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    How To Place Your Bed In Front Of A Window

    How To Place Your Bed In Front Of A Window

    Let me start out by being completely honest. My first choice would never be to place my bed in front of a window. Now this isn’t because it breaks any decor rule. It’s simply because I love my windows. Staying

    Rittika September 10, 2019September 10, 2019 Bedrooms, Home Interiors, Tips, Trends & DIY 7 Comments Read more

    Our Pretty Nursery Reveal Is Here

    Pretty Nursery Reveal

    We’ve spent the last couple of months ‘ooh-ing’ and ‘aah-ing’ over every selection we’ve made for this sweet room. We’re quite delighted with how cute it all looks put together. And so we’re really happy to bring to you our

    Rittika August 6, 2019August 17, 2020 Bedrooms, Home Interiors, Projects, S & Y's Home 11 Comments Read more

    11 Guest Room Essentials That Make Happy Guests

    11 Guest Room Essentials That Make Happy Guests

    Summer vacations are in full swing and most of us will be on both sides of the coin when it comes to being guests or hosting them. Most people think that preparing for your guests with basic guest room essentials

    Rittika May 21, 2019May 13, 2019 Bathrooms, Bedrooms, Home Interiors, Tips, Trends & DIY No Comments Read more

    Design Inspiration: Our Most Pinned Images From March 2019

    Design Inspiration - Our Most Pinned Images From March 2019

    We’re back with another edition of your Pinterest favourites from our pages with our most pinned images from March 2019. A lot has happened in the past few months. For one, the festival frenzy which begins with Ganpati and ends

    Rittika April 16, 2019April 15, 2019 Balconies & Terraces, Bedrooms, Home Interiors, Kitchens, Living & Dining, Tips, Trends & DIY No Comments Read more

    A Pink And Lavender Room For A Little Girl

    A Pink And Lavender Room For a Little Girl - Part 1

    It’s time to introduce what is going to be the cutest room of our White & Light Home. Today we have all the plans of our pink and lavender room for the little angel of the family.

    Rittika February 26, 2019June 8, 2020 Bedrooms, Home Interiors, Projects, White & Light Home 5 Comments Read more

    S & Y’s Neutral Bedroom Reveal

    Neutral Bedroom Reveal

    A few weeks back I showed you the plan for S & Y’s bedroom. They are a young couple who recently moved into their first ‘own’ home. They were really excited about doing it up, and the 2 briefs I

    Rittika May 1, 2018September 12, 2018 Bedrooms, Home Interiors, Projects, S & Y's Home 16 Comments Read more

    One Room Living: How To Organise Your PG / Hostel Room

    One Room Living - How To Organise Your Hostel Room

    So you’ve just got into the college you aimed for / your dream job. (light, soft, happy music begins) You’ve left home for the first time with stars in your eyes, sure of your bright future, till (music ends!)… you

    Rittika February 13, 2018March 24, 2020 Bedrooms, Home Interiors, Rental Makeovers, Tips, Trends & DIY 6 Comments Read more

    11 Ways To Make Big Space In Your Small Kitchen

    11 Ways To Make Big Space in Your Small Kitchen

    After our post on 7 Ways To Make Big Space In Your Small Bathroom, I got quite a few requests to do a similar post on kitchens. And for all the same reasons that I did the bathroom post, it

    Rittika January 16, 2018May 4, 2020 Home Interiors, Kitchens, Tips, Trends & DIY 8 Comments Read more

    7 Ways to Make Big Space in Your Small Bathroom

    Small bathroom ideas

    Most of us have had to deal with a small bathroom in our homes at some point. If you are a Mumbaikar like me, or stay in any big, crowded metro, your bathroom probably ends where it begins.

    Rittika June 27, 2017May 4, 2020 Bathrooms, Home Interiors, Tips, Trends & DIY 15 Comments Read more

    Suitcase Decor – Unusual Home Decor Ideas

    Suitcase Decor – Unusual Home Decor Ideas

    Got back from vacation yesterday, and seeing the huge pile of suitcases while unpacking reminded me of this post on suitcase decor. It’s one of the first few posts I’d written when I started blogging and I’ve always loved it.

    Rittika September 30, 2016August 19, 2018 Tips, Trends & DIY 15 Comments Read more
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    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.

Click link in bio for more pics and details
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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    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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    An #ARIYONAbeforeafter from this balcony. (Swipe 👈 An #ARIYONAbeforeafter from this balcony. (Swipe 👈🏻 for before)

From drying rack zone to “just five more minutes with my coffee” zone ☕🌿

This narrow balcony needed to work harder without feeling crowded.
So we kept the layout light and simple:

• a swing chair for lazy evenings and long phone calls
• compact side table for coffee/books/snacks/random life admin
• layered plants to soften all the concrete around

Coz we think even the skinniest balconies can become the favourite corner of the house.

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Photography: @bizou.photos 
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    A study corner that doesn’t scream corporate cubic A study corner that doesn’t scream corporate cubicle energy 📚

We kept this setup simple, warm, and quietly functional:
• a compact solid wood desk with slim tapered legs
• an upholstered chair comfortable enough for long reading sessions
• open shelving for books, keepsakes, and the “I’ll read this next” pile
• soft natural light filtering through sheer curtains
• and just enough greenery to make deadlines feel slightly less dramatic

Swipe 👈🏻👈🏻 for more pics.

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Photography: @bizou.photos 
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