This 3200sf apartment at Colaba, Mumbai was designed for a couple and
their daughter. The project involved using the client’s ancestral carved furniture.
The small foyer area walls were painted in red to complement the hand painted chair and pedestal table. The client’s considerable collection of artwork catches the eye from here throughout the house.
Wooden French windows separate the veranda from the
living and dining area creating a casual breakfast and lounging area. To
emphasize the open balcony with stunning sea views, the flooring had to be
different from the rest of the house. Bharat flooring cement printed tiles fit
the bill perfectly: we could customise the traditional patterns and give it a
contemporary twist. Likewise, the breakfast table was an antique wooden piece
which we dramatized with a colourful Gaudi mosaic pattern
hand-painted by our design team.
The living area has large seating areas in the form
of l shaped sofas, wing chairs, an ottoman and armchairs as the clients
entertain frequently. This area also incorporates a custom designed bar and tv
unit as per the clients requirements. The main decorative light is sourced from
an Italian company, very modern, as a foil to the dining area chandelier.
The focal point of the dining area is their
existing chandelier which is complemented with a layered panel showcasing an
antique bronze statue of Parvati.
The master bedroom was designed in a sober colour
scheme and to complement the carved furniture, raw bamboo wallcover was used to
clad the full length wardrobe shutters.
The large ensuite bathroom was designed in muted
tones of grey and white Spanish ceramic tiles of different sizes.
The daughter’s bedroom was more animated with the
focal point being her customised bookshelf, again hand painted by our team.
Contrasting colours in the wallcover were used for her shutters.
The theme of bright colours and patchwork prints is
carried forward into her bathroom design on the tiles. This area also
incorporates a large dressing table with exposed filament light bulbs.
The guest bedroom is a blend of the existing recut
carved furniture and bright shades of pinks and oranges to lift up the dark
wooden tones.
The guest bathroom was finished in budgeted printed
ceramic tiles alternated with plain tiles as a backdrop for the handmade copper
basin.
The kitchen palette is a mix of printed ceramic tiles balanced
with printed and solid laminates on the shutters. Since the kitchen layout was
long and narrow, the flooring was designed in horizontal bands to visually
increase the width of the kitchen.
As we wanted to maintain the original
overall old school design for the interior architectural elements, we decided
to retain the wooden window frames and doors but reworked on the polish of the
same. A lot of the existing antique furniture was finished in cream paint which
we completely scraped off to get the natural wooden colours. We later played
around with the different finishes possible… from an antique distressed wooden
finished to a matt dark polish or colourful paints!
For the main flooring throughout the house we opted for ceramic tiles due to the budget constraint. The daughter’s bedroom was finished in wooden laminate as that was her personal choice.
To emphasize the open balcony with stunning sea views, the flooring here had to be different from the rest of the house. Bharat flooring tiles fit the bill perfectly: we could customise the traditional patterns and give it a contemporary twist.
We chose a monochromatic grey from the Heritage Pattern 3 colours series because of its versatility. Both the muted colours and the assorted patterns, provided the perfect foil for the vibrant painted table and snuggle bed fabrics.
Similar patterns were stencilled and hand-painted by us on the antique
breakfast unit in greys and whites to complement the floor tiles and
give the space a signature look.
The client already had an artwork collection which she had built up over the years
which included paintings by Atul Dodiya, Anjana Mehra, Krishen Khanna and many
more. As per the wall sizes and the colour palatte of each area, we selected
which art pieces worked and hung them up on the walls accordingly. In addition
to this, we also had our in house artist, Madhavi Mehta, transform some of the
antique furniture pieces by painting on them.
For example, the breakfast table was an antique wooden piece which we dramatized
with a colourful hand-painted Gaudi mosaic pattern. The foyer area
had an ornately carved chair which we spray painted electric blue. To match the
chair, we chose the client’s antique pedestal table and painted it in bright
colours and patterns to add a funky look for the entrance area.