Indian old house interior

Hiraya Design Studio restored and refurbished an ancestral Mangalore villa with traditional Chettinad elements, Athangudi tiles, and antiques sourced from across India.

Often spotted outside South Indian homes, the thinnai is the raised platform that acts as a covered verandah for the family to gather and enjoy a board game or a hot cup of coffee while they chit chat. Maison Perumal is a 130-year-old family mansion that sports the thinnai where you can sit and unwind with your family. #MeAndCGHEarth #MaisonPerumal #Tamilarchitecture #FrancoTamil #Pondicherry #LocalTradition #TamilQuarter

Khotachiwadi, the charming heritage village in one of the oldest parts of Bombay, is home to Bridget Misquitta. This house is about 200 years old, and is

Kolkata

Asikkad House: This was a house designed by Benny Kuriakose few years ago in a village near Mayavaram. The house has many Chettinad architecture elements and mainly uses the columns recycled from old houses, which the client had already collected. The main house has two bed rooms with a large courtyard. #ChettinadArchitecture#TraditionalInteriorDesignIdeas

Whether it’s the home-bound user looking for a different experience or larger built scales that offer scope for their creation, sunken living spaces are making a comeback

Alok Kothari Architects gives this old Pune home a fresh lease of life with modified elevations and a tactile envelope of materiality.

Their ancestral home ‘Kotwara House’ is nestled within the old quarters of Lucknow