Contemporary Minimalist Home With Indian Design

Isha’s home is a beautiful blend of contemporary minimalist design and Indian traditional design. She decorates her apartment with many beautiful contemporary art pieces she collected during her time in Mumbai, India. She tactfully leaves blank minimaist spaces to effectively bring the decoration out to catch your attention. While she uses subtle colors like grey and black in her living room, bar area and dining area, she added several accent colors to them which are complimented by the monotonous colors.

In the living room there is a mustard yellow which goes beautifully with the grey. Then the bar area has a pop of green. The dining area is the multiple bright colors on the painting, but I would say it’s the red that brings the brightness to the contemporary design room. The color scheme also effectively divides the vast one space into sections.

The Designer Behind The Contemporary Minimalist Home

Isha is an Indian of origin, but she grew up in the U.S. She’s married to a British husband who brought her and their two children to Mumbai for his job assignment. They have lived in Mumbai for 5 years and this summer, sadly for me and all of her friends in Mumbai, they are moving back to the U.K. Isha and her husband are both a lovely couple.

Isha and I have overlapped in Mumbai for 2 years, but I had a chance to get to know her better during this year. We had seen each other at social gatherings, but it was not until the time she and I ran into each other at a Starbucks Coffee one time about 10 months ago or so when we talked and got to know each other better.

We talked about our previous paths, hobbies, what keeps us busy in our expat lives. Isha and I have passion for interior design in common. She told me she loved reading interior design magazines and books and that’s what I love doing in my spare time, too! She’s also a writer. Writing is her passion as well and she has pursued it while she has dedicated herself to parenting and volunteer activities at school in Mumbai.

Taking Photos Of Isha’s Home

I have spoken with Isha about taking photos of her apartment a while back, but as always I procrastinated and waited. Then I realized that she was moving very soon and I would not be able to take photos once she’s too busy for the pack-out. As I was writing this post, her place was actually being packed out and I was thinking of her and her place and wondered how she was feeling. I always have a mixture of feelings on the actual days of pack out. It feels both sad to leave the life you have invested in emotionally while feeling anxious and excited for the new chapter of our family life.

Anyways, just a couple of weeks ago she generously offered to have me take photos of her apartment despite her busy schedule. I felt rusty taking photos as I have not taken photos of other people’s places in a year. Here is my last post about my friend’s home this home with Indian antique which I did a photo shoot about a year ago.

I’m excited for Isha and her family to start their new page of their life back in the U.K. Thank you, Isha, for being supportive of my blog, too. It means a lot to me. In the next week many of my friends will depart Mumbai to move to another country or city. This time of year is a reminder in expat life that life is a constant cycle of welcoming new friends and parting old friends.

Best of luck to all of my friends who embark on a new adventure wherever they will be. To those who travel during the summer (or winter in the southern hemisphere), be safe and enjoy your vacation!!