Bharat Patel
Founder, Aaditya Interior
Bharat is the founder of Aaditya Interior and leads client relationships, space planning and site execution across 180+ active projects.
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The master bedroom is won or lost on layout long before colour: 600 mm at the bed sides, 900 mm before the wardrobe, layered light and a wardrobe wall that actually fits. The complete dimensioned guide — plan, wardrobe anatomy, lighting, palette and costs.
The ceiling is the living room's fifth wall — and the one most homes waste. Five false-ceiling patterns that actually suit Indian living rooms, each with minimum room heights, drop dimensions, fan and light positions, and honest gypsum, POP and PVC pricing.
A small bedroom works when the bed takes the longest wall, the wardrobe steals no swing space, and storage climbs the walls: the clearances in mm decide everything else.
The Indian living room must host television, guests and prayer in one space: pick a TV-first or conversation-first plan, seat six to eight with real clearances, and give the pooja corner its own calm zone.
A kids room that lasts from age 3 to 15 is built on adjustable furniture, storage that converts from toys to books, and safety detailed before decoration: dimensions and rules inside.
A flat balcony becomes the favourite corner when five decisions are taken in order — floor, drainage, greenery, seating and light — each one monsoon-proofed before it is beautified.
A home office that works in a small flat needs exactly 1200 × 600 mm of desk, light from the left, a camera-ready background and cables that disappear: the dimensioned setup guide.
A dining room works when the table is sized at 610 mm per diner, 900 mm of clearance rings it on every used side, and the pendant hangs 750–900 mm above the table: the full dimensioned guide.
2700–3000K for living and bedrooms, 4000K for kitchen, study and bath — and never both in one sightline: the room-by-room colour temperature guide.
Good ceiling lighting is three layers — cove for ambience, spots for tasks, pendants for focus — planned on paper before the gypsum grid is frozen, not after.
Hang pendants 750–900 mm above the table, size the shade at half the table's width, and use odd-number clusters: the three rules that settle every pendant decision.
Overhead bathroom light puts shadows on the face; side-mounted light at face height removes them: the mirror-lighting fix in millimetres.
The People
Founder, Aaditya Interior
Bharat is the founder of Aaditya Interior and leads client relationships, space planning and site execution across 180+ active projects.
Co-founder, Aaditya Interior
Afrin is the co-founder of Aaditya Interior, leading the design studio – materials, colour, detailing and finishing – along with the office and design team at Katargam, Surat.