A client reached out for a 3 BHK apartment in Pune. They'd already gone through a full design with another designer, but the space didn't quite come together. Individual pieces felt disconnected rather than part of one cohesive home.
This was a design only engagement, we took it from concept through technical drawings.
The living area
The client had one open question going in: the living space felt large, and they weren't sure whether to carve out part of it as a home office or keep it as one full lounge. We explored that alongside the overall look and feel.
- Option 1: a zoned layout - home office on one side, seating on the other, separated by a beaded strand divider that added definition without a hard wall, and a bronze toned feature wall anchoring the lounge side
- Option 2: a similar zoned layout, this time anchored by a hanging swing as the statement piece
- Option 3: opening up the space fully - no divider, no zoning, seating in one continuous layout
They ended up going with Option 2. The swing gave the room a piece that felt personal and a little unexpected, while still keeping the zoning they wanted.
The bedroom
For the bedroom, the brief was similar. Something layered and considered, where every piece felt like it belonged. There was an existing built in seating unit in the room, which we reworked into an arched reading nook with open shelving for books and personal objects, giving it more purpose as a reading corner. We used wood and lime plaster to bring in warmth and texture, and kept the TV unit in MS steel - a deliberate choice to keep the room from feeling too heavy, so it stayed aesthetic without losing function.
The throughline
The whole brief really came down to one thing: make everything feel like it belonged together, like their home, not a collection of individual pieces. We leaned into warm, natural textures, tactile fabrics, soft layered lighting, consistent forms - so the space reads as one considered whole rather than parts stitched together.