Indian heritage · Style guide

Modern Indian interiors. Familiar materials. Fresh perspectives.

Teak, cane, cotton and craft in contemporary rooms. Rooted in your own stories and shaped around the way you live, cook and gather.

Plan a Modern Indian home See the mood board

The palette

Colours that feel rooted, warm, fresh.

Cotton, cane, terracotta and indigo: colours you already know, used with a lighter hand. A reading for mood, not a paint specification.

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Indigo#44527f

Materials & details

What makes it Modern Indian.

The sample board

Teak and sheesham
Cane and rattan
Handloom cotton
Terracotta and clay

Cane, with clean lines
Traditional weaves on simple, modern frames.
Handmade accents
Block prints, brass and pottery, chosen a few at a time.
Room for green
Plants, courtyards and balconies treated as part of the home.

Room by room

Ideas worth borrowing.

Best in living, kitchen, bedroom, balcony, kids' room, dining, pooja corner, home office and entryway spaces.

Kids' room
Next stop, bedtime
Warm cream bedroom with deep brick-red single storage bed, rounded oak headboard, white fitted sheet, red pinstripe duvet and indigo lumbar. An elegant simple wall mural of rolling hills and a tiny railway, floor-level wooden train track in one contained play corner, oak desktop on red cabinets, beige ergonomic child chair, low wall-fixed bookcase.
AI-generated design study · Not a completed client project
Kids' room
Paper-kite afternoons
Playful Indian child's bedroom with teal-and-oak bed, ivory sheet, hand-block geometric quilt in saffron and indigo, teal pillow with rust edge. Flat diamond kite motifs painted high on one pale yellow wall with no hanging cords, low blue toy drawers, oak desk with saffron chair, handwoven dhurrie, framed folk bird painting, white window curtains with thin indigo border.
AI-generated design study · Not a completed client project
Kids' room
The little cricket club
Refined sport-loving child's room with forest-green paneled bed and oak trim, white sheet, grass-green stripe quilt, cream pillow and rust cushion. Two tasteful framed cricket-equipment illustrations without logos or words, low closed oak cupboard with securely stored bat, green desk and cream chair, cork display panel, pale cream wall, navy-edged flat rug, white curtain.
AI-generated design study · Not a completed client project
Kids' room
Little folk flowers
Indian child's room with rose-pink bed, warm oak rails and softly rounded corners, cream sheet and indigo floral hand-block quilt, mustard cushion. One wall panel with beautiful stylised folk flowers in muted pink and saffron, mustard desk chair and pale wood desk, deep indigo book cupboard, handwoven cream-and-red rug, two small framed folk-bird paintings, white curtains with fine block-printed border.
AI-generated design study · Not a completed client project
Kids' room
Growing up together
Shared bedroom with two teak single beds with cane inset headboards, ivory sheets, one sage handwoven coverlet and one terracotta hand-block quilt, small indigo cushions. Long oak study bench with two comfortable chairs, white cabinets and low baskets, framed simple folk-animal paintings, cream-and-indigo dhurrie, cotton curtains.
AI-generated design study · Not a completed client project
Kids' room
Indigo homework hour
Teen bedroom with teak bed, indigo block-printed quilt over ivory sheets, rust lumbar pillow and cream cotton shams. Soft terracotta headboard wall, substantial teak study desk beside window, supportive blue chair, low closed book storage and two framed handmade print artworks, cream dhurrie with rust border, brass reading lamp and white cotton curtains.
AI-generated design study · Not a completed client project
Kids' room
Peacock colours
Joyful Indian school-age bedroom with peacock-teal painted bed, cream fitted cotton sheet and raspberry hand-block floral quilt, saffron cushion with ivory piping. Cream wall with framed folk peacock artwork, teak desk with rounded ends, saffron desk chair, ivory wardrobe with small teal pulls, natural cane book cupboard, indigo-bordered cotton rug.
AI-generated design study · Not a completed client project
Bedroom
An indigo arc
Teak bed with curved cane inset headboard, crisp cream cotton sheets, indigo block-print quilt with matching edge binding, rust cushion and two ivory shams. Subtle warm ivory curved wall recess, teak nightstands with brass lamps, framed contemporary Indian botanical painting, cream rug with indigo border, blue-linen window blind and rounded teak wardrobe end.
AI-generated design study · Not a completed client project
Kitchen
Terracotta, round the corner
Terracotta and cream apartment kitchen with teak-veneer rounded end cabinet on short breakfast return. Cream speckled quartz worktop, pale clay square tile backsplash, stainless sink and practical tap below window, hob and hood on perpendicular run, full-height pantry at far end.
AI-generated design study · Not a completed client project
Dining
Gather round the teak
Oval teak table for four, cane-backed chairs with indigo cotton seat pads, pale terracotta curved wall recess holding a framed botanical painting. Rounded teak crockery cabinet with closed lower doors and ribbed glass upper panel, brass pendant, cream dhurrie with rust border, white cotton curtains, ceramic serving bowl and four neatly arranged place settings.
AI-generated design study · Not a completed client project
Living
A Jaipur rose
Rose-pink and ivory apartment living room with linen sofa, indigo floral block-print pillows and mustard lumbar, teak coffee table and cane chair. Muted pink wall with framed original miniature-inspired botanical painting, cream rug with thin red geometry, low teak storage and aged brass lamp.
AI-generated design study · Not a completed client project
Living
Old Goa, fresh green
Goan-influenced compact living room with green painted cane-back sofa and ivory cushions, teal-and-cream patterned pillow, round dark teak table, soft cream floor and a small blue patterned-tile border. Ivory wall with two framed botanical paintings, low louvered teak cabinet, pale green wooden shutters inside an ordinary window and white cotton curtains.
AI-generated design study · Not a completed client project

