Cottage  

A quaint bungalow on a 150 year old heritage street was designed to recreate the old East Indian ambia-  nce giving comfort and coziness The  entrance  leads  into a courtyard , once a ruin was enlivened with  the use of terracotta coloured tiles interspersed with blue patterned ceramic tiles. In the centre lies a guava tree leaning over iron railings that provide security. In the living cum dining room, a comfortable sofa is flanked by a Jhula (swing) and chairs made in the same cane
backed  design  with  matching  border tiles that  run across  the room. At the far end what was first an open window looking into the kitchen a wooden panel with textured glass. Paintings  by  famous  Mauritian artists adorn the walls.A cantilevered wooden staircase  in  the  living  room  that  leads upto the bedrooms is one of  the interesting elements  that  lend  an  old world charm to the rest of the interiors. In the backdrop a long  window  improvised  with  old coloured glass and a steel rod that runs vertically down  the  length  of  the window so that it can be opened only to a certain  extent for security  reasons. The  daughter's bedroom spells simplicity and space with paintings of  horses  that  adorn  the walls.  A wooden  ladder  leads upto the son's  private  loft which rests on  a  part of the false ceiling of the master bedroom. The master bedroom is designed in panelled wood, the master bed with its ornamented  head board beauti-  fies the bedroom further along with panelled shutters of the wardrobe that merge into an angular storage shelf with a dressing table at the other end.

 

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