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Design In Real Life.
Planning to build a home, an office or a shop?Tell us what you’re building. We’ll help you budget it, pick the products and material finishes that fit, and find the right people to bring it to reality.
Vastu & feng shui
Planning it the Vastu way?
What the classical texts and practising consultants recommend, room by room, with the practical reasons and the places they disagree. Bring a consultant in before the layout is fixed.
- Vastu for your home, room by roomWhat the Vastu texts and today's practitioners recommend for the entrance, living room, kitchen, bedrooms, puja room, toilets, stairs and the centre of the house, and where they disagree.
- Vastu in a flat you can't rebuildWhat practitioners suggest when the walls can't move: furniture, sleeping direction, room use, mirrors, light and the no-demolition 'remedies', plus what your society's rules allow.
- Feng shui at home: the main ideas, room by roomQi, the commanding position, the bagua and the five elements, and how feng shui practitioners apply them to the entrance, living room, bedroom, desk and kitchen, with where the schools disagree.
- Hiring a Vastu consultantWhat a Vastu consultant does, when to bring one in relative to your architect, what they charge in India, the questions to ask, the warning signs, and how to get their advice into your drawings.
Coming end of 2027
The 2027 India Home Report
How India builds homes and offices: what people decide, what it costs in each city and tier, and how brands, professionals and startups work behind it.
What’s in itProduct marketplace
Furniture, lighting and decor from India’s makers. You buy on the brand’s own site.
Material marketplace
Tiles, stone, laminates, hardware and more, straight from the makers.
Where do I start?
Describe your project in a sentence: what you’re doing, how big, where, and your budget. We’ll show what it should cost, the order to do things in, guides, products within budget and firms near you.