STAY A LITTLE LONGER

Former EDIDA winner Shabnam Gupta's hybrid of a farmhouse and a design gallery in Karjat is your portal to enter her inextricably beautiful and maximal world

- TEXT BY CHIRANSHA PRASAD PHOTOGRAPHY BY KUBER SHAH

Far away from Mumbai's dust and grime, Peacock Life by the Countryside is Shabnam Gupta’s maddeningly gorgeous, colourful world — and we want to live in it. Desperately so. Designed by The Orange Lane, the space abounds in elements found quite infrequently in the modern world.

Take, for instance, the north-facing courtyards, filled with Karjat’s lush greens, sunlight and charpoys to sit aplenty. Then you have the novelties. Karaikudi pillars uphold an English oakwood mezzanine indoors, with decorative animal sculptures guarding a delectable spread of design. Outside, two 30 ft tall walls sandwich a collection of outdoor furniture and knick-knacks for balconies, terraces and gardens, especially for those from outside the metropolis of Mumbai.