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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Heights & Depths
Dressing Table Height and Mirror Size
A seated dressing table works at 720–760 mm high with a 430–480 mm stool and at least 600 mm of knee space; a standing dresser works at 850–950 mm. The face mirror should be about 600 × 900 mm with its centre at the user's eye level, and a full-length mirror needs to be at least half the user's height.
Afrin Mirza · 13 Oct 2026 · 27 min read
Cost Guides
Curtains and Blinds Cost Guide
Lined or blackout curtains with a track cost about ₹6,000–10,000 per window at economy level, ₹10,000–20,000 mid-range and ₹20,000–40,000 premium; blinds are priced per sq ft, from about ₹80–200 for roller blinds to ₹300–700 for wooden venetians. Motorisation adds about ₹12,000–35,000 per window (indicative October 2026).
Bharat Patel · 13 Oct 2026 · 23 min read
Commercial & Hospitality
Cafe Interior Design Ideas
A good café is designed around its counter and its queue: a 1050–1100 mm customer ledge, a 900 mm work counter, a 900–1050 mm service aisle behind, and about 1.0–1.4 m² of front-of-house area per seat. Indicative October 2026 interior fit-out runs about ₹900–1,400 per sq ft for a basic café and ₹1,400–2,200 for a mid-range one, before coffee equipment, HVAC and GST.
Bharat Patel · 13 Oct 2026 · 26 min read
Future of Design
Wellness Architecture: Light, Air, Sound and Sleep
A healthy home is designed around four measurable things: daylight by day and warm, dim light at night; fresh air that keeps CO2 low and filters PM2.5; bedrooms quiet enough — around 30 dB(A) inside at night is the WHO guideline — to sleep through; and a dark, cool room at 24–26 °C. Most of it is decided at planning stage, by window size, orientation, cross-ventilation and room placement.
Bharat Patel · 12 Oct 2026 · 28 min read
Architecture Icons
The Pantheon, Rome: The Dome That Still Stands
The Pantheon's dome, completed under Emperor Hadrian around AD 125, spans about 43.3 m in unreinforced concrete and still stands because its shape keeps it in compression, its concrete gets lighter and thinner towards the top, and an open oculus of about 8–9 m removes the weakest part. Continuous use as a church since AD 609 kept it maintained.
Bharat Patel · 12 Oct 2026 · 26 min read
Room Ideas
Parents' Bedroom Design for Senior Citizens
A safe bedroom for elderly parents puts the mattress top at about 480–550 mm so feet rest flat when seated, keeps 900 mm clear beside the bed and a lit, rug-free path to an attached bathroom with a 900 mm door, level floor and grab bars at about 750–850 mm. Two-way switching at the bed and low sensor night lights at 300–400 mm prevent most night-time falls.
Afrin Mirza · 12 Oct 2026 · 28 min read
Design Styles
Moroccan Interior Design: Tiles, Lanterns and Arches
Moroccan interiors rest on four crafts — hand-cut zellige tile, polished tadelakt lime plaster, carved arches and pierced metal lanterns — arranged around an inward-looking, courtyard-style plan. In an Indian home the look works best concentrated: one zellige wall or dado, one properly proportioned arch, two or three lanterns hung at the right height, and calm limewashed walls at about ₹40–150+ per sq ft.
Afrin Mirza · 12 Oct 2026 · 28 min read
History of Design
History of Terrazzo: From Venice to Indian Floors
Terrazzo grew out of Roman lime-and-chip floors and was refined in Venice, where craftsmen set marble offcuts in lime and rubbed them smooth; Portland cement, grinding machines and metal strips turned it into the twentieth century's great public floor. In India it became the mid-century mosaic floor — and many of those floors can still be reground for about ₹30–80 per sq ft rather than replaced.
Afrin Mirza · 12 Oct 2026 · 34 min read
Architecture & Planning
Window-to-Wall Ratio for Hot Climates: How Much Glass Is Too Much
In hot Indian climates a window-to-wall ratio of about 20–30 per cent overall works well for homes, with more glass on the north and much less on the west; ECBC caps vertical glazing at 40 per cent for commercial buildings on its prescriptive path. Above that, the glass type and external shading have to do the work that the wall no longer does.
Bharat Patel · 12 Oct 2026 · 27 min read
Commercial & Hospitality
Restaurant Interior Design Guide: Layout, Seating, Kitchen, Safety and Cost
A restaurant works when the concept, the cover count and the kitchen are planned together: roughly 60–70 per cent of the floor for guests and 30–40 per cent for kitchen and back-of-house, 1.0–1.9 m² of dining area per seat depending on format, and main aisles of 1200–1500 mm. Indicative October 2026 interior fit-out runs about ₹900–1,400 per sq ft for a basic café, ₹1,400–2,200 for casual dining and ₹2,200–3,500+ for premium, before kitchen equipment, HVAC, exhaust, fire systems and GST.
Bharat Patel · 12 Oct 2026 · 31 min read
Materials & Finishes
Natural Stone Cladding Types for Walls: Stones, Formats, Finishes and Fixing
Natural stone cladding comes in five useful families — sandstone, slate, quartzite, granite and limestone or marble — and five formats, from ledge panels and split mosaics to dressed slabs. Thin stone fixed in mortar or adhesive at low level costs about ₹200–500 per sq ft installed, while 30–40 mm stone dry-fixed on stainless anchors costs about ₹600–1,200 or more.
Afrin Mirza · 12 Oct 2026 · 30 min read
Cost Guides
Home Automation Cost in India (2026): Device Prices, Packages and a 3BHK Budget
A useful starter set of home automation costs about ₹15,000–45,000, a focused wireless package for a 2BHK–3BHK about ₹60,000–2,00,000, and a full wired system in a villa from about ₹3 lakh to ₹10 lakh or more (indicative October 2026). The cheapest money is spent at the wiring stage: ₹15,000–40,000 for neutral wires, deeper boxes and network points keeps every later option open.
Bharat Patel · 12 Oct 2026 · 24 min read
The People
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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.