Bandhini Home was formed in 1980 out of a love for Indian craftsmanship and techniques like handlooms, weaving, hand embroidery and tie-&-dye. The name is a reference to the space the brand operates in—designing and producing beautiful luxury home furnishings.
Bandhini Home products are designed for the well travelled and aware consumer; who is engaged in creating a wholesome living space, capturing elements of global cultures through authentic design interpretations.
Bandhini Home believes in preservation through modern expression. Production is channelled through cottage industry, providing employment to skilled artisans who carry a legacy of culture and history. The designs capture global cultures, expressed through modern perspectives.
Bandhini is a brand that retains a close association with cottage industry in creating luxury products that tell a story of the past, present and future.
Founded by Yuvraj and Sangeeta Narain, Bandhini Home Store has been a home decor stalwart for more than 30 years. Bandhini products have always used indigenously created fabrics of the highest quality—a range of handwoven fabrics, raw cotton, silk, velvet and natural yarns. These superior fabrics are then handcrafted by skilled craftspeople into soft furnishings, comprising cushions, bolsters, bedspreads and table linen.
Now, with the entry of family scions Karan and Sharan Narain, ideas have been infused with fresh energy and a modern touch.
Being born in a family devoted to art and craft, Karan, felt himself drawn to the simple lives and natural talent of local artisans. The idea that their craft, dating back generations, could be combined with contemporary aesthetics fascinated him. An artist of considerable talent, Karan aspires to bring a new dimension to Bandhini Home through www.bandhinihome.com; to build on its rich history of respect and support to the handicraft industry. Through the preservation of the cottage industry’s principles and techniques, while improving processes and design, he hopes to contribute to re-creating the lure of Indian handcrafted furnishings.
While Karan is the creative brain, his brother Sharan has seamlessly taken over the ease-of-availability part. The current era is one of digital presence and building a brand requires youthful thinking. Which Sharan brings to the table in plenty. Besides creating the facility of online browsing and purchase on their e-commerce site, Sharan has taken Bandhini to applications for smartphones and tablets.
Sharan is committed to creating a platform where the Bandhini Home process of preserving traditional handloom techniques can be explored through the www.bandhinihome.com as well as applications.
The idea is simple: enable users to discover, explore, understand and buy these products with ease.
Karan and Sharan, whose business is fast emerging as a global brand for luxury home products, have some practical advice for creating a living room that becomes a talking point.
1.Plan in advance and do mood-boards to visually profile your ideal home space. Your home is an extension of yourself, so go with your style while at the same time referencing designs that inspire you. You can get all the ideas and looks in good magazines and books on home décor.
2.Use walls for beautiful and thought provoking art and sculpture in large living areas.
3.While furniture may be expensive to replace with seasons, it helps if you use soft furnishings to change the look of spaces and keep them looking fresh.
4.Use plenty of cushions on your bed. It looks very incomplete when people sometimes place only two cushions at the bed head. For your bed, go for the hotel-like look with a healthy looking stack of coordinated cushions. You will need three rows and six to eight cushions for a wholesome look.
5.If possible, keep separate formal and informal entertaining areas.
6.Accessories are always great on console tables. Use these to infuse a pop of colour, boldness or freshness to living areas. Lamps are another great decor piece. They are not only functional but have versatility to add style—ranging from simple to bold to modern or art deco.
7.Keep coffee table books on subjects that interest you. Place them in your lobby and living room. They say something about you and make for interesting reading for the guest.
8.Sofas are not always meant to be against a wall. For large rooms, you can have multiple seating arrangements which allow for entertaining large groups, and at the same time allow for a private conversation in a corner or an alcove with a smaller seating arrangement. The seating should be such that you need not have to raise your voice to be heard by a guest during a conversation.
9.Curtains and blinds are integral to the look. There are great furnishing and fabric stores that carry a variety of styles.
10.It is always nice to have a beautiful bathroom that has plenty of dry and fresh towels! Use wicker bowls in which you can place small rolled up hand towels and place them next to the hand wash tap. The beauty is often in these small details!