The structure of the home, or on this case, an inventive inside, is typically known as the third pores and skin. Every layer – from flesh to vogue to facade – is ultimately an expression of the one that inhabits it. For the residence of Sen in Mumbai, India is a very immersive household expertise designed by the Kantawala cow of her homonymous apply Saniya Kantawala Designs (SKD). Playfully gilded, the design is a particular reflection of Shubhra Sen, an acclaimed jewelery designer from Dubai and mom of Bollywood's Sushmita Sen.
The sprawling 7,500-square-foot, two-story penthouse options 4 bedrooms, 5 loos, frequent areas engaged in a richly layered, voluminous open plan and an extended central column created by opening up the principle space to intensify spaciousness. The lounge, kitchen and two bedrooms are on the decrease degree, whereas the higher degree has a lounge and two extra bedrooms. To the left of the principle entrance is the kitchen camouflaged with a lattice wall, which expands the house into the lounge and makes room for the eating desk. And to the best of the principle gathering space is a balcony that runs the size of the condo. Particularly, every house reads as a chapter in a bigger design narrative consultant of the household. The bedrooms, specifically, communicate a language of consolation and aesthetic finesse, designed to emulate the needs and wishes of the occupants whereas harmonizing with the inside scheme.
“If we have been to check metallic accents to a specific accent, they might embody the essence of a timeless timepiece,” says Kantawala. “Simply as a watch completely combines performance with magnificence, the metallic accents within the penthouse strike an ideal stability between practicality and luxurious. They function delicate but hanging ornaments, elevating the general aesthetic of the house with their understated opulence.”
The son's and granddaughter's bedrooms on the principle flooring are conceptualized as non-public boudoirs. Drenched in muted tones, a scalloped paneled wall supplies a backdrop for the mattress with a hidden walk-in closet within the son's house, whereas the point of interest of the granddaughter's bed room is a customized mural that symbolizes transformation. The en-suite toilet options meticulously crafted terrazzo and stone – every triangular tile has been reduce and plastered by hand to create an natural sample.
A discreet carry brings guests to the higher degree lounge space, wearing vibrant shades of brown and pink, in playful distinction to the remainder of the house's impartial and ambient colour palette. Quietly making its presence recognized is a small mandir with folding shutters and lotus motifs reworking the unassuming nook right into a religious sanctuary. This flooring is dwelling to a visitor bed room with a impartial colour scheme, checkerboard and sage flooring and subdued lighting fixtures. The main bedroom is a swish answer that mixes magnificence and performance. Female touches grace the house in components akin to a mural-wrapped column, customized French panels resulting in a wonderful walk-in closet, and pink marble with a fluted tile wall within the en-suite toilet.
The design vocabulary is greatest expressed, nevertheless, within the open dwelling areas. Type, operate and luxurious conspire to create a private and cozy retreat for its multi-generational owners – linking all the person vignettes. Made double-height, free of columns and flooded with pure mild, this inside house is enhanced in collaboration with Ugo Idea Studio, as the peerlessly built-in cupboard space is hidden by a grid of cupboards adorned with metallic inlays. These components give the residence sophistication and glamor harking back to superb jewellery with out being ostentatious.
Picture by Aspire Studios.