Pinakin's all-new collection

Whenever I feel glum watching the sheets of rain hammer repeatedly against my windows or the sun becomes too strong for my sensitive skin, I walk into Pinakin. The signature store of architect and home accessories designer, Pinakin Patel, it unravels across 6,000 sq ft, bringing in sections bursting at the seams with home fashion themes and innovative concepts for living rooms, bedrooms and dining spaces.

His collection changes every season and this time around, I’m floored instantly by the lavish beds swathed in suede pillows, fine satin sheets and velvet duvets in chocolate brown and headboards chequered with glazed fabrics. I take in the seaweed stained side tables that are cleverly arranged near it. I cast my eye over his flamboyant serpentine-laced cushions on mammoth sloping chairs, the tub seats in a charcoal teak look, alligator-finish leather-encased bolsters and dull orange chairs inspired by minarets.

But the main theme of tables, tables and more tables, is what turns me on. Here’s a space that transforms tables into conversation pieces, handcrafted and available in the choicest of woods as well as the most luxe of finishes (think lapis lazuli, tiger’s eye and mother-of-pearl!). International in execution, Indian in essence.

I covet them all: the luxe lion-motif banquettes, the lacquered chests in melonish hues masquerading as centre tables and the striking pagoda tables in three sizes that remind me of flat, coffee-table books arranged atop each other. A nest of trellis-legged graphic veneer tables are sure to liven up an economy-sized living room. And the duo of limpid, turquoise drop-shaped tables that lock into each other with smooth ease? Made for each other. Just like me and Pinakin. The store, I mean!

Pinakin, Raghuvanshi Mill Compound, Lower Parel, Mumbai; Tel: 66002500/600; Website: www.pinakin.in; Prices: Start at Rs 15,000.