For your home
Travel & Lifestyle talks to three experts who share their expertise on furnishing and decorating your space this festive season.
The living room should be a place where you feel totally at ease. President of Interior Designer’s Association of Nepal, Sanu Raja Shilpakar suggests some must buys for your living room:
Galio sofa
This contemporary Galio sofa combines style and comfort.
Where: SB Furniture
Price: Rs 48,000 to Rs 66,000
Discount: Seven per cent
Expert’s advice: As it’s a neutral coloured sofa, one can decorate it with all sorts of wonderful pillow combinations.
Where to place it: In an open and spacious room.
This modern leather upholstered sofa gives a luxurious touch to the living room.
Where: Index Furniture
Price: Rs 41,900 to Rs 289,900
Discount: 10 per cent to 20 per cent
Expert’s advice: “This piece is suitable for the corner.”
Where to place it: Near the bar where you can relax.
Tips to buy furniture for the living room
1. Create a floor plan.
2. Define your taste for the living room furniture.
The kitchen is the heart of the house where the family gathers for conversations and where food acts as the mediator. Bindra Pradhan, Managing Director at Keen Enterprises Pvt Ltd, picks two kitchen cabinets and tells you why they are the must buys.
Kitchen cabinet
This modern kitchen cabinet adds comfort and functionality to your kitchen.
Where: SB Furniture
Price: Kitchen cabinets price vary according to the style, space and the preference of the
clients.
Expert’s advice: “I recommend this cabinet because it has appropriate distance between the cooking and the washing system creating more space. It’s exhaust system plays a vital role in a small kitchen area.”
Where to place it: This kitchen cabinet is
applicable for small spaces where there is no
proper ventilation.
Cook smarter with cusio counter.
Where: Index Furniture
Price: Rs 28,900 to Rs 289, 900,
Discount: 20 per cent
Expert’s advice: “The pleasing colour combination and proper use of wall cabinets gives a minimal and smart look to the kitchen.”
Where to place it: According to Vastu cabinets should be placed in the south-east corner. Cabinets can also be placed in an open airy corner of the kitchen.
Tips to buy furniture for Kitchen
1. There must be an open space.
2. Choose the right sized cabinets.
Bedroom is a special place where wonderful memories are created and cherished forever. The Creative Director at Rup Interiors Pvt Ltd, Ritesh Shrestha recommends the best picks this festive season.
Kleez bed
This neo classical piece gives a royal and modern feel to the room.
Where: SB Furniture
Price: Rs 118,800,
Discount: Seven per cent
Expert’s advice: “This bed is the revival of classical style furniture in a modern way.
A stylish bookshelf compliments the bed perfectly.”
Where to place it: The bed must be in the centre of any wall or there must be clear space on both sides of wall.
This bed is the amalgamation of warmth and style.
Where: Bira Furniture
Price: Rs 70,000 (Bed); Rs 98,000 (Wardrobe)
Expert’s advice: It’s a fine crafted low detailed bed with no frills wood.
Where to place it: In a spacious room with ample light. Choose antique and classical accessories like lamp posts, vases and other decorative items to accessorise.
Tips while buying furniture for the bedroom
1. Focus on the design of the bed.
2. Choose the right mattress.
Showrooms
• Index Furniture Nepal Pvt Ltd,
Contact: 01-4415181,
• SB Furniture Ne pal, Contact: 01- 5004047
• Bira Furniture, Contact: 01- 5522253
