Nadhani Residence
Puja and Pallav Nadhani are the clients for this project. They are a young couple in their mid/late twenties. Puja is a fashion designer and Pallav was listed in Forbes’ (last year) 30 under 30 list for a company called Fusion Charts that he started when he was a teenager. One being creative and one being analytical, the inputs we received were from two o ends of the spectrum but not mutually exclusive. While Puja was all about the right shades and styles, Pallav was about making sure everything was automated and that he was always connected. In short, he told us that if he was out of the country and had a guest who needed to stay in his Bangalore home, he would like to be able to open the door for his guest, turn on the lights and play the guests favorite music all remotely using just his I Phone!!!
Puja on the other hand loved BLUE! Good for us, as we love Blue too! She also loves white and grey and wanted a young, experimental home with cool colors and quirky elements versus the usual earthy and rustic and neutral colored home that most people want. Of course we were excited. We couldn’t ask for anything better.
The apartment is in one of the older building complexes of Bangalore called Acropolis. It was a three bedroom with curved walls and marble flooring and arched hallways. Walls were beige and rooms had blocky wardrobes that stuck out like a sore thumb and made a small space look smaller and cluttered. There was an enclosed study by the living room which further took away from the openness that it had so much potential for.
While modifying the layout, we knew we had to open up the space not just by creating an appearance of space but also actually creating spacesmartly that would have purpose. First we removed any curvatures, the arch of the foyer to living entry, the curved wall between the master and the adjoining bedroom. Instead we went with a straight-linehallways and doorways. In the master, we demolished the curved wall abd created more straighline walls to be more functional. We removed the marble floor and replaced it with twelve feet long wood plank looking white tiles. This was indispersed with grey and brown tiles planks of the same size. In all, the space looked bigger and brighter.
The biggest challenge and the most time consuming one were the automation. We sometimes joke that there is more wire than there is wood in this apartment because of the number of things that have to be connected and automated. The other challenge was to create something fresh out of this old space in a an old building.
A little bit needs to be said about the foyer that leads to the living and dining room as it is the most arresting area in the house. A Persian blue castle-like door is the main entry into the house. Once inside, your eyes will be drawn to a white crawling sofa with royal blue upholstery. The colonial legs of the chairs walk your eyes to the wallpaper that also is very colonial in nature with royal blue and beige patterns. Three different but subtle wallpapers from the same family were used on the wall and ceiling to create a lovely asymmetric patterned line that is continued in the cement floor by a polished stainless steel. An old vintage closet (meant for shoes) is placed on the right and compliments the door. A Slamp light, a classical design in acrylic, completes the area that is a blend of neo-classical and modern.
This foyer leads into a French-English styled living room primarily of blues, whites and grays. The walls are a cool azure with white paneling and the room doors are a powder blue imparting a soothing, light and fresh feel to the whole space. A stark white Natuzzi sofa sits in front of a grey bookshelf with shutters sandwiching a vintage floral fabric. Brighter but similar fabric is used in the two single seaters that are a Scandinavianstyle with their oak legs. Solid wood sculptural side tables are on either side of the single seaters and a simple Lignet Roset table is in the centeroffering versatile usage with it’s rotating surfaces. A pink rugs weaves the whole story together by picking up the color from all the other furniture elements.
Behind the Sofa, is a an oak bar with simple blue chairs. On the opposite wall is a shaded blue bookshelf which provides for a perfect backdrop for the oak dining table with bright blueupholstered chairs and antique temple bells (the dining lights), which are white and patina – needless to say, the clients favoritecolor is blue!
Puja on the other hand loved BLUE! Good for us, as we love Blue too! She also loves white and grey and wanted a young, experimental home with cool colors and quirky elements versus the usual earthy and rustic and neutral colored home that most people want. Of course we were excited. We couldn’t ask for anything better.
The apartment is in one of the older building complexes of Bangalore called Acropolis. It was a three bedroom with curved walls and marble flooring and arched hallways. Walls were beige and rooms had blocky wardrobes that stuck out like a sore thumb and made a small space look smaller and cluttered. There was an enclosed study by the living room which further took away from the openness that it had so much potential for.
While modifying the layout, we knew we had to open up the space not just by creating an appearance of space but also actually creating spacesmartly that would have purpose. First we removed any curvatures, the arch of the foyer to living entry, the curved wall between the master and the adjoining bedroom. Instead we went with a straight-linehallways and doorways. In the master, we demolished the curved wall abd created more straighline walls to be more functional. We removed the marble floor and replaced it with twelve feet long wood plank looking white tiles. This was indispersed with grey and brown tiles planks of the same size. In all, the space looked bigger and brighter.
The biggest challenge and the most time consuming one were the automation. We sometimes joke that there is more wire than there is wood in this apartment because of the number of things that have to be connected and automated. The other challenge was to create something fresh out of this old space in a an old building.
A little bit needs to be said about the foyer that leads to the living and dining room as it is the most arresting area in the house. A Persian blue castle-like door is the main entry into the house. Once inside, your eyes will be drawn to a white crawling sofa with royal blue upholstery. The colonial legs of the chairs walk your eyes to the wallpaper that also is very colonial in nature with royal blue and beige patterns. Three different but subtle wallpapers from the same family were used on the wall and ceiling to create a lovely asymmetric patterned line that is continued in the cement floor by a polished stainless steel. An old vintage closet (meant for shoes) is placed on the right and compliments the door. A Slamp light, a classical design in acrylic, completes the area that is a blend of neo-classical and modern.
This foyer leads into a French-English styled living room primarily of blues, whites and grays. The walls are a cool azure with white paneling and the room doors are a powder blue imparting a soothing, light and fresh feel to the whole space. A stark white Natuzzi sofa sits in front of a grey bookshelf with shutters sandwiching a vintage floral fabric. Brighter but similar fabric is used in the two single seaters that are a Scandinavianstyle with their oak legs. Solid wood sculptural side tables are on either side of the single seaters and a simple Lignet Roset table is in the centeroffering versatile usage with it’s rotating surfaces. A pink rugs weaves the whole story together by picking up the color from all the other furniture elements.
Behind the Sofa, is a an oak bar with simple blue chairs. On the opposite wall is a shaded blue bookshelf which provides for a perfect backdrop for the oak dining table with bright blueupholstered chairs and antique temple bells (the dining lights), which are white and patina – needless to say, the clients favoritecolor is blue!
Country: India
PIN Code: 560030
