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Wabi-Sabi Inspired Reading Nook Ideas for a Rajarhat 2BHK
We carve a textured, imperfect-by-design wabi-sabi reading nook out of the unused window bay that most Rajarhat 2BHK flats waste on a curtain rod and a plant.
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25 Master Bedroom Design Ideas for Modern Indian Homes
25 master bedroom design ideas for modern Indian homes, layout, colour, materials, storage and budgets, tailored to Kolkata's climate by Studio Contour, New Town.
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Industrial-Style Home Office Ideas for a Salt Lake Apartment
A practical guide to converting a spare bedroom corner in an older Salt Lake apartment into an industrial-style home office with exposed conduit and black metal shelving.
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Tropical Modern Balcony Ideas for an Eco Park-Facing Flat
We design tropical modern balconies for Eco Park facing flats in New Town, pairing rattan and deep greens with louvered shading that frames the view.
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How to Design a Master Bedroom Layout That Actually Flows
A Kolkata studio's practical guide to master bedroom layout flow, bed placement, wardrobe zoning, colours, materials, lighting, and vastu, from Studio Contour, New Town.
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Fluted Headboard Designs: 15 Ideas for a Modern Bedroom
A practical guide to fluted headboard designs for modern Kolkata bedrooms, covering materials, colours, sizes and pricing, from a studio that has fitted hundreds across Bengal.
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Industrial-Chic Teenage Bedroom Ideas for a New Town Flat
We design industrial-chic teenage bedrooms for New Town flats around raw finishes, black metal frames and modular shelving built to survive actual teenage use.
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Transitional-Style Study Room Ideas for a New Town 2BHK
We carve calm, transitional-style study corners from the second bedroom of New Town 2BHKs, mixing classic joinery with contemporary desks and lighting.
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Warm Japandi Living Room Ideas for a New Town Flat
We warm up the usual pale, austere Japandi palette with honey toned timber and linen texture so New Town living rooms stay calm without feeling cold.
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Retro-Style Utility Room Ideas for a Salt Lake Flat
We colour-block a Salt Lake flat's neglected wash and utility room in mustard and teal with vintage checkerboard tile, without giving up function.
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Coastal-Style Guest Bedroom Ideas for a Salt Lake Flat
We design a breezy blue and white coastal guest bedroom for a Salt Lake flat, choosing a palette that reflects light in a room with limited daylight.
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Zen-Style Bathroom Ideas for a Compact New Town Flat
We break down how a restrained stone and warm wood palette, plus low-profile fixtures, turns a standard New Town bathroom into a genuinely calm space.
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Farmhouse-Style Dining Room Ideas for a Rajarhat Villa
We break down a reclaimed-wood farmhouse dining scheme, benches and an exposed-beam ceiling motif, sized for the larger footprint of a Rajarhat villa.
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Brutalist-Inspired Staircase Design Ideas for a New Town Duplex
We detail exposed concrete staircases with minimal balustrades for New Town duplexes, a raw brutalist statement that is now one of our most requested features.
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Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Ideas for a South Kolkata Flat
We bring restored teak silhouettes and brass accents into a 1960s inspired mid century dining room built for a renovated South Kolkata flat.
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Scandinavian-Style Kids Bedroom Ideas for a Rajarhat Apartment
We design light wood, pastel and white Scandinavian kids bedrooms for Rajarhat apartments with storage that scales as the child grows older.
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Monochrome Master Bedroom Ideas for a Sector 5 Apartment
We map out a black, white, and grey master bedroom scheme built for the compact, working-professional apartments clustered around Salt Lake Sector 5.
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Rustic Bengali Kitchen Ideas for a North Kolkata Heritage Home
We share how terracotta tile, open shelving and a working chowki counter brought a rustic Bengali kitchen back to life inside a 1930s North Kolkata heritage home.
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Scandinavian-Style Kitchen Ideas for a New Town 1BHK
A galley kitchen in a New Town 1BHK gains real breathing room once we swap heavy cabinetry for a light oak and warm white Scandinavian palette.
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Boho-Style Balcony Lounge Ideas for a Salt Lake Flat
We break down a rattan and textile boho balcony seating setup for a narrow Salt Lake flat, covering monsoon-safe fabrics and plant layering specific to the style.
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Glam-Style Home Bar Ideas for a New Town Penthouse
We detail a mirrored, brass-accented glam home bar built into a New Town penthouse's entertaining area, from material choices to layered bar lighting.
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Vintage Bengali Courtyard-Style Foyer Ideas for a Dum Dum Lake Town Home
We bring the feel of a traditional Bengali courtyard entrance, patterned tile, a jali screen and warm brass, into the compact foyer of a Dum Dum Lake Town home.
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Muted Pastel Nursery Ideas for a Salt Lake Apartment
We plan Salt Lake nurseries in muted pastels that read as calm rather than childish, and that convert into a toddler room in two to three years without a rebuild.
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Dark Academia Home Library Ideas for a South Kolkata Flat
We turn a spare room in a South Kolkata flat into a moody, book-lined dark academia library, with shelving and lighting built for Kolkata's humidity.