When the people from Maram wrote to me, I was slightly wary. But I checked the link they sent me & it was seriously crammed with goodies. Especially if you are a lover of antique wood & the prospect of living with beautifully carved relics appeals to you. At Maram (which means wood in most south Indian languages) an old door can become a table or frame a mirror. An old Ayurvedic medicine chest morphs into your cd holder or the famous urli becomes your wash basin. Life gets interesting.

Sheila and Krishna Baru help design your interiors & this is part of one such project. I loved the old door in the contemporary room.

A beautiful old world centre table transforms this room

Love the roll top table and the wood against the yellow wall [reminds me of archana's home :)]

I fell in love when I saw this. Gorgeous.

All black carved headboard of a bed.

More carved headboards, so regal.

I'd seriously pick this up. This mirror converted from an old door frame, can double any space.

This one's called the Kamadhenu door.

I liked this concept. Its a free standing pooja(prayer) cabinet. Normally people who can afford the space have an entire pooja room. But for the space starved, this is a brilliant option. Bombayites, are you listening?

This is a Thai diwan - true fusion. Diwans are the sofa equivalents for Indians & this is a thai version. Coool.

I liked these, though they are carved, they are really solid.
A beautiful carved old Goan chair.

The combination of the woven cane and the carving, make these chairs interesting.

On the left is a beautiful cupboard with a lotus tile inlaid. But look at the right- this is seriously neat- the urli as a basin.

Bed side tables with fret work.

This mirror frame is made from bed parts. The great news is that a lot of their furniture is custome made.

I read a couple of articles written about them in Elle & Femina (from their website) which said they are not exhorbitant. So all the more reason to check them out. I'm suddenly wishing I was in Bangalore. Or that they came here to Bombay.