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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Kitchen
Open vs Closed Kitchen for Indian Cooking
For Indian cooking, a fully open kitchen is a daily compromise; a closed kitchen is socially isolating — the sliding glass partition between them is the honest middle path.
Bharat Patel · 31 Aug 2026 · 11 min read
Kitchen
Kitchen Storage Accessories Worth the Money
Tandem drawers and tall pantry pull-outs earn their price in daily Indian kitchens; magic corners only pay in true blind corners; wicker baskets are cheap organisation, not storage magic.
Bharat Patel · 30 Aug 2026 · 12 min read
Kitchen
Kitchen Sink Types: Single vs Double Bowl
For Indian utensils, a deep single bowl in 304-grade steel with sound pads beats a cramped double bowl — unless the kitchen runs a strict wash-rinse discipline with two cooks.
Bharat Patel · 30 Aug 2026 · 11 min read
Kitchen
Kitchen Lighting: Task, Cove and Pendant Guide
Light the kitchen in three layers: 4000K task strips under the wall units for 500 lux at the counter, soft ambient from the ceiling, and pendants only where they do not block the cook.
Bharat Patel · 29 Aug 2026 · 12 min read
Kitchen
Built-in Hob vs Freestanding Cooktop
Built-in hobs win on looks and wipe-clean counters; freestanding cooktops win on serviceability and cost — for heavy Indian cooking, serviceability usually matters more.
Bharat Patel · 29 Aug 2026 · 11 min read
Vastu
Main Door Direction as per Vastu
Vastu favours north, north-east and east entrances — but the foyer the door opens into, its light, its nameplate and its clutter, shape daily life far more than the compass alone.
Afrin Mirza · 28 Aug 2026 · 12 min read
Vastu
Kitchen Direction as per Vastu (With Practical Fixes)
Vastu places the kitchen in the south-east, accepts the north-west as second choice — and when the kitchen's position is fixed, the hob's placement and internal zoning carry the principle.
Afrin Mirza · 28 Aug 2026 · 12 min read
Vastu
Pooja Room Direction and Design as per Vastu
The north-east is the pooja room's natural home — first light, coolest air, the tradition's most sacred corner. When the flat denies it, the east wall or a ventilated, backlit mandir unit carries the same intent. This guide gives the zones, three compact designs with dimensions, and the diya-ventilation detail most mandirs miss.
Afrin Mirza · 27 Aug 2026 · 14 min read
Vastu
Bedroom Direction as per Vastu
Vastu places the master bedroom in the south-west with the headboard on the south or west wall — and the tradition's reasoning lines up surprisingly well with light, heat and noise logic. This guide rates all nine zones and shows what to do when the flat fixes the room elsewhere.
Afrin Mirza · 27 Aug 2026 · 14 min read
Vastu
Toilet Direction as per Vastu
Vastu prefers toilets in the north-west or west — the tradition's hygiene logic, placing waste downwind and away from the sacred north-east. In a flat the toilets are fixed, so this guide gives the zone table plus the three adaptations that matter more than the zone: ventilation, dry-wet separation and door discipline.
Afrin Mirza · 26 Aug 2026 · 14 min read
Vastu
Staircase Vastu: Direction and Placement
Vastu places the staircase in the south or west, rising clockwise, never in the north-east or centre — the heavy-structure logic of keeping weight in the stable zones. In a duplex the stair is structural and stays put, so this guide pairs the zone table with NBC's riser, tread, width and headroom rules and the corrections that work without moving concrete.
Afrin Mirza · 26 Aug 2026 · 14 min read
Vastu
Vastu Myths vs Facts: What Designers Actually See
A thriving fear industry sells Vastu as a list of things that will go wrong. Designers who work inside real homes see something calmer: Vastu as environmental common sense — light, air, weight, circulation, sacredness — with most rules answering to one of those five. This is the gentle myth-busting guide.
Afrin Mirza · 25 Aug 2026 · 13 min read
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Afrin Mirza
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.