful sanctuary for my family and we are very happy.

I found Caroline and Jeannette online whilst looking at pictures of Black and White houses and liked the way they had done up a place in Adam Park. I was moving to Singapore and was looking for a turn key service with decorating my house given my busy travel schedule and workload. They were very enthusiastic with the project and were able to blend my antique pieces into the scheme. I did the house in two stages, with the bedrooms and upstairs living area to be done first and the living spaces on the ground floor to be done as a second phase (mainly so I could move in ASAP). They came up with a deck of options for each room, marrying my pieces in with various suggested items of new furniture. They gave me lots of choices within various budget ranges which included links to the websites of the various furniture and furnishing suppliers. They also have a wonderful range of commissioned furniture pieces and I ended up choosing some of these for the MBR and main living room. After choices were made for the main items and pieces ordered, there was an implementation day for each phase when I would be working on my lap top and then called to inspect each room as it was being fashioned for feedback on the design layout and to choose from the wide selection of carpets, lamp shades, mirrors and ornaments they had brought along on the day. They were very receptive to feedback along the way and checked in to make sure that I was happy with progress and the design specs. They also have a great network of suppliers (eg Sleep Naked for bedding) and trusted partners who can do paint jobs, curtains, framing, garden makeovers etc. The end result was fantastic and widely admired!