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Bedroom
The block-print bedroom
Rose and sage Jaipur-inspired bedroom with scalloped upholstered queen headboard in muted sage, white sheets, rose floral block-print quilt with sage edge binding, two matching shams and indigo lumbar. Rounded teak bedside tables, ceramic lamps, one framed botanical miniature-inspired painting, ivory wardrobe, handwoven cream rug and white curtains with restrained pink trim.
AI-generated design study · Not a completed client project
Bedroom
Indigo on cane
Queen teak-and-cane bed, ivory cotton fitted sheet, deep indigo hand-block quilt with small cream flowers, rust cushion and two plain ivory pillows with blue piping. Soft limewash cream wall with paired framed abstract Indian landscape paintings, teak bedside cabinets and cream-shade brass lamps, low cane wardrobe panel, blue-bordered dhurrie and cream curtains.
AI-generated design study · Not a completed client project
Dining
Blue pottery at the table
Teak round dining table with four blue upholstered cane-back chairs, white ceramic plates and a small blue patterned bowl. Cream walls with a framed botanical print, slim teak crockery cabinet with a tiny blue-and-white tile panel in its backsplash, brass dome pendant, cream rug and plain cotton curtains.
AI-generated design study · Not a completed client project
Kitchen
Heritage green kitchen
Bottle-green paneled lower cabinets and cream overhead cupboards in a compact parallel kitchen, warm pale-stone counters, restrained cream-and-green patterned backsplash, brass handles. Stainless sink beneath window, hood above hob on opposite run, teak shelf with two bowls away from heat, built-in pantry and fridge, warm task lighting.
AI-generated design study · Not a completed client project
Pooja corner
A quiet lotus corner
Small wall-mounted teak prayer cabinet in a quiet apartment niche, carved lotus pattern only on closed side panels, cream stone shelf and shallow storage drawer, soft warm overhead light. One brass diya unlit on a tray, small closed devotional book, one flower bowl, no written text or fabricated script.
AI-generated design study · Not a completed client project
Home office
The collected study
Adult home study with solid teak desk featuring understated carved legs, indigo ergonomic upholstered chair, ivory wall with one framed miniature-inspired botanical painting, small brass desk lamp and closed teak book cabinet with cane doors. Cream rug edged rust, cotton window blind, orderly unlettered notebooks and concealed computer cables.
AI-generated design study · Not a completed client project
Entryway
A terracotta welcome
Apartment foyer with terracotta painted half-wall, warm ivory upper wall and teak shoe cupboard, upholstered cream bench with indigo block-print lumbar. Large securely mounted oak-framed mirror, small original framed folk-flower artwork, brass wall light, cream runner edged rust and a ceramic catchall.
AI-generated design study · Not a completed client project
Living
Indigo, cane and conversation
A welcoming compact flat living room, cream three-seater, one teak-and-cane armchair, indigo block-print cushions, a compact terracotta console and a low wooden table.
