Kids-Happy!

By Zoya

Photography: Courtesy the designer

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Grabbing eyeballs, bright cubic blocks in colours of red, green, blue and yellow spell out ‘Kidzappy’, a salon for adults and kids in a prime Mumbai suburb.

Gilded Furniture - Maintenance

By Chirag Sharma

Photography: Courtesy World Wide Web

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If you happen to be the proud owner of a piece of gilded furniture, we bring you some useful spot pointers on the maintenance of this expensive and exclusive variety that beautifies your home…

Nameplates – Heralding your Home

By Chirag Sharma
Photography: Courtesy World Wide Web

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Your nameplate is the primary indicator that singularises your home, giving it its identity...

Enchanting Pastels

By Chirag Sharma

Photography: Courtesy World Wide Web

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As heat and humidity builds, ushering in warm sunny days, our lifestyles undergo nuanced changes – colour preferences being predominant. With colour as the ultimate mood maker, here are some handy tips to enchanting pastels in a chic ambience...

Buying the Right Furniture

By Chirag Sharma

Photography: Courtesy World Wide Web

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Experience the joy of buying new furniture – arm yourself with our useful tips…

Cosy Corners

By Chirag Sharma

Photography: Courtesy World Wide Web

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Cosy corners are soul-stirring little nothings that can enrich the emotional value of your home…

Highlight your Interiors

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Pre-Diwali Special

By Saket Sethi

Photography: World Wide Web

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Be bold this festive season. Celebrate with a twist. Bring home a “talking piece” that will leave your friends open-mouthed; and raise your self-esteem several notches higher...

Festive Styling

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Pre-Diwali Special

By Udita Chaturvedi

Photography: Courtesy Ashley Rebello & World Wide Web 

Celebrity Fashion Designer Ashley Rebello

What you wear on special occasions, such as festivals or family celebrations, is just as integral as the rituals and customs associated with the occasion itself… This festive season, Style Guru Ashley Rebello recommends…

This Diwali, Do-it-Yourself

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Pre-Diwali Special

By Udita Chaturvedi

Photography: Courtesy The Wishing Chair

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With Diwali just around the corner, we catch up with a home décor store to find out how you can brighten up your home this season in a most innovative, beautiful and easy DIY manner.

“Royalty in Simplicity”

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Pre-Diwali Special

By Team IAnD

Photography: Courtesy the experts

Image: Courtesy Superb Wallpapers

It is celebration time. You want your home to sparkle, look different, a show-stopper of sorts.  IAnD spoke to some experts from across the country to bring you myriad ideas of how you can achieve ‘royalty in simplicity’ and make your home a beautiful place to celebrate happiness.  

Style & Substance

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Pre-Diwali Special

By Marina Correa

Photography: Courtesy the architect

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“I would not exist if I wasn’t an architect,” is a dramatic statement that best describes Priyanka Pradeep, principal architect, PS Design. With design being intrinsic to her persona, she transforms ordinary spaces into plush environments through her keen sense of aesthetics and style...

Cultivate a sense of colour…

By Chirag Sharma

Photography: Courtesy World Wide Web

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Not all of us have an instinctual sense of combining or contrasting hues. Yet, we can cultivate a sense of colour…

Designing your home…

By Savitha Hira

Photography: Group Seven Architects

 

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A world of spaces – small and large characterises the designs of architect and designer Nitin Killawala. With unparalleled laurels over three-plus decades, he gives us a peep into his design concepts and invites you to nurture your imagination…

Magical Mirrors

By Chirag Sharma

Photography: Courtesy World Wide Web

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For that little extra – visual depth, illusion of space or the sheer joy of an aesthetic add-on, the gleam and splendor of a well-appointed mirror is often the perfect finishing touch in the eclectic enhancement of an interior space.…

Wondrous Black

By Chirag Sharma

Photography: Courtesy World Wide Web

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Black is a beautiful and naughty colour. Naughty, because it plays on your psyche in manners untold; manipulating both - your senses and your spaces...

Skateboarding India

By Udita Chaturvedi

Photography: Courtesy HolyStoked & Free Motion Sk8 

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The new dedicated skate parks in Delhi and Bangalore introduce sports enthusiasts to skateboarding - the new cool sport in India…

Guard against Over-decorating

By Chirag Sharma

Photography: Courtesy Word Wide Web

Chic & Understated

Have a spacious home and a restrict-me-not pocket? Well, here are some pertinent pointers to help you guard against over-decorating…

Smart Living in Small Homes

By Chirag Sharma

Photography: World Wide Web

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‘Minimize constraints and maximize functional aesthetics’ is the key to put your best foot forward even in a small space... 

Monsoon Care

By Chirag Sharma

Photography: World Wide Web

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We all love to possess great looking artifacts, paintings and sculptures to enhance the beauty of our homes. Here are some handy tips on their care during the monsoons…

Art n Artefacts – Colour Coded

By Chirag Sharma

Courtesy Pallate Design Studio

Need a fine piece of art? Let colour guide your selection…