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How to make your space feel like yours — practical guides, design thinking, and the occasional look behind how Plynth works.

30 Links in My Notes App, and the Mirror That Started It All

Founder's note

30 Links in My Notes App, and the Mirror That Started It All

A founder's note - why I built Plynth, after three moves, thirty browser tabs, a console mirror that wasn't the mirror, and a vision that never made it from my head into my room.

May 29, 2026 · 4 min read

Living Room Ideas for Indian Apartments - With Real Products You Can Actually Buy

Styling guide

Living Room Ideas for Indian Apartments - With Real Products You Can Actually Buy

Six living-room ideas for Indian apartments - each with a real product from a brand that ships to your city, at a price you can evaluate right now.

May 29, 2026 · 7 min read

How to Refresh a Room You've Stopped Noticing - Without Replacing Everything

Styling guide

How to Refresh a Room You've Stopped Noticing - Without Replacing Everything

The room isn't broken, it's gone quiet. A practical guide to refreshing a living room you've stopped seeing - scale, lighting, dead corners - without replacing the furniture.

June 15, 2026 · 6 min read

Getting Your Living Room Ready for Diwali Guests - Without Buying a New Sofa

Festive

Getting Your Living Room Ready for Diwali Guests - Without Buying a New Sofa

Diwali is on 8 November. Here's a four-week plan for a living room that seats a full house, with a ₹13,943 shopping list and the sofa you already own.

October 7, 2026 · 9 min read

How to Make Your Living Room Festive-Ready - Without a Renovation

Styling guide

How to Make Your Living Room Festive-Ready - Without a Renovation

The room your guests will actually sit in doesn't need to be redone before the festive season. A practical guide to a warmer, more considered living room using one statement piece, one brass object, and better light.

August 20, 2026 · 6 min read

What ₹1.2 Lakh Actually Gets You in a Living Room

Styling guide

What ₹1.2 Lakh Actually Gets You in a Living Room

Not a vague promise about luxury on a budget - the real list. A full modern-luxury living room styled for ₹1,27,296, broken down piece by piece, so you can see where the money should go.

August 22, 2026 · 5 min read

Why Japandi Works So Well in Indian Homes

Style guide

Why Japandi Works So Well in Indian Homes

Japandi isn't about owning less — it's warm, quiet, and surprisingly at home in an Indian apartment. A practical look at the style, using a real ₹1.29 lakh living room.

August 14, 2026 · 7 min read

How to Light a Living Room (the One Thing Most Homes Get Wrong)

Styling guide

How to Light a Living Room (the One Thing Most Homes Get Wrong)

A single overhead tube light is why your living room feels flat at night. A practical guide to layered, warm lighting — the 2700K rule, floor lamps, pendants — at every budget.

August 11, 2026 · 7 min read

How to Choose a Rug for Your Living Room

Buying guide

How to Choose a Rug for Your Living Room

The rug is the most underrated purchase in a living room — and the easiest to get wrong on size. A practical buying guide: hand-knotted vs tufted, wool vs silk, and how big to actually go.

August 7, 2026 · 8 min read

How to Make a Bedroom Feel Calm

Styling guide

How to Make a Bedroom Feel Calm

A calm bedroom isn't about buying more — it's texture, warm light in the right places, and restraint. A practical guide, built around a real cane-and-concrete bedroom.

August 4, 2026 · 8 min read

Coastal Style in an Indian Home (Without the Shells and Rope)

Style guide

Coastal Style in an Indian Home (Without the Shells and Rope)

Coastal isn't a beach-themed room — it's light, air, and sun-worn materials. How to get the look in an Indian apartment, built around a real ₹7 lakh living space.

July 31, 2026 · 8 min read

How to Style a Rented 2BHK So Every Piece Moves With You

Styling guide

How to Style a Rented 2BHK So Every Piece Moves With You

No drilling, no fixed fittings, nothing that stays behind. A practical way to style a rented 2BHK with ₹1,02,900 of furniture you can pack when the lease ends.

October 7, 2026 · 9 min read

A Warm Winter Living Room: Textiles, Lamps and the 5:30 pm Problem

Styling guide

A Warm Winter Living Room: Textiles, Lamps and the 5:30 pm Problem

Winter evenings arrive early and the living room feels it. How to warm one up with a wool rug, layered textiles and low amber light, using a real ₹2,83,144 Plynth look.

October 7, 2026 · 9 min read

Your First Bedroom Together: A Calm, Warm Room for Two (and How to Buy It in Three Stages)

Bedroom

Your First Bedroom Together: A Calm, Warm Room for Two (and How to Buy It in Three Stages)

Wedding season starts in November. A sheesham-wood bedroom built in three purchases, for couples setting up a first home, with real prices and what to do when you share a house with parents.

October 7, 2026 · 9 min read