AI-generated design study · Not a completed client project
Kitchen
Terracotta for everyday cooking
A compact L-shaped kitchen with teak-toned laminate cabinets, ivory uppers, terracotta-coloured square ceramic backsplash and practical charcoal granite counter.
AI-generated design study · Not a completed client project
Bedroom
A print to come home to
A compact bedroom with teak-and-cane queen headboard, indigo hand-block-print cotton quilt, plain warm-white walls, a rust bedside lamp and a practical tall wardrobe.
AI-generated design study · Not a completed client project
Dining
Teak, with room for four
A compact four-seat teak table next to a living room, cane-back chairs, a slim crockery unit with a muted turmeric painted niche, steel tumblers and one brass bowl.
AI-generated design study · Not a completed client project
Pooja corner
A quiet place for ritual
A compact contemporary apartment pooja niche built into a teak wall cabinet, small brass lamp and bell, pale stone platform, simple pierced-wood screen and closed drawers below.
AI-generated design study · Not a completed client project
Entryway
A warm first hello
A painted arch adds shape without changing the wall opening. Teak and cane storage create a place for shoes beside the entrance.
AI-generated design study · Not a completed client project
Kitchen
The compact maroon kitchen
A narrow compact parallel flat kitchen with muted wine-red lower shutters, warm cream uppers, small ivory square backsplash and black granite worktops.
AI-generated design study · Not a completed client project
Kitchen
Mustard at the breakfast edge
A compact open Indian apartment kitchen with muted mustard base cabinets, walnut tall pantry and cream uppers; a short narrow breakfast peninsula for two and a small patterned ceramic backsplash.
AI-generated design study · Not a completed client project
Kids' room
Room for making
A compact child's room with a terracotta-and-cream striped cotton bedcover, cane-panel wardrobe, a rounded plywood craft table, light tile floor, low closed art storage with blunt handles and a small gallery of abstract children's drawings.
AI-generated design study · Not a completed client project
Kids' room
Little patterns, lovely stories
A compact child's room with rose hand-block-print cotton quilt on a teak-coloured low single bed, warm ivory wardrobe with cane doors, an ochre rounded study desk, small timber bookshelf and plain cotton dhurrie.
AI-generated design study · Not a completed client project
Dining
Round the table
A practical compact Indian flat dining nook with a four-seat oval teak table, blush curved upholstered bench against one wall, two cane dining chairs and a rounded-end closed crockery cabinet.
AI-generated design study · Not a completed client project
Living
Familiar, in a fresh light.
Wood and cane chairs with rust and indigo cushions feel familiar and new at once.
Kitchen
Made for the way we cook.
Plan for daily Indian cooking: strong ventilation, tall storage and easy-clean tiles.
Bedroom
Rooted in comfort.
A cane bed and a block-printed quilt bring craft into a calm room.
Balcony
A small escape, at home.
Two cane chairs, a small table and plenty of plants make a balcony a daily retreat.