Running the Farfetch of homeware is her goal. Her family’s Hong Kong apartment is a showcase for her eclectic tastes
- Homeware entrepreneur Jennifer Margolin’s 2,630 sq ft rental apartment in Mid-Levels shows her love for interior design and entertaining
- A mix of repurposed and custom-made furniture, with a big variety of decorative features, the four-bedroom flat is warm, welcoming and calming
American-born Jennifer Margolin had just completed the finishing touches on her apartment in Old Peak Road, Hong Kong, when she was notified that complex-wide renovations were imminent.
Although she and her family initially thought they could stick it out, constant jackhammering for months on end eventually defeated them and Margolin, her husband, Andrew (a financial services executive), and their now 14-year-old daughter, Madison, decided their only option was to move.
The silver lining to this particular cloud was finding the 2,630 sq ft (244 square metre) Mid-Levels apartment they currently call home, a rental treasure in an almost wholly owner-occupied block.
“We really lucked out,” says Margolin, founder and CEO of high-end floristry and gift delivery business Bydeau. “This apartment is open and bright, with wonderful high ceilings and crown mouldings – and our landlord has been amazing.
“He repainted all the rooms in the colours we chose before we moved in, in October 2021, and let us install our own lights. It is the first place that we’ve been able to hang our bedside lamps, properly wired in, since we arrived in Hong Kong nine years ago.”
Rather than being restricted by the limitations of a rental property, Margolin got creative with it to achieve a warm, welcoming and calming home that worked for her family’s lifestyle.
