A new take on quirk

Teja Lele introduces five homegrown brands that promise some much-needed fun this season

Greys, blacks, and wooden tones may help ground the home, but not everything around you needs to be utilitarian and regular. Whatever your decor style may be - cosy, comfortable, relaxed, rustic, over the top, or trendy, your rooms could do with a touch of whimsy. Channel your fun vibe to add a quirky feel to your space and radiate positivity with these indie brands.

Glass Forest

Started by Pallavi Chandra and Deeksha Saini in 2019, New Delhi-based Glass Forest is an artisanal range of home décor products that crafts stories in glass. The founders believe that glass is the perfect visual metaphor for water and closely represents all its characteristics such as clarity, transparency, the duality of fragility, and strength. “Our installations have all been carefully handcrafted to redefine glass as an element within the periphery of human-built spaces,” Pallavi says, adding that installations like Koi Pond, Ripples, and Flight have received an amazing response.

The founders say glass, as a material, is symbolic of sensitivity. It is fragile yet resolute, just like water, that’s “so gentle yet strong enough to change the shape of everything on its path”.

All Glass Forest products, including glassware, serveware, ornaments, lightings, decor accents and installations, are inspired by water and aquatic life and add style and sophistication to homes. The products are priced between ₹1,250 and ₹11,500.

“Our love for colour and vintage glassware inspired us to create daily use products. Firdaus, made out of fluted borosilicate glass, showcases old-world charm as does Juliette. Our Eden collections bring together fluted and coloured borosilicate glass to create an unusual combination of sophistication and playfulness,” Deeksha says.

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