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    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

    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

    All The Winning Pics of #MyDesiSwag 2019

    All The Winning Pics of #MyDesiSwag 2019

    Another year has gone by in the blink of an eye and I can’t believe #MyDesiSwag is already 2 years old! The highlight of this year was reaching 50000 posts shared on this hashtag party. That deserved a party of

    Rittika January 21, 2020May 28, 2021 Balconies & Terraces, Bedrooms, Festival & Party Decor, Foyers & Entryways, Home Interiors, Kitchens, Living & Dining, Tips, Trends & DIY 2 Comments Read more

    Quick and Easy Guest Room Makeover Reveal

    Quick and Easy Guest Room Makeover Reveal

    Hello and welcome to our first reveal of this new decade! Today, we bring to your our quick and easy guest room makeover reveal from our ‘We Want It Brighter Makeover‘.

    Rittika January 14, 2020August 17, 2020 'We Want It Brighter' Makeover, Bedrooms, Home Interiors, Projects 12 Comments Read more

    Moody Teen Bedroom Makeover – Part 1

    Moody Teen Bedroom Makeover - Part 1

    We’re back with the latest update on Krishna’s Home… a moody teen bedroom makeover for her son. Do you remember the gorgeous Greige Kitchen we did for her with the grey stripes on the breakfast counter? This was followed by

    Rittika September 17, 2019March 3, 2020 Bedrooms, Home Interiors, Krishna's Scandinavian Home, Projects No Comments Read more

    Modern Tropical Living Room Reveal

    Modern Tropical Living Room Reveal

    From the immense response we got when we introduced this room, I know you all have been eagerly waiting for our Modern Tropical Living Room Reveal. So though this was the last space we introduced from our ‘White & Light

    Rittika September 3, 2019August 27, 2019 Foyers & Entryways, Home Interiors, Living & Dining, Projects, White & Light Home 22 Comments Read more

    Garden Style Vintage Bedroom Reveal

    Garden Style Vintage Bedroom Reveal

    We’re finally here with our garden style vintage bedroom reveal, and very excited to be sharing it with you. This bedroom was a surprise package even to me, because we’ve landed up at the exact opposite end of where we

    Rittika November 13, 2018March 10, 2019 Bedrooms, Home Interiors, Krishna's Scandinavian Home, Projects 12 Comments Read more

    Krishna’s Greige Kitchen Reveal

    Krishna's Greige Kitchen Reveal

    We are finally here with Krishna’s greige kitchen reveal.. and I am really excited about how it turned out. It did cross my mind, during the planning stages, that since we’re not changing the counters, tiles or flooring in the

    Rittika September 11, 2018September 10, 2018 Home Interiors, Kitchens, Krishna's Scandinavian Home, Projects 8 Comments Read more

    How To Glam Up Your Home With Accent Lighting

    Accent Lighting

    Getting your lights right is one of the easiest ways to double up the glam quotient of your home. Some time back I had written a post on the 3 basic things you need to know about home lighting. We

    Rittika August 8, 2017December 9, 2023 Home Interiors, Tips, Trends & DIY 15 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
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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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