Mumbai Houzz: A Chic, 645-Sq-Ft Home Designed For Two Couples

Mellow palettes, restrained layouts and lots of monochrome make this home by SML Architects perfect for two generations

Vaishnavi Nayel Talawadekar8 August 2021

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Houzz at a Glance
Who lives here: A couple and the husband’s parents
Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra
Year built: 2021
Size: 60 square metres (645 square feet); 2 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms
Architect: Mahek Lalan of SML Architects

Photos by Yadnyesh Joshi

Designing a home for two generations requires a fair bit of thinking, admits Mahek Lalan, founder and principal architect of SML Architects. When it came to designing a home for two couples – one in their late twenties and the other in their fifties – Lalan chalked out a blueprint that was “contemporary, sensitive and practical”.

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The living room is situated to the right of the front door. An oat-toned sofa and ginger chair anchor the seating area. Slate-grey, granite-topped tables accent the centre and corners of the room, while bamboo blinds cast sunlit tapestries across the floor.

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“We installed a seamless stone-crete floor throughout the home to help us link the various spaces together. The home features a potpourri of warm, tactile elements: teak wood accents, polished plywood furniture and shutters, bamboo blinds, brass handles, textured granite tabletops, and more,” notes Lalan.

Paint: Asian Paints; sofa and tables are custom-made; chair: Pierre Jeanneret

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The dining room is located opposite the front door. It is an intimate space, with a limited palette of monochrome and wood. An angular granite table and minimalist teak-wood chairs conjure a dining layout for four. Black pendants add shine to the pared-back shell.

“The fabric artwork on the wall is hand-embroidered by the women of the Jat artisanal community of Kutch, Gujarat,” shares Lalan.

Dining table is custom-made; dining chairs: Hans Wegner

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Ahead of the main door, a passageway leads to the master and parents’ bedrooms.

In the master bedroom, the bed is hosted within an alcove surrounded by a wall-mounted wardrobe scheme. Above the headboard, a floating shelf provides a surface for books and tchotchkes.

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In the corner opposite the bed, grey marble sourced from Kishangarh, Rajasthan, serves as the backdrop to the workstation.

Chair: Jean Prouve

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Further down the passage, to the right, is the parents’ bedroom. Here, a sombre, subdued palette of wood and white prevails. An eggshell-toned headboard foregrounds a daisy wall, while wooden nightstands cut an earthy presence.

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