This isn’t a home office—it’s a cabinet of curiosities disguised as a workspace, a room that refuses to choose just one design language when it can speak seven fluently. The result? A gloriously layered studio where every surface tells a different story, yet somehow the narrative holds. Shop at Etsy DoorsByMJ
Begin with the lotus-carved doors, sourced from an India haveli estate and now reimagined as room dividers. Their intricate petals and vines weave across weathered wood, creating a backdrop that’s part sculpture, part architecture, entirely mesmerizing. But rather than treating them as museum pieces, the designer surrounded them with unexpected companions: a mid-century Danish desk, Brutalist concrete bookends, and a Victorian-era leather chair reupholstered in electric peacock velvet.
The palette defies convention. Walls in moody charcoal provide the perfect foil for jewel-toned accents—sapphire cushions on a Moroccan pouf, an emerald glass lamp from Murano, crimson spines of vintage books. Oxblood curtains frame windows, while a Persian rug in faded rose and indigo anchors the seating area. It’s dark, but not brooding; rich, but not oppressive.
Then there are the antique carved sunburst sideboards—an unmatched pair flanking the workspace, their radiating patterns reminiscent of both Aztec cosmology and French Art Deco. One holds a collection of brass Tibetan singing bowls; the other, a turntable and vinyl collection ranging from Ravi Shankar to Talking Heads. Above them, walls become gallery space: Indian carved wall panels, sari textiles, a gilt-framed Italian mirror, contemporary abstract paintings, and a neon “create” sign that feels perfectly irreverent.
This is eclecticism as philosophy—the belief that beautiful antique doors, hand-carved wood doors