In the spectacular city of Hyderabad, a home born in a quiet mango orchard uses summer rugs to bring about an amalgamation of color and beauty.
In this project, interior designer Sona Reddy was tasked with designing an 8,350 square foot family home for her clients in the city of Hyderabad, India, in a quiet mango orchard, where the mundane colors from everyday life take a step back to give the spotlight to more vibrant, yet simultaneously calming colors.
“The curved walls and pink lime plaster surfaces feel soft and welcoming, not stark like a lot of modern homes. The oxide floors stay cool underfoot even in summer heat, and the cane panels do a great job filtering sunlight without blocking it completely.”
–Sona Reddy– Interior designer
She was determined to turn this home into more than a simple place for the family to live in; she wanted to go beyond and turn this home into a concept, something that became a synonym for calmness and unforgettable moments for this family.
Summer rugs are a crucial part of how Reddy’s plan when it came to making this home feel cozy and welcoming, ready to take in a family, along with her usage of other colors, which make for a mixture of vibrant tones and more calming ones.
Summer rugs are only a small part of the process of turning this home into what Reddy had envisioned, as a lot of the effort would be focused on what furniture and decor should be used, as well as what colors, shapes, and textures should be chosen to help make the home like the calming, yet endearing, haven that it was meant to become.
This living room, for example, exemplifies how impactful summer rugs can be at making a home feel much more soothing and vacation-like, and in this case, the rug’s colors are being matched marvelously with the rest of the colors in this room, more notably the deep purple on the sofa, and the earthy tones in the rest of the room’s furniture.
All throughout the home, Reddy wanted to make sure that everywhere felt different, yet coherent and all a part of something grander, which meant that the summer rugs would, of course, be different from room to room, some of them would be a bit more elegant and colorful, while other ones, like the one we see here, would be a bit more minimalistic.
The rug in this room matches the artworks being used here, as well as the furniture that is being used, which mostly uses earthy tones and elegant shapes, while keeping the same relaxing vibe that Reddy wanted to maintain throughout the home, through the usage of minimal, comfy sofas and minimalistic tables and furniture.
Summer rugs come in all types of shapes, sizes, and colors, and Reddy masterfully chose which to use, whether or not to use them, depending on the room, as well as which type of rug should be chosen to match the room’s specific demands in terms of space, color, ambience, etc…
Moving on to the bedroom, we can see a resemblance between the summer rugs that were used in the living room and the one that is being used here, as this one has a very similar pattern and texture, although it features much warmer colors than the other one.
This rug’s colors match the soft pink tones we see in the room, particularly in the bed and he headframe, yet the more neutral grays and beige colors we see in the room are also being wonderfully matched by the rug’s colors, giving the room an overall feel of a true symphony of different colors and emotions.
This bedroom is meant to provide whoever has the pleasure of staying here with a cozy place to rest and relax, along with a divine opportunity to sleep or simply take a nap after a long afternoon going around the home’s surroundings.
This home in Hyderabad, India, is a fantastic example of how to use summer rugs to create an advantageous ambience that fits with your own lifestyle and tastes, such as in this case, for example, where Sona Reddy had to adapt to her client’s needs as a family and create a cozy, colorful environment.
If you felt inspired by Sona Reddy’s use of summer rugs in this project, consider looking into Tapis Studio‘s rug collection for rugs adequate for all types of projects.
Source: ElleDecor
Photography by Pankaj Anand
