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    Adding A Dishwasher To My Kitchen

    Adding A Dishwasher To My Kitchen

    During the lockdown, the most yearned for gadget (if you didn’t have one) and the most treasured gadget (if you did), has been the dishwasher. Our home fell into the first category. When we originally made our kitchen, I was

    Rittika November 10, 2020November 6, 2020 A Little Bit of Me, Kitchens, Project Comeback, Projects 15 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

    8 Blogging Tips I Have Learnt From Experience

    8 Blogging Tips I Have Learnt From Experience

    Let me start out my saying that I am not a professional blogger. I am an interior designer by learning, practice, passion and profession. Yet here I am today, writing a post on blogging tips. Actually, that sentence should read

    Rittika September 15, 2020September 15, 2020 A Little Bit of Me, Tips, Trends & DIY 8 Comments Read more

    Easy DIY Wall Mural Ideas

    Easy DIY Wall Mural Ideas

    This post today is a little self indulgent. I started my research for easy DIY wall mural ideas for myself, because I decided to paint a wall in my home. But let me start from the beginning.

    Rittika May 26, 2020July 16, 2021 A Little Bit of Me, Home Interiors, Tips, Trends & DIY 4 Comments Read more

    Living Room Refresh With Magnolia Furniture Store

    Magnolia Furniture Store

    I have visited the Magnolia furniture store online many a times. And I have loved almost every piece of furniture I’ve seen there every single time. So a chance to refresh my own living room using any furniture I liked

    Rittika February 18, 2020February 17, 2020 A Little Bit of Me, Accessories, Furniture, Home Interiors, Living & Dining, Shopping Hotspots 5 Comments Read more

    Diwali Decor Shoot – Behind The Scenes

    Diwali Decor Shoot - Behind The Scenes - featured

    It all started with a short message from Ridhi Kale asking if I wanted to do a Diwali decor feature for India Today Home. A message like that makes you stop, and then stop again. India Today Home? Did I

    Rittika October 29, 2019November 1, 2020 A Little Bit of Me, Festival & Party Decor, Foyers & Entryways, Home Interiors, Living & Dining, Tips, Trends & DIY 6 Comments Read more

    Decor Inspiration All Around On #RittikaLookAtThis

    Decor Inspiration All Around On #RittikaLookAtThis

    I launched the hashtag #RittikaLookAtThis more than a year back on Instagram. It was the easiest way I could think of for all of you to be able to share your images directly with me. At that time I asked

    Rittika June 18, 2019June 17, 2019 A Little Bit of Me, Home Interiors, Tips, Trends & DIY No Comments Read more

    Photo Journal Of An Incredible Greece Holiday

    Photo Journal Of An Incredible Greece Holiday

    An incredible Greece holiday comes to an end and though I’ve jumped right back in to work I can still see the blue skies, breathe in the fresh air and taste the fresh greens. (What has truly brought me back

    Rittika June 4, 2019June 4, 2019 A Little Bit of Me 10 Comments Read more

    52 Winning Pics of #MyDesiSwag 2018

    52 Winning Pics of #MyDesiSwag 2018

    When we started this hashtag party on Instagram last year, little did Preethi or me know how many hearts it would touch. 52 weeks later, we have over 21k shares on this hashtag, hundreds of participants every week and many

    Rittika January 15, 2019July 10, 2020 A Little Bit of Me, Home Interiors, Tips, Trends & DIY 10 Comments Read more

    My Home: Decorating For Christmas

    My Home - Decorating for Christmas

    I almost didn’t decorate for Christmas this year, because we’re not going to be home Christmas week. We will be away on vacation, so I thought there’s just no point getting into all that. But then social media happened to

    Rittika December 11, 2018December 13, 2018 A Little Bit of Me, Festival & Party Decor, Home Interiors, Living & Dining, Tips, Trends & DIY 6 Comments Read more
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    Kitchen lighting gets treated like a practical aft Kitchen lighting gets treated like a practical afterthought far too often.

We don’t do that. ✨

Because the right lighting can take a kitchen from nice to quite the looker.

Here, we layered the lighting rather than relying on one ceiling light:

• Under-cabinet lighting — because chopping onions deserves good lighting too.
• Plinth lighting — a soft glow that makes the cabinetry feel lighter and adds a little drama after dark.
• Ceiling lights — for the overall illumination when you actually need to see what you’re doing.

The result?
A kitchen that works hard by day and knows how to dress up by night.

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Photography: @bizou.photos 
#ARIYONA_Vrindavan #ARIYONAkitchen
    One room, two jobs, and a pretty lovely view! 🤎 T One room, two jobs, and a pretty lovely view! 🤎

This little study at Vahaal doubles up as a guest room when needed. We have warm wood, louvred shutters, a cosy sofa-cum-bed and plenty of storage. And a view of Mumbai’s skyline that isn’t a bad backdrop for a day’s work!

We’ve shared the full story of this room on the blog, from the layout to the little details that make it work.

Head over to the link in our bio to take a look. ✨ 
Photography: @bizou.photos
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    Tall plants: all the height, all the drama, all th Tall plants: all the height, all the drama, all the main-character energy. 🌿😄

They fill empty corners, draw the eye upwards and bring a little bit of the outdoors in — with plenty of personality.

These are our favourites. Which one is yours?

Photography: @bizou.photos 
#ARIYONAroundup #ARIYONAliving #ARIYONAdining
    A little kitchen secret hiding behind the wall! 😉 A little kitchen secret hiding behind the wall! 😉 

This kitchen was too small to fit a dishwasher, so we got creative. The drawers to the left of the counter extend right through into the adjoining bathroom, making use of space we couldn’t spare in the kitchen.

They also hide plumbing and electrical points for a future dishwasher. When our client is ready for one, out come the drawers and in goes the dishwasher.

We always think two steps ahead!

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    Next up on our Vahaal tour... the kitchen! 🍃 It’s Next up on our Vahaal tour... the kitchen! 🍃

It’s a small one, so we had to get a little clever with the planning. Plenty of storage, good counter space, and even a provision for a dishwasher, despite the space crunch!

And then there’s the look. Warm walnut, soft beige, olive green tiles and brass handles, all coming together to make this little kitchen feel right at home with the rest of Vahaal.

Small kitchen, big personality. 😉

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    TV units: because even your television needs a goo TV units: because even your television needs a good supporting cast. 😄

So many ways to frame your favourite binge-watching spot.
These are our favourites. Which one is yours?

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    An #ARIYONAbeforeafter from this gorgeous bedroom. An #ARIYONAbeforeafter from this gorgeous bedroom. (Swipe 👈🏻for before)

The wall opposite the bed in Vahaal’s master bedroom had one job to do: fit in a TV without making the room feel like it revolved around one.

So we paired a sleek, wall-mounted TV with a warm walnut chest of drawers that doubles up as storage. No bulky entertainment unit, just a good-looking piece of furniture that earns its place.

And that lovely window seat beside it? That’s a story for another post! 🌿

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    An #ARIYONAbeforeafter from this bathroom. (Swipe An #ARIYONAbeforeafter from this bathroom. (Swipe 👈🏻for before)

From raw concrete shell to a bathroom with serious character.

• Warm, textured walls to soften the hard surfaces
• A patterned tile feature wall to bring in rhythm and visual interest
• A large round mirror to break up all the straight lines
• A chunky black counter and basin for contrast
• Brass lighting to add a warm glow against the darker finishes

Small footprint, big personality.

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Photography: @bizou.photos 
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