When a client comes back to ask one to design their new home after 10 years of completing their earlier one, it is nothing short of a dream and when they ask one to design a home that is dreamy then it is a total dream!
Thus began the work on this project that was truly nothing short of a dream for a doctor-couple, an eye doctor and his pathologist wife who has also been awarded a Padma Shri for his extraordinary work in the field concerning the Retina, needless to say they shared unmatchable wit and wisdom all through the design and execution process sometimes pulling out images garnered from their insane travelling all across the globes, staying in the fanciest of the hotels and attending conferences in state-of-the-art hotels, this time the clients did not show me Pinterest boards, but real time images for inspiration or ideas! Most of which wouldn’t work, as the most experienced of the designers would know!!
The home came with a request of tranquility and peace, easy to maintain, and a hue of white touched a little with a sprig of pink and a suggestion of green and with only that as the brief the clients got back to their schedules as the team tinkered away at the project all through summer to turn-key during the Monsoons. With a palate to please, the entire house is swathed in shades of pink hinging on a generous dollop of white. As one enters, one is greeted with a fancy chandelier, that is modern in spirit yet old-school in its make, the entry way is flanked by the niches of wonder as I call it, that houses all the accolades this brilliant doctor-couple has amassed over the years, including the Padma Shri that they sport with no fanfare and a collectors piece by the renowned artist Shishir Sahana. To me it felt like a really big deal, but like they say about humility. A matte shimmery wall paper is bathed on the opposite wall punctuated with an inch beading polished in chocolate brown all along the length of the wall. The foyer leads to a rather large hall, that includes the dining and the living areas of the house. The entire length of the hall opens out to the great outdoors making the entire feel of the house rather expansive. The outdoor here is fringed by a verandah with a wooden swing and art work collected over the years with a wind chime to add rather lovely notes as the wind blows.
On one breadth of the hall is the utilitarian part of the house with the Kitchen, Utility and the Househelp’s quarters, while on the other breadth are the private rooms of the house. A powder room is tucked away along the dining space. The beautiful dining table in solid wood is attached with a cushioned bench seating and two dining chairs, the wall that it is along is treated with a fluted painted wooden panel to about four-feet high and is finished with a rather simple yet artistic mirror a nice rotund on the wall. A cutlery cabinet tucked into the corner is snazzy with light along the glass thickness adding panache to pretty shade of green on the wall. This arrangement is balanced by a comfortable and large L-shaped sofa-set with circular centre tables at varied heights and a reading chair before ending with a floating television panel wall, designed with metal strips, ambience lights and a sleek storage. The beauty of the space is got bang on right to be exceedingly pleasant and spacious all in the same measure. A lovely set of drapes in hues of floral and the subtle shade of salubriousness echoes the hearty sentiment of the living and dining hall.
The rooms are designed rather differently also depending on the main use intended. While one flits modern with classical, the beading encompassed wainscoting taken up to a seven-feet height and a gallery mirror, lit along it’s length and a floor to ceiling wardrobe that makes up for a beautiful addition to space and a modern bed, lit along it’s niche and the bottom panel with decorative lights on the wall and lit wardrobes; the other bedroom is more modern it its feel and appeal, bringing on to one portion of its ceiling a bright and cheery blue sky in wallpaper of course and while at that a world map engraved in a three-dimensional effect to add depth and structure to the world as we know it. This world map includes the tiniest of countries and islands in the world, all labelled and engraved for future reference. None the truer word was said then that the world is my oyster and the oyster is my home! A tranquil Buddha sourced from Bhutan adds to the eccentric touch of this room. The bed is skirted by a grand scale piano keyboard as it finishes with a sleek modern line and a arty wall light above the bed, twirling, whirling and curling like Rumi would to Ayin in Fez. Any this shiny, pearly, oyster-hued home is just what dreams are made up of!
Project Data:
Project Architect & Builder: Vedasri Siddamsetty
Project Area: 1565 sft
Project Timeline: April 2025 to August 2025
Project Team: Reflex Surfaces, Inder Woodworks, The Town Hardware stores, Vasanth Painting Works, Siddeshwara frames, Trinity Decoron, AURA Lighting, SunMICA Laminates, Somani Plywood, Becker
Vedasri Siddamsetty 