Modern muse

This Airbnb blends contemporary design, artisanal craft, and quiet urban retreat

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The Modern Muse is a thoughtfully curated boutique Airbnb design set within the cultural heart of Koregaon Park, Pune, a location renowned for its leafy avenues, colonial-era architecture, and thriving café and arts scene. Designed and executed for Touching Grass Hospitality-Abhibha Stays, this project involved the sensitive transformation of a 30-year-old apartment into an experiential urban retreat.

Design approach

The airbnb design concept for The Modern Muse was grounded in a simple but compelling idea: to create a home that feels like a retreat, where each room offers moments of calm, beauty, and discovery. Rather than conforming to conventional hospitality design models, the apartment was treated as a living, breathing space, one that reflects an authentic lived-in charm, with details that evoke memory and emotion.

Spatial reconfiguration