Abode by the Bay Home, Mumbai

Nestled in the arms of the Arabian Sea, ‘Abode by the Bay’ is a contemporary-style apartment located in the heart of South Mumbai along the Nepean Sea Road. Amidst the lush and luxurious setting of the gorgeous sea on one side, the design intent was to enfold its essence and capture the views as much as possible. Along with creating a “visual effect” in line with a client brief, bringing in the breeze and sound of the waves to blend with the spaces was vital to the design scheme. The three key elements that describe this abode by the bay are rich materials, well-crafted details and bespoke furniture.

With the Arabian Sea as a backdrop to the living room, the overall area is designed to feel airy, connecting the three zones. Designed for a family of five, the most prominent colour used in the apartment is grey, with four to five different shades used meticulously throughout the house. For the flooring of these spaces, a combination of four different types of polished Italian marble creates a unique pattern that radiates elegance. The linear alignment of the living and dining room has a ceiling design with sleek magnetic-track lighting installed in three stilts running across the spaces. This state of the art lighting adds a dramatic touch to the modernity and creates an illusion of the room being more spacious. The wall panelling of 3mm Neolith and Laminam stone slim tiles and teak wood slats has a playful combination of grey tones and ambient lighting installed in slits.

A modish library is an unusual but distinctive approach to optimizing the living room wall by adding bookshelves. Designed using fabricated metal, the combination of horizontal and wood-finished vertical divisions lead to an exciting play of form to display the books and artefacts. The shelf is intricately designed as the vertical members have flushed profile lights that become a part of the arrangement. An open kitchen is planned and oriented to allow easy movement between the dining area and kitchen while overlooking the television area, making the entire space more interactive. The grey tones flow in the kitchen with darker shades as highlights, complemented by a partially finished Statuario stone.

Taking off from the main concept of the “Abode by the bay”, the master bedroom is designed with a picturesque view of the sea from two sides. A four-poster bed, fabricated in stainless steel, is located in the heart of the room, along with a black clear glass wardrobe on one side. The colour scheme and palette establish the design intent of the house- bold, elegant and chic. Grey tones in the master bedroom are backed by a concrete-textured paint finish by San Marco on walls with a hybrid wooden flooring by Xylos. The trendy bathroom with flooring finished in concrete vitrified tiles and walls in Kolkata marble has warm lighting and sleek under-counter cabinets for storage.

The home is interwoven with a combination of subtlety and sophistication, grey tones and colour pops, and comfort and contemporary with an open and airy design that enhance the expediency of its location. The use of grey tones as the majority connects the spaces coherently and lets the design ‘flow’ while not compromising the overall material palette. The Open Atelier Mumbai team aims to create experiences and narrate urban lives through design, keeping the client’s requirements as priority.