{"id":135783,"date":"2025-11-12T14:09:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-12T14:09:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/135783\/"},"modified":"2025-11-12T14:09:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T14:09:09","slug":"why-maxi-lim-decided-to-go-into-interior-designing-and-how-his-own-80k-home-reno-3-years-ago-played-a-part-in-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/135783\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Maxi Lim Decided To Go Into Interior Designing, And How His Own $80K Home Reno 3 Years Ago Played A Part In It"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ah Boys To Men Star Maxi Lim<\/a>, 38, wears many hats. He\u2019s a dad, an actor, a martial artist, and now, an interior designer, having started his own studio, Maximo, earlier this year.\u00a0<\/p>\n

He takes host Hazelle Teo<\/a> on a tour of his four-room HDB flat in the latest episode of Kaypoh Room Tours<\/a>, where his interests and lifestyle are all reflected in the 1,100 sq ft space.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Maxi first moved into the flat in 2022<\/a>, with his ex-wife influencer Liz Teo and their son, Reign, who is now five. The pair announced their split<\/a> in 2024, and though they are now co-parenting their little one, the house has turned into Maxi\u2019s bachelor pad of sorts.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Maxi bought the unit for over S$300,000, and spent around S$80,000 to renovate the space into a \u201cretro industrial\u201d theme, with a hint of \u201ccolonial vibes\u201d.\u00a0<\/p>\n

One of Maxi\u2019s favourite items in his house is a vinyl player which he houses in his study area. \u201cI think when it comes to renovating your own home, it needs to reflect the personality of the owner,\u201d he says, adding that he likes to listen to jazz music from the 1940s to 1960s.\u00a0<\/p>\n

His favourite corner of the house \u2014 a service-yard-turned-balcony, which he enters through the kitchen \u2014 is also reflective of Maxi\u2019s daily lifestyle.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is the first place I come when I wake up to have a drink of coffee. It also has a great unblocked view and I get to see a lot of greenery. So I spend a lot of my alone time here,\u201d says Maxi, who hosts guests in the spot too.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Personal vibes aside, Maxi also has an important tip for home owners looking to start their renovation journey.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cPlease plan your house in a way whereby you don\u2019t really have to do a lot of housework. Housework sucks. That’s why I chose cement screed with epoxy for my floor. My house kind of looks already dirty and aged, so even if it\u2019s dirty, even if my son scribbles on the wall, it\u2019s part of the feel of the home already,\u201d he explains.\u00a0<\/p>\n

He stores plenty of his son\u2019s toys in a storage area underneath his bed, keeping the mess out of sight. \u201cI keep the majority of his toys here, so when he\u2019s bored, I\u2019ll just pick up a new toy,\u201d he adds.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ah Boys To Men Star Maxi Lim, 38, wears many hats. He\u2019s a dad, an actor, a martial…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":135784,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[78743,307,304,305,306,308,93,78744,61,49560,60,78741,78742],"class_list":{"0":"post-135783","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arts-and-design","8":"tag-ah-boys-to-men","9":"tag-arts","10":"tag-arts-and-design","11":"tag-artsanddesign","12":"tag-artsdesign","13":"tag-design","14":"tag-entertainment","15":"tag-house-renovation","16":"tag-ie","17":"tag-interior-designer","18":"tag-ireland","19":"tag-kaypoh-room-tours","20":"tag-maxi-lim"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135783","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=135783"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135783\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/135784"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=135783"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=135783"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=135783"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}