
A duplex apartment in Bangalore designed by interior designer Shivani Dogra. This home is rich in fabrics and artifacts sourced from the local market.
Most of the projects I have featured recently require a great deal of wood work, sourcing materials across locations, and needles to say, a huge budget. From my experience of doing up our new home, I can safely say any ethnic touch costs a bomb: be it sourcing a wooden pillar or carved wood furniture.
Shivani’s projects have always appealed to me because they are not high on budget, and the focus is on styling to make a room come alive. Her clever use of bed spreads, coordinated curtains and blinds gives a seamless look to a room.
I take you through her latest projects as Shivani shares some nuggets of wisdom on decorating with you.

Stepping away from her characteristic monochromatic style in the previous projects, she has infused this home with color not just with the fabrics, but on the walls as well in dual tones. Pure brilliance. If you don’t have the budget for textured painting, which is what you anyways see in most homes, bring in some uniqueness with offbeat colors and patterns.

1. Can you please describe the project? Location/scope of your work.
This is a 3bhk duplex flat in Bangalore. I did the entire flat from wardrobes, library, floor, bath etc. The clients were a young couple who wanted color, but not too much. The wife liked Bani Thani art and I evolved the theme and other colors for their home from the art. They had one good photograph which we framed in the low seating tv room. All the cushions were made by my team in Delhi with hand loom Ikat.
2. Yellow bedspread – a big departure from your monochromes. What influenced this color palette?

3. Your thoughts on color combos? How do you pair colors? What would you pair with aqua wall or a indigo wall?


4. The cane modas are lovely/off beat that you have used in one of your projects. How did you zero on them?

5. Where do you buy such furniture/blinds made of natural materials from?

3 Comments
I too agree that yellow is a happy color. I loved the way its done up especially the big blue colored vases that’s there everywhere
Yeah, it is really right shivani that interior desiging in home is like a proper dress up of home…
Really love to see your. Choice of colour pallets and ideas,I keep seeing them again and again
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