Do you ever feel that way, that the walls of your room are closing in on you? Here in India, in these crowded cities, space is hard to come by. To make your bedroom a quiet place, a place that feels big, that can seem impossible. But a small room doesn’t mean you have to give up on how it looks, o...

Imagine this: You’re trying to have a conversation over breakfast, but the clatter of dishes, the roar of the exhaust fan, and the blender’s whir create a cacophony that makes it near impossible. Or perhaps you love cooking but dread the echo that amplifies every pot lid drop. If your kitchen fe...

One must pause to consider how a small, simple object can change the entire feeling of a place where you live. Think about the handle on a wardrobe. It is a little thing, yet the difference it makes is very large. It is what you touch, the connection between your hand and the space where your things...

Have you ever stood in your bedroom and felt that something was just… missing? The walls are painted in your favourite shade, the bed is a haven of comfort, but the room still lacks a soul. More often than not, the culprit is the one piece of furniture we treat as a purely functional box: the ward...

A kitchen is for cooking. That is its first purpose. But it must also be a room where a person can live, and move, and find some peace. You do not need to tear your house down to make such a place. You must, instead, look closely at the things you have taken for granted. Look at your cabinets. Lo...

One comes into a room at the end of a long day, and one looks for a certain kind of quiet. A place where things are in order. You look at the wardrobe, the closet, the place where you keep your things. You must ask yourself if it is an honest piece of furniture. Does it do its job, or does it onl...