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Anaita Shroff Adajania
There’s a duality in the Mumbai home of Anaita Shroff Adajania and her husband, filmmaker Homi Adajania. “Our living room is divided into two distinct spaces. One half is serene, in beige and nude, sunny art, calm and more Homi, and the other side, a demi boudoir, is more eclectic, chaotic like me,” she says. The home—“a narrative woven from our travels and my love for the weird and wonderful”, a true reflection of this creatively inclined family—is where the couple live with their sons, Zreh and Zane, and an adopted Jack Russell terrier, Ziggy.
What many don’t know is that Anaita hasn’t limited her professional expertise to the wardrobe. She has styled several celebrity homes by curating and creating the entire look. “For me, it’s a natural extension of what I do as a fashion stylist. It excites me. I’d love to open a design store, or style a crazy restaurant or bar! I've been fortunate to have a long career as a stylist, and I never take for granted the importance of learning and growing.”
Kshitij Kankaria
For the founder of Dirty Magazine, everything, as they say, exists in context. Raised in a family of doctors, Kankaria branched out to styling and fashion, channelling his own personal experiences and observations to create a strong, authentic style. For him, narrative is key and it applies to the styling of his own home in Mumbai as well. His aesthetic spans from the eclectic to the practical to the personal.
“Over time, I’ve collected a lot of random objects, designer pieces, and a mix of vintage and new. I love a piece of pottery by artist Basile Boon and a 16th-century wood-and-metal Christ mural from Rome. I always have reading material and lots of plants. And over time, I’ve amassed a large collection of gothic objects.”
Daniel Franklin
“I am a homebody,” admits Delhi-based stylist Daniel Franklin. While he is currently living alone, he shares the space with his best friend, Santu Misra, who is studying abroad. Franklin’s personal style is eclectic, gender nonconforming, and layered—an approach he carries into his interiors as well, generously styled with cushions, throws, and carpets that are swapped out every now and then. “I love rearranging the layout. I love handmade artisanal pieces. I’m obsessed with antique markets. I’m never in a rush to fill up my space. I would much rather do it buying one-off pieces at a time and I’m always looking for a great bargain.” Franklin’s got his design philosophy down perfectly.
Rahul Vijay
In doing up this home, Vijay found a synergy in his sartorial and design philosophies. “It’s a classic home with neutral pieces and a pop of colour, like the caricature my nieces made for me that greets you at the entrance,” he says. It is a quintessential Bandra home—a ground floor space in an old Portuguese building with high ceilings and art deco windows that look out to a lovely patch of green. When it came to designing the space, he went blank.
“I’ve never done an apartment before and I was impatient. I thought it would happen overnight. But over time, I have furnished this flat myself,” he says, adding that he got some good advice from talented friends like Ravi Vazirani and Anand Bhushan. “This home reminds me of Delhi and my family. It feels like home.”
Tanya Ghavri
Emerging as the go-to stylist for the industry’s hottest names, Ghavri’s home is her sanctuary. “I’m very emotional about this space. I knew it instantly when I walked in over a decade ago that this was to be my home. My mum, sister and I built our life here.” She now lives here with her Maltese, Leo, converting one bedroom into a walk-in closet with both her personal and styling wardrobes. The entire home is done up in a palette of soothing neutrals. “My job involves constantly changing things up. With my home, I wanted it simple. The comfort of your own home is a feeling that just can’t be beaten.”
Priyanka Kapadia
It’s been a busy few months for the former fashion director at Vogue who now consults as a stylist to celebrities like Alia Bhatt, Anushka Sharma, Virat Kohli, and Ananya Panday. Kapadia, along with her husband, photographer Hashim Badani, adopted a puppy last year, had a baby four months ago, and decided to undertake a full renovation of her family home, moving from a seaside apartment to a gated high rise. The brief to interior architect Kunal Shah kept evolving, especially as the couple’s brood expanded, but the underlying sentiment was the same. “Both Hashim and I also grew up in quintessential ‘old’ Bombay homes, so we wanted a mix of tradition and new, some art deco elements, some teak-wood and terrazzo, but always with a burst of the unexpected. We both appreciate quality and craftsmanship, and we prefer our spaces to be mini-
mal with a bit of organized chaos.”
Edward Lalrempuia
“I’m Monica Geller, everything needs to be in its space,” laughs Eddie, as he is fondly known to friends. But with a dose of colour and lush green plants. Having lived at home in Aizwal, Mizoram; at boarding school in Yercaud, Tamil Nadu; and then with best friends in Delhi for the last 20 years, his move to Mumbai was a leap into the unknown. “I wanted my home here to be an extension of my Delhi home, with plants, light and a cosiness but, at the same time, I also felt a sense of liberation in living alone,” says Eddie. He is now happily planted in Mumbai with his two indie dogs, Lily and Rocco, and loves to cook Korean and northeastern meals for small groups of friends.
