What stands apart in the house is the abundant use of wood and

tones of white. F rom thick doors to the staircase and the flooring, it’s

wood all the way. “In fact the actual wealth of our house lies in its

wood,” says Arjun. And the wood, in turn, is complemented by the use

of white, fleetingly reminding you of a Zen-like space. And the Buddha

artworks strewn all over the house buttress the feeling. “The presence

of so many Buddhas in the house is coincidental,” says Manpreet

Arjun, a first generation

entrepreneur, let Manpreet do up

the house entirely, “because I have

absolute faith in her. I knew she

would make a beautiful home out of

this house,” he says.

A family person, Manpreet has many

photographs displayed all over. A

picture of Manpreet and her sister

with their mother and another of

her kids, Om and Lakshmie, sit

pretty on the table,

below.

A standing Buddha lends character to

the drawing room,

far below.

Not

brand conscious, Manpreet got it

from a small store on MG Road, Delhi.

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