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    Design Inspiration: Our Most Pinned Images From Oct 2020

    Design Inspiration - Our Most Pinned Images From Oct 2020

    Hi, and welcome back to another edition of our Pinterest chart toppers, our most pinned images from Oct 2020.

    Rittika November 3, 2020June 7, 2021 Home Interiors, Tips, Trends & DIY No Comments Read more

    21 Stylish Ways To Lay Subway Tiles

    21 Stylish Ways To Lay Subway Tiles

    Subway tiles were originally white, rectangular, ceramic tiles first used in New York City’s subways. For this post today, though, I am not sticking to that description. You can use the ideas and tips listed below for any rectangular tile,

    Rittika October 27, 2020October 26, 2020 Bathrooms, Home Interiors, Kitchens, Tips, Trends & DIY 6 Comments Read more

    13 Exciting Ways To Use Wallpaper

    13 Exciting Ways To Use Wallpaper

    This week, we installed all the wallpapers in a residential project we’ve almost completed. It was SO exciting, especially because in just a few hours the home was transformed so beautifully and all the spaces started coming to life. You

    Rittika October 20, 2020October 20, 2020 Home Interiors, Tips, Trends & DIY 2 Comments Read more

    Rug Roundup – Our Favourites From Last Year

    Rug Roundup 2020

    By now you know how much I love my rugs. And I get so, so many questions from so many of you asking me where I source all those pretty rugs from. So I was a little surprised at myself

    Rittika October 13, 2020May 28, 2021 Accessories, Home Interiors, Shopping Hotspots 6 Comments Read more

    9 Basic Steps To Starting Your Interior Design Business

    9 Basic Steps To Start Your Interior Design Business

    The most common DMs I get on my social media channels go something like this. “I am a banker / dentist / work in an MNC, but interior design is my passion. How do I get started?” Or, “I have

    Rittika October 6, 2020October 6, 2020 A Little Bit of Me, Home Interiors, Tips, Trends & DIY 7 Comments Read more

    How I Choose Curtains

    How I Choose Curtains

    The maximum number of requests I have ever got for a post on any topic is this one. How to choose curtains. Usually I might have list down a set of rules to follow. But I’ve realised that I don’t

    Rittika September 29, 2020May 28, 2021 Home Interiors, Tips, Trends & DIY 16 Comments Read more

    How To Decorate Your Rental On A Budget

    How To Decorate A Rental On A Budget

    I’m back with another request post today, ‘How To Decorate Your Rental On A Budget’. Having a beautiful home has always been important. Yet, for many people, (think single people or young couples who work 16 hour days) home has

    Rittika September 22, 2020May 28, 2021 Home Interiors, Tips, Trends & DIY 4 Comments Read more

    Moroccan Bedroom – 3 Ways

    Moroccan Bedroom - 3 Ways

    I’m back with another mood-board-cum-shopping post, and this time we’re designing a Moroccan bedroom.

    Rittika September 8, 2020September 7, 2020 Accessories, Affordable Art, Bedrooms, Furniture, Home Interiors, Shopping Hotspots 4 Comments Read more

    15 Wonderful Wicker Decor Ideas

    15 Wonderful Wicker Decor Ideas

    I am going to start this post on wicker decor ideas right at the beginning, with the most basic question. What is wicker? How many of you have wondered whether the terms wicker, rattan and cane all mean the same

    Rittika August 25, 2020August 25, 2020 Home Interiors, Tips, Trends & DIY 6 Comments Read more

    Lighting Roundup – Our Favourites From Last Year

    Lighting Round Up - Our Favourites From Last Year

    Lighting plays a huge role in the ambience of any space, and getting the lights right can go a long way towards making your room spectacular. Today, we bring to you all the lights we’ve used in our projects over

    Rittika August 18, 2020October 19, 2020 Accessories, Home Interiors, Shopping Hotspots, Tips, Trends & DIY No Comments Read more
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    An #ARIYONAbeforeafter from this dining area. (Swi An #ARIYONAbeforeafter from this dining area. (Swipe 👈🏻 for before)

From six chairs around a rectangular table to a cosy dining nook built for lingering. The biggest change here wasn’t just the furniture—it was the way the space is used.

