3 BHK · Urban Loft · Bachupally, Hyderabad · 3200 sq ft · 112 days · Budget 25L
Warm neutrals and walnut veneer carried through every room, lifted by concealed light at every edge - under beds, behind shelves, along counters. Curved forms, reeded glass partitions and quiet devotional corners give a modern apartment an unmistakably Indian warmth.
The brief was a home that felt calm and lived-in rather than showroom-new. We held the base to a small set of materials - walnut-toned veneer, off-white laminate and warm ivory walls - and repeated them room to room so the whole apartment reads as one piece. Storage is built to disappear: full-height wardrobes, floating consoles and panelled walls that double as cabinets. Against that steady backdrop, each space is given its own accent colour and its own layer of warm lighting.
A single apartment had to hold several very different people. The family wanted shared spaces that felt warm and grounded, a couple of bedrooms with their own personality, devotional corners that were genuinely usable rather than decorative, and enough hidden storage to keep daily clutter out of sight - all without the home feeling like a set of unrelated rooms stitched together.
We kept the shell consistent and let each room earn its own character through colour and light.
One warm base, repeated. Walnut veneer, off-white laminate and ivory walls run through the living, dining, kitchen and passages, so moving between rooms feels continuous rather than jumpy.
Light as a material. Almost every edge in the home is lit. Cove lighting frames the ceilings, LED strips sit under the platform bed and glow from behind display shelves, and the kitchen is traced with light along both the wall cabinets and the floor line. The effect is a home that stays soft and warm after dark without relying on bright overhead fixtures.
Curves against the grid. Rounded-corner windows, a curved two-tone sofa, a softly radiused TV panel and reeded-glass screens keep the contemporary layout from feeling boxy.
Devotion, built in. A reeded-glass pooja unit with brass bells and an Om-motif back panel, a Krishna idol in the sitting area and a backlit deity-face sculpture on a textured dining wall bring in tradition as considered inserts, not afterthoughts.
A colour per room. The shared spaces stay neutral; the bedrooms each take a lead - teal in one, rust-orange and charcoal in another - so every person's room feels distinct while the material palette holds it all together.
We're really happy with how our home turned out. The team understood what we wanted, kept everything warm and practical, and paid attention to the small details. Living here feels calm and easy now.
Mr. & Mrs. Karunakar