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    11 Fantastic Room Divider Ideas For Your Home

    11 Fantastic Room Divider Ideas For Your Home

    When I pick a topic to write about, I spend some time debating in my head whether it is really something you guys would want to read about or not. So nothing makes me happier than getting a post request.

    Rittika April 2, 2019May 10, 2021 Balconies & Terraces, Bedrooms, Home Interiors, Living & Dining, Tips, Trends & DIY 15 Comments Read more

    DIY Decoupage Table Coasters

    DIY Decoupage Table Coasters

    The last few months have been really busy and I haven’t got down to any DIY. I was recently going through this blog and realised that my last DIY post, the pretty shibori throw, was written 6 months ago! I

    Rittika March 12, 2019March 11, 2019 Tips, Trends & DIY 4 Comments Read more

    Living Room Rugs – All You Need To Know

    Living Room Rugs - All You Need To Know

    Today we’re going to talk about everything you need to know about living room rugs. Well, at least everything I keep in mind when I select living room rugs.

    Rittika March 5, 2019August 3, 2019 Home Interiors, Living & Dining, Tips, Trends & DIY 16 Comments Read more

    Burgundy Decor Inspired By Asian Paints COTY 2019

    Burgundy Decor Inspired by 'Awakening' - Asian Paints COTY 2019

    We’re exploring burgundy decor today, inspired by ‘Awakening’, Asian Paints Colour of the Year 2019. It’s a beautiful reddish – brownish – purple described as being ‘alive with the dynamism of being woke. The dignity and power of purple fused

    Rittika February 19, 2019February 15, 2019 Accessories, Furniture, Shopping Hotspots, Tips, Trends & DIY No Comments Read more

    7 Beautiful Ways To Decorate With Mirrors

    7 Beautiful Ways To Decorate With Mirrors

    I love to decorate with mirrors for many reasons. For one, they always look glamorous. Secondly, you can literally get them in any size to fit any space. Then, they always make any space look bigger, brighter and larger, so

    Rittika January 22, 2019January 20, 2019 Bedrooms, Foyers & Entryways, Living & Dining, Tips, Trends & DIY 1 Comment 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

    Top 5 Posts Of 2018

    Our Top 5 Posts Of 2018

    Happy New Year, guys! It’s that time of the year and I can’t believe I’m already writing this post again. It feels like I just wrote one for last year. So let us give a warm welcome to 2019 with

    Rittika January 1, 2019October 19, 2020 Balconies & Terraces, Festival & Party Decor, Home Interiors, Tips, Trends & DIY No Comments Read more

    Design Inspiration: Our Most Pinned Images From Dec 2018

    Design Inspiration - Our Most Pinned Images From Dec 2018

    The end of the year is usually a time to look back and take stock of the year gone by. It’s a great way to identify areas you can improve on and to celebrate those where you did well. This

    Rittika December 25, 2018December 20, 2018 Tips, Trends & DIY 2 Comments Read more

    Living Coral – Pantone Colour Of The Year 2019

    Decorating with Living Coral - Pantone Colour of the Year 2019

    Pantone has announced it’s Colour of the Year 2019. It’s a bright, happy colour called ‘Living Coral’ described as ‘an animating and life-affirming coral hue with a golden undertone that energizes and enlivens with a softer edge.’ 

    Rittika December 18, 2018December 17, 2018 Shopping Hotspots, Tips, Trends & DIY 2 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. ✨ 
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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?

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#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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