Mornings, Natural Inspiration, Interiors
No two mornings are the same, even here in the Himalayas where nothing seems to happen & where one day merges seamlessly into another. The day starts with a walk leading to explorations and forest...
Natural Living
Lessons in simplicity: Sohra
Quietly he lives, quietly he dies, Amidst the wilderness -The Green Grass, U Soso Tham WRITTEN BY SUGANDHA DAS AND SHIVANI DOGRA. Smaller places with slower paces seem to disappear into the rural fog that occupies them in India....
Tea & A Delhi Winter
In the Northern Indian plains, winter is the change we seek from the harsh winds of summer— the sultry breeze giving way to a frost-reminiscent lull in the air, the stark blue skies almost white from...
A Home In Delhi
We are SO excited to have found a place on Design Sponge again! Featured is a space where the clients’ requirements and our design met halfway for a success project. As a designer, I've met a number of...
Decorating with Dried Plants
Before Delhi lost many of it's older homes with gardens in the front and back to the 'modern' wall to wall structures of the contemporary builder who cemented fertile land, people grew fruits and vegetables...
Comfort green– the colour of calm
Since antiquity, green, in its myriad hues found in the outdoors, has soothed, exhilarated, calmed and excited human senses. From zestier shades of citrus green to more serious olives and soft fern inspired tints-- there's a...
Ziro
It takes five hours to reach Ziro from Itanagar, the capital of Arunachal Pradesh. The calm, stillness of the valley after being shaken in a loud, reverberating diesel vehicle was particularly striking as we descended...
Monsoon Moodboard
Intermittent rain has brought down temperatures, and Delhi looks like it’s had a 'somewhat' good wash. With the dust of summer cleaned off foliage, the greens looks brighter and more dense. So dense and so...
Summer Moodboard
Summer in Delhi is best escaped. If you can't get away though, joy must be found where you are, which in our case is in the vicinity of the studio. Shades of ochre, mustard, pink,...
Botanical Inspiration.
To find botanical inspiration in the chaos of an Indian metropolis can be a challenge but not impossible. It can also be surprisingly satisfying, as some discoveries are unexpected. These 'discoveries', spotted sometimes in the...
First Steps
This was the space that started it all-- a rented studio apartment in New Delhi. With a budget of Rs 20,000, I took it from a set of rooms that were just about inhabitable to...