Interior designer Shabnam Gupta recalls many details from that first visit, but none more distinctly than the view that greeted her when she stepped inside. “We were enthralled,” recalls the founder and principal of The Orange Lane of the skyrise Mumbai apartment in question. “We could see the city, the mangroves and the sea. It was a 180-degree view.” What she also saw, in due course, was the potential to mirror that magic indoors. The clients, a well-travelled couple with a young child, had a sizeable art collection—one so impressive that Shabnam saw an opportunity to match, if not surmount, the vista by giving it equal pride of place.
So, began an exercise in tactful retrofitting, with each room designed around a specific artwork. An S. H. Raza became the centrepiece of the living room, while the dining room was enlivened with a scarlet Sakti Burman. Just as Krishen Khanna took centre stage in the primary suite, a vibrant Shiv Kumar Soni seized the spotlight in the son’s bedroom. A smorgasbord of contemporary, classical and commissioned pieces lent the home the spirit of an enchanting gallery, captivating the eye at every turn.
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