Sable Sanctum

Envisioned by Asim Merchant of Red Blue & Yellow, Deanne Panday’s ebony tower is a harmony of materials that define modern luxury

- Tasneem Merchant

Since time immemorial, the old has always paved way for the new. This holds true even for fitness expert and author Deanne Panday’s 4,000 sq ft home in a posh Mumbai suburb. She enlisted the expertise of the team at Red Blue & Yellow, a renowned furniture and interiors studio in the city, to turn around an old, dilapidating family bungalow in Bandra into a swish habitat for a family of four. The result of the collaboration is a fabulous three - storeyed  abode a washed in a magnificent obsidian. Completed in 18 months, the structure has a natural envelope of tall stemmed bamboo, which serves the dual purpose of providing privacy as we