I bought 'interior designer for iPad ' for a quick sketch tool - it's quite easy to use - you can import images and build your walls over them - the only downside is it doesn't let you see where the windows are on your import to get them in the right place ( if you haven't got the full measurements) but if this is for you own home - that won't be a problem ! The kitchen design bit lacks decent corners - but as it as incredibly cheap - but gives you plans and walk throughs and perspectives - it can be forgiven for it's few down points ! You can import photos of your fabrics too - to give a realistic image of sofa or rug colours etc ... Have added some pics of a lounge I was playing with !!!

There is a specialty lighting store near me that I am going to soon with photos to work on lighting at my house. I will show them your photo and see if they have an idea. Probably won't be till Fri or Sat but will get back to you.

The days when our homes were not as intricately designed as the rest of our lives are a far cry now. Today nothing is a better representation of our selves than our own home is. This realization that our home needs to be a space of self-expression as much as say our clothes are or our mobile phone covers, has led to an unprecedented increase in the interior designing industry over the last decade. Following this new set tradition, there are a lot of top interior designers in Mumbai who can help you get your dream house done and dusted. Here’s a list of some of the key points that you need to keep in mind when you are getting your house done the way you want it to be. Do your Research – the first step to most of the things in life is to do your research. And interior designing is no exception to this. Keep exploring, eventually you will stumble upon an image that would be an exact depiction of what you had thought about for your house, or at the very least you will find something that will be the ghost of an idea and looking at it, you will suddenly know what it was that you have always wanted for your home. Go through designers’ portfolio – once you have an inkling of what you want, the next step is to find somebody who will be able to help you to extract that idea from your head and superimpose it on your house. This is where you go ahead and look for the best architects in Mumbai. Go through their portfolios and see which of them seem to you to be the one whose style matches the one you want your house to look like. Plan with your designer – get a taste of the trending home interior design Mumbai, and get planning with your contractor. Share all your ideas and make sure to get their professional insights on what would practically be the best for your home. Trust their opinions, and find a way to balance them with your instincts. Together, you can easily figure out a perfect combination of things to do in your home. Don’t be afraid to experiment – Go for something you have never done before to your house. Experiment. It might end up looking better than you could have imagined. Or it could end up looking hideous. See, that’s the thing about renovating. By its very definition, it essentially never has to end.

One of my clients had no designated space for puja in their home, and they would have had to squeeze it into a passage somewhere. So when they came to me for ideas, I noticed in the floor plan that they had a beautiful covered verandah overlooking a private garden. The wall of that verandah was towards the east side of the garden. So I thought- why not carve out a rustic simple puja space here? Outdoors? The client was game. And this was the result- a 2'-0" x 2'-6" wood panelled niche in the wall, with a simple clay Krishna placed on a wooden bracket with a delicate hanging brass lamp