Forget the stereotypical bachelor pad of yesteryears where Kenyan men would live in tiny, hidden houses, mostly in domestic servant quarters (DSQs), with mismatched furniture, scattered laundry, and dirty utensils.
A growing number of Kenyan bachelors are now elevating their houses into “boy apartments,” a new term for carefully furnished homes with potted plants, elegant furnishings, neatly made beds with four throw pillows and eucalyptus-scented candles or humidifiers.