My Interior Design Blog on Times of India Online

Published on
February 9, 2021
Nandita Manwani

Times of India Online will now be featuring my Interior Design Blog. I have named it “The Culture of Space” in line with the profound influence of design on the culture, behaviour and moods it curates. I had also written an article on it sometime back on this Blog.

We also published the first article on ToI today called Interior Design – The Sixth Element. The article deals with why design needs to be holistic and centered around the people and not just on the looks – a topic that I have been quite vociferous about in my writing and my work. Do read about it here – https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/the-culture-of-space/interior-design-the-sixth-element/

As always, do feel free to send in your comments & questions both here and on ToI

Cheers

Nandita

Nandita Manwani is a practicing Interior Designer in Bangalore and the founder of The Studio by Nandita Manwani

Posted in: Blogs

Interior Design Bangalore Blog Interior Design Blog Nandita Blog

Furniture for Home Interiors – The Build versus Buy dilemma & the changing role of the Interior Designer.

With the unorganized furniture retail market in India touching approx. $20 Billion, early bird online furniture retailers like Pepperfry, Urban

Interior Design Project at Sarjapur Road Bangalore – Some Pictures

Here are some pics from a recent project at Sarjapur Road Bangalore. Hope you like them.

The DIY Interior Designer Series Bangalore: Home Interior Design Best Practices Revisited

This blog is now over 7 years old and over these years a lot of what I have written about

The Home Makers Guide to Painting your Home in Bangalore – An Interior Designers Perspective

This has been a topic that a number of readers of this blog have been requesting for since quite a

Kitchen Design: B&I Magazine & Siemens India Interview excerpts

Building & Interiors Magazine in conjunction with Siemens India published my interview on the subject of Kitchen Appliances for the

The Interior Designer – it’s not just the person stupid – it’s the team.

If you have not seen the “matka painting” pictures on our facebook page then do click here to check them

Elder Friendly Home Interior Design

This subject has been close to my heart and I had written this article a long time ago. Glad to

A few photographs of the Eco Package (Budget Interiors) executed recently at Purva Highlands Kanakapura Road, Bangalore

I wrote about the Eco range of interiors for 2/ 3 BHK apartments sometime back. Here are a few photographs

The “missing“ REAL value of an interior designer.

Sometime back on this blog I wrote on a couple of topics, one around whether you really need an interior

My “Expert Corner” in Deccan Herald – Starts today

Deccan Herald has started an “Ask the Expert” section in their Friday Homes & Interiors segment where I will be

More Photographs – Latest project at Elita – JP Nagar

Project pictures of our work in the initial years in Bangalore - this was in the year 2011

Dark Theme For Interiors – the lure of BLACK

The recent fetish for Dark as well as the younger generation’s desire to try out new and different concepts for

More Photographs – Home Interiors Bangalore

The Bar Unit was the show stopper in this project. This is one of our initial projects in the year

Cutting Corners to make you a Pigeon Hole

How Interior Vendors cut corners to deliver on unrealistic budgets of customers. Practices in the Interior Design Industry that you

Doing end to end Interiors for your Home? – Here is a work schedule you should follow

A number of readers of this blog have asked questions around what work sequence one needs to follow while doing

“The Google of Home Designing” – First ever Masterclass on Best Practices in Residential Interior Design in Bangalore

Finally did it!!! yoo hooo. This Nov the 17th our objective was to go beyond the written word on this

Home Interiors – Thumbrules for costing based on market rates in Bangalore

While I have a similar post on “Costing your Woodwork” done earlier on this blog I got your feedback that

www.thestudiobangalore relaunched: The new destination for Turnkey Home Interiors, Modular Kitchens & Wardrobes in Bangalore

Exited to announce that after 6 months of work we launched the new website for The Studio. For those of

Featured among the top interior designers in Bangalore

Featured among the top Women Interior Designers in Bangalore by Nearfox Magazine :). The original article can be found at

2000 FAQ’s on Home Interiors and Interior Design Best Practices

Imagine a repository of 2000 Frequently Asked Questions and how to’s on interior design and home interiors….how cool would that

Villa / Apartment Interior Readiness & Handover Checklist: Things to check on BEFORE you take the formal handover of your dream Apartment or Villa from the builder.

Lately in a number of my projects I found lacunae left behind by the builder and the customers running around

Lacquered Glass finish shutters for Home Interiors

The interest in Lacquered glass shutters for home interiors seems to have picked up lately in Bangalore. I’ve had a

Our Residential Interior Design Experience Center coming up off Kanakapura Road

Exited to share the first pics of my Exclusive Residential Interior Design Experience center coming up off Kanakapura Road. The

Interior Design Project Pictures – This one is a stand alone Modular Kitchen in Bangalore

While this project was completed quite a while back, we were able to take some good pics just last week.

Best of Houzz 2021 – Interior Design Award

Pleased to mention that our work has won the Best of Houzz Award in the design category for the year

Villa / Apartment Interior Readiness & Handover Checklist: Things to check on BEFORE you take the formal handover of your dream Apartment or Villa from the builder.

Lately in a number of my projects I found lacunae left behind by the builder and the customers running around

Lighting Design for Homes – Interior Design Done Right

Lighting Design fundamentally determines the personality of the space and how people perceive it, feel in it and how they

Natural Stone Finish for Walls: Stacking Stone and Newer Alternatives

Stacking stone and stone in general has been extremely popular with home makers and home interior design in general across

Interior Design Project at Sarjapur Road Bangalore – Some Pictures

Here are some pics from a recent project at Sarjapur Road Bangalore. Hope you like them.

Deccan Herald features our article on Modular Kitchens today

You may read the full article at https://www.deccanherald.com/content/646811/a-guide-modular-kitchens/ Happy reading Cheers Nandita

Be Proud to be You

Lifestyle based interior design…Going beyond just making a style statement A couple of incidents in these past few months set

Feedback from IndiaWood 2012 Exhibition Bangalore

Folks ….some quick notes from the IndiaWood Exhibition (http://indiawood.com/) that concluded in Bangalore last month. Some interesting findings that you