Coffee bar to a yoga room: Sonakshi Sinha’s home in Mumbai by reD Architects is a resurgence of quiet luxury

Contrary to common assumptions, minimalism can often be adventurous. Dissolving into the untamed boundaries of visual dynamism. It is expressive, sensorial and easily deviates from the norms. At actress Sonakshi Sinha’s home in Mumbai, these simple but crucial realisations ripple across its 4,000 sq ft layout, courtesy of the genius of reD Architects’ Rajiv and Ekta Parekh. “We initially had the preconceived notion of creating a lavish celebrity abode with extravagant features,” confesses Ekta about when they were approached to design Sonakshi’s home.

Refreshingly straightforward and minimalistic, the actor’s personality soon became the guiding compass for the architects to sketch her vision into reality. With a surprisingly pared down canvas ready to be embellished — albeit softly — the design directions focused on adapting to her needs through day and night. A function for every hour? Every hour, an experience.

Three reasons to love Sonakshi Sinha’s home

LESSONS IN LESS Arriving on the heels of challenges, the home savours its multifaceted flavours. As reD explains, the home was originally a four-bedroom space, which after discussions underwent a savvy transformation as a one-and-a-half bedroom home laced with the ergonomics of life. Poetically and practically. 

ROOM FOR EVERY MOOD Back to the living room, it sits poisedly so, while intently performing as an artist’s studio, a home bar, a breakfast nook, a home office and a chic coffee bar, also doubling up as an entertainment nook for her friends. “The private spaces were designed as a dedicated area for outfit trials, makeup sessions and styling.

It converts into a workout area or a guest room as required and can connect with the master bedroom, too!” reveals Ekta. Re-emphasising a sense of adaptability, details like sliding walls, Murphy beds and automated screens let Sonakshi cruise through the home as flexibly as she’d like. “The theme of raw elegance is carried forward through a grand live edge wooden dining table and a circular stacked coffee table,” Ekta divulges.

COLOUR THERAPY For a home to candidly speak of its character, there’s no stronger voice than colours. For a home so close to the seaside and deluged with the visual currents of the breeze around, Sonakshi imagined her cove to be earthy. Taking that as a cue, reD Architects confided to a palette of deep blues, terracotta, peachy beige and warm wood-y hues. 

With minimalism at the pulse of the home, Sonakshi’s home is a conscious concoction of an uncompromising flamboyance. One for all seasons, reD sums up about the process of shaping this home, “We thought it was important to understand the way Sonakshi imagines her first independent home and her expectations from the space. We then simply used this data and translated it into a lifestyle diagram.” 

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