Living/Dining Room
A drop-down dining counter is wall-mounted adjacent to the seating layout, affording the option of folding up to expand the living space. The counter is embedded into a Burma-teak-toned storage unit. Grey river-washed granite flooring, softly textured to be easy on both foot and paw, defines the living and dining areas.
Song of India or Dracaena reflexa A native of India, this ornamental evergreen houseplant does not demand much of your attention to thrive. Just keep the soil gently moist and provide indirect light for best results. Over its life, it will up your decor and eliminate formaldehyde and trichlorotoluene from the indoor air. There is so much this houseplant can do! Tip: If you observe the leaves wilting or dropping, the soil is likely to be the problem. If the soil is always wet, cut down your watering routine. If you haven’t watered for a long time, pour only till you have dampened the soil. Always go for well-draining pots to avoid root rot
Adjoining the living room is a wood-clad bar. Its shadow-box-like shutters play host to an array of collectible shot glasses. “As we journeyed with our clients, we discovered their penchant for travel. They had a family tradition of collecting shot glasses and artefacts from their travels all over the world,” notes Pandya-Choksi
Behind the bookshelves is the fourth bedroom, which has been converted into a media room. The warm wooden ceiling and a sectional sofa in deep red give an inviting, cosy ambience in this space
The living room opens to a passage that leads to the bedrooms. “This passage has floor-to-ceiling shelves. The unique position of this shelving is achieved by eliminating the partition wall between the media room and passage. This wooden shelving adds warmth to the passage and provides storage without eating into the square footage,” says Poonawala.
On the right side of the entrance lobby is the living room, flanked by the dining room, seen in the back here. A leather-clad partition demarcates the dining and seating areas. The living room gets a touch of glamour with marble flooring and a ceiling with rose metal accents. The tan leather Chesterfield sofas, stylish leather-clad partition and elemental chandelier imbue a sense of luxury.
The cabinets sitting above the pale-blue bar are fronted with fluted glass in a matching hue. The studio also created a nook (not seen) for the family’s three cats with a hidden litter box cabinet and added a perch wall above it so that the cats have their own little corner.
A minimalist four-seater dining ensemble is anchored with a large pendant light suspended over the table. Chairs upholstered in pale pink pair well with the pastel built-in bar cabinet at the far end of the dining room.
A sectional sofa works perfectly in maximising the space and helps to segregate the living and dining zones. The TV wall is clad in subtle stone-finish tiling that adds texture to the room, which is otherwise enclosed in plain white walls. Talking about the lighting, Yogesh explains, “We layered the lighting throughout the space with recessed ceiling lights, floor lamps, wall sconces and cove lighting.”
Straight ahead of the foyer lies the living room in complementing shades of warm wood and cool pale blues and greys. Colour introduced through cushions and accessories serves to perk up an overall neutral palette.
Accentuate with screens Screens help create a room within a room while adding to the aesthetic appeal. In this space, Moriq Interiors demarcates the dining space with wooden slatted screens, which let through light, views and foot traffic. The screens can be swivelled shut to segregate the dining completely when required. This is an ingenious wall partition design for the living room in an open-plan living space for the when you want a little bit of privacy for both dining area and the seating zone.
Your living room seating options don’t have to be limited to a classic arrangement of sofas and armchairs. Take a look around to see whether there are any unused corners of the room that could accommodate a seat. A bay window, for example, is the ideal spot for a bespoke bench. Alternatively, an alcove could provide a place to create a cosy reading nook, like the one here.
pots on top
We are proud of the custom-designed bar that is hand-crafted with over 250 pieces of a rare stone,” Vasi says. “Sourced from the finest quarry in Italy, the exotic blue Azul marble bar is unique in form, character and colour. Though designed as a standalone piece, this versatile piece can be dismantled and transforms into smaller components.”
The storage poses as a neat grid of wall panelling, seamlessly integrating storage cabinets for everything, ranging from glassware to bottles to books, and open niches for the artwork and electronics. The elegant, visually lightweight design packs lots of storage
Built-in storage is a clever way to stack more without feeling boxed in.
The kaleidoscopic wallpaper looks even more prominent against the white sectional, creating a candy-coloured scape
Doesn’t this wall make the space look like an art gallery?
A window to the world – it creates an indoor-outdoor effect and also looks like art on the wall.
A large window that stretches to accommodate the corridor, offers visual connection between the kitchen and the living room. A polished Burma-teak frame defines the window, extending outward to form a serving shelf at the bottom. Two parallel counters, with overhead storage units with lacquered glass and aluminium shutters, create a semi-open galley layout in the kitchen.
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