Before:
• A conventional dining setup taking up most of the room

After:
• A custom banquette that comfortably seats more people
• A round table that makes conversations flow better
• Soft blush walls that bring warmth to the space
• A flock of brass birds adding a playful touch overhead

The result? A dining corner that feels more like everyone’s favourite seat in the house.

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Photography: @bizou.photos 
#ARIYONA_Mio #ARIYONAdining #beforeafter
    The brick wall is the star of this balcony. By da The brick wall is the star of this balcony.

By day, it brings warmth and texture.

By evening, the spotlights take over—washing the surface with light and revealing every ridge, groove, and imperfection that makes brick so beautiful.

Add a pair of woven pendants casting their own patterns, and this little corner transforms completely after sunset.

Proof that good materials get even better with good lighting.

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#AI_Phoenix #ARIYONAbalcony
    Here’s an #ARIYONAbeforeafter from this living roo Here’s an #ARIYONAbeforeafter from this living room. (Swipe 👈🏻 for before)

We flipped the sofa to the opposite wall—and the entire space started working differently.

Before:
• The seating interrupted the flow between living and dining

After:
• A clearer pathway through the home
• Better visual connection between living and dining
• A dedicated TV wall with layered artwork and styling
• Space for a decorative partition that gently defines zones without closing them off

One furniture move.
A completely different experience of the room.

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Photography: @bizou.photos 
#AI_Kai #ARIYONAliving #beforeafter
    Dining lights have a tough job. They need to make Dining lights have a tough job.

They need to make the food look good, the table feel inviting, and somehow avoid becoming the only thing anyone notices.

A few things we look for:

• The right scale for the table
• Light that feels warm, not interrogation-room bright
• A shape that adds personality without stealing the show
• Something worth looking at even when it’s switched off

These are our favourites. Which one is yours?

Photography: @bizou.photos 
#ARIYONAroundup #ARIYONAdining
    An #ARIYONAbeforeafter from this boy’s bedroom. (S An #ARIYONAbeforeafter from this boy’s bedroom. (Swipe left for before)

The biggest change here? We flipped the bed placement entirely.

Before:
• the bed blocked movement and made the room feel tighter
• bulky furniture + dark curtains made the space feel heavier than it was

After:
• the new bed position opened up the layout
• a full-height wardrobe streamlined the storage
• soft neutrals + layered textures made the room feel calmer and brighter
• wall lights freed up bedside space and added a boutique-hotel vibe

Sometimes the smartest design move isn’t adding more.
It’s simply rethinking the plan.

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Photography: @bizou.photos 
#AI_Shway #ARIYONAkids
    A dressing corner designed for a teenager who want A dressing corner designed for a teenager who wanted her room to feel soft, calm, and just a little bit Pinterest-worthy 💗

This nook was designed to do a little bit of everything:
• dressing table + window seat
• soft curves to keep the space feeling playful
• an arched mirror to visually open up the corner
• warm lighting that feels dreamy at night
• and layered blush tones because apparently “just one pink” was not enough 😄

Swipe 👈🏻 for the full setup and those floating butterfly lights quietly stealing the show.

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#AI_Shway #ARIYONAkids
    Headboards are basically the eyebrows of a bedroom Headboards are basically the eyebrows of a bedroom. 

They do three main jobs:

• Stop pillows from escaping
• Give you something to lean on during late-night scrolling
• Make the bed look far more put together than it probably is

From upholstered panels to warm wood details and everything in between, headboards quietly set the tone for the entire room.

These are our favourites. Which one is yours?

Photography: @bizou.photos 
#ARIYONAroundup #ARIYONAbedroom
    Soft neutrals, layered textures, and one chair tha Soft neutrals, layered textures, and one chair that quietly steals the spotlight 🤍

This living room was designed to feel calm without feeling flat:
• textural fabrics instead of loud contrasts
• curved seating to soften all the straight architectural lines
• sheer curtains that let the daylight do most of the work
• warm wood tones to balance the creamy palette
• and subtle patterns that reveal themselves slowly

Swipe 👈🏻 for a closer look at our favourite reading corner in the house.

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Photography: @bizou.photos 
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