One has seen proof enough in all my retail stores. Designers have a keen eye and a creative soul, one cannot say what strikes to them at which point in time. Mukherjee’s living room features a set of chesterfields custom-made by Sonal Dhingra, the architect who was commissioned by Sabyasachi Mukherjee, with leather sourced from the Sabyasachi accessory department. Wooden pelmets are topped with a mixture of antiques and bric-a-brac the designer collected during his travels. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. ‘This is what I really wanted,’ Sabya believes that to call it an office would be a gross understatement because in all its true senses this is the nerve centre of brand Sabyasachi—and the real heart of the home. Masterpiece and PAD all put together, walking in this entrance lobby will give you the feeling of walking in a room full of highlights from TEFAF. Filled with unique and antique pieces and decorated mostly by the designer himself, Sabyasachi Mukherjee’s new residence is clearly a place everybody will wish to visit. The process started with choosing the right colour for the walls. Forty-three artists from the Sabyasachi Art Foundation then hand-painted the tropical plants on the walls, inspired by the work of French artist Henri Rousseau. The corner is decorated with muslin-shaded lamps and plants. A Portuguese mirror, is from The Raj Company (Mumbai), is the focal point for one wall in this space. The kitchen is most definitely the heart of any home, and that is exactly the same case at Mukherji’s mansion. The moment you will enter your eyes will lay on artful collection of Dutch pottery that surrounds a giant — eight-foot-tall at least — Chinese vase from the Schiraaz M Tanksalwalla antique store in Calcutta, after which you can notice the grand sweeping Burma Teak staircase with Afghan and Turkish runners on the stairs and pichhwai paintings on the walls. He further added ‘In fashion, you have to reinvent yourself every three to five years. All this treasure glowing underneath a spectacular hand-cut crystal F&C Osler chandelier that goes up and up and up, the staircase wrapping itself around it, easily making it the tallest chandelier. Even the pipes are painted beautifully in a way that looks like the trunks of palm trees to complement the walls. Anything new with adrenaline rush keeps me going. ‘It’s my Instagram studio!’ says the Instagram addicted designer who works with his head of social media and art directors who works for the @sabyasachiofficial Instagram handle very seriously, with Instagram grids planned months ahead of their debut on the platform along with Sabya dictating detailed captions, image crops of the new campaign etc. The flooring pattern has been created using white and Jaisalmer yellow marble; the skirting is in unpolished granite. Mirrors in wrought-iron frames and a variety of pots decorate this rustic nook in the garden. Right now, I’ve become tired of gaunt faces and stick-thin models. A Portuguese mirror, is from The Raj Company (Mumbai), is the focal point for one wall in this space. The living room opens out to a lush tropical garden and it was important for me to get the outdoors inside. Copyright © 2020 Webwiz New Media Pvt. The ace designer, who has brought a lavish home in Kolkata a few weeks ago, designed it with brilliance and fineness. The antique rug is from ABC Carpet & Home, New York. Required fields are marked *. ‘Though I am a minimalist at heart, my outward physical manifestation is that of a maximalist. The real feat of the restoration of this Calcutta mansion with some 4,000 plants that were sourced to create the lush oasis that looks like it’s been there for hundreds of years. Ltd. | All Rights Reserved. The plantation sofa set is also from The Raj Company, upholstered in a range of fabrics—Bangladeshi nakshi kantha, Varanasi brocade and 18th-century textiles and linens from Guinevere Antiques, also on King’s Road.