Flexibility and versatility are the two main components in designing for small spaces. Decorating your living room does not just mean to place some formal sofas but to decorate it in such a style that it gives the look of an entertainment hub. You need to decide on having the right furniture at the right place like nightstand, coffee-end table, benches, bookshelf, rugs and carpets as well as the decorative craft items. (more…)
Over the last decades, designers in India have shown themselves to be a confused lot, if only because they haven’t been to handle international and Indian influences simultaneously.
Where traditional havelis have replaced the low-seating in the baithak with incongruous imported sofas, apartments in cities have attempted to play the ethnic card with ludicrous results.
India’s great tradition in crafts was never intended for urban homes, and though a few designers have been able to carry it off with panache – Romi Chopra, for instance – most times the interface between cultures simply ended up in a mess. (more…)
