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    How to Make Pretty Girly Rooms That Are Not Pink

    How to Make Pretty Girly Rooms That Are Not Pink

    Have you searched Google for ‘girly rooms’ lately? This is what you get…

    Rittika March 21, 2017August 19, 2018 Bedrooms, Home Interiors, Tips, Trends & DIY 14 Comments Read more

    Colourful Home Decor: Colour Magic for Your Room

    Colourful Home Decor

    It’s late evening on Holi as I sit at my computer and start punching the letters on my keyboard. Did you too spend most of the day covered from head to toe in every possible colour? Dancing to the beat of

    Rittika March 13, 2017December 20, 2019 Accessories, Festival & Party Decor, Furniture, Home Interiors, Shopping Hotspots, Tips, Trends & DIY 12 Comments Read more

    3 Things You Need to Know to Make Your Home Lighting Design

    3 Things You Need to Know to Make Your Home Lighting Design

    Lighting up your home is no longer about putting bulbs on the ceiling and making sure there is enough light in your room. Making sure you can see in the dark is only 1 purpose of putting in lights in

    Rittika February 27, 2017August 19, 2018 Home Interiors, Tips, Trends & DIY 8 Comments Read more

    The Big Excitement of Fabulous Fabric Selection

    The Big Excitement of Fabulous Fabric Selection

    Project Comeback is now nearing completion. This means the home is almost functional and we now need to dress it up.

    Rittika February 21, 2017September 12, 2018 Bedrooms, Home Interiors, Home Office, Living & Dining, Project Comeback, Projects 13 Comments Read more

    Project Comeback Update: The Beginning of the End

    Project Comeback Update

    The work has been progressing slowly and surely, and it’s time for another Project Comeback update. The ‘functional’ furniture is done and ready. Now we’re working on the aesthetics of the home. This is the fun part where we put in the decorative

    Rittika January 16, 2017January 16, 2017 Bedrooms, Home Interiors, Home Office, Living & Dining, Project Comeback, Projects 6 Comments Read more

    Terrace Design: A ‘Garden’ for Project Comeback

    Terrace Design: A ‘Garden’ for Project Comeback

    My most favourite space of Project Comeback is its terrace. I have really enjoyed working on the terrace design and am bursting with new ideas which I’m really excited to be sharing with you!

    Rittika December 9, 2016February 20, 2018 Balconies & Terraces, Home Interiors, Project Comeback, Projects 4 Comments Read more

    How To Make a Mood Board to Style Your Room

    How To Make a Mood Board to Style Your Room

    Hi all! Working on all those restyling options in the  last post was great fun. I worked on 3 different schemes for a single room, and I usually use a very simple tool to help me do this. I make a mood

    Rittika November 28, 2016August 6, 2018 Home Interiors, Tips, Trends & DIY No Comments Read more

    1 Room 3 Ways: Styling Your Room

    1 Room 3 Ways: Styling Your Room

    The Discussion: This post, designing 1 room 3 ways, was inspired by a friend. The other day, she was talking to me about this blog. She said she loves the posts which discuss finishes and mood boards. She said reading the posts tempts

    Rittika November 18, 2016August 19, 2018 Bedrooms, Home Interiors 5 Comments Read more

    Foyer Design: Getting a First ‘Wow’!

    Foyer Design: Getting a First ‘Wow’!

    We have given a lot of thought to the foyer design of Project Comeback. The foyer or the entryway is the first thing guests see when they enter the home, and also the last as they say their goodbyes. We want

    Rittika November 9, 2016April 10, 2017 Foyers & Entryways, Home Interiors, Project Comeback, Projects No Comments Read more

    Furniture Shopping in Delhi for Project Comeback

    Furniture Shopping in Delhi for Project Comeback

    Diwali is around the corner. It’s time to clean, spruce up and possibly add a little something to give our homes a new look! Most shops and stores are showing off their latest designs and offering great deals.

    Rittika October 31, 2016October 31, 2016 Furniture, Home Interiors, Project Comeback, Projects, Shopping Hotspots 12 Comments Read more
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    Blue is the overachiever of the colour world.💙 It Blue is the overachiever of the colour world.💙

It can be calm in a bedroom, sophisticated in a dining room, dramatic in a bar, and fresh in a kitchen—all without changing its name.

Maybe that’s why we keep coming back to it.

These are our favourite blue spaces. Which one is yours?

Photography: @bizou.photos
#ARIYONAroundup
    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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#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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#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 
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    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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    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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    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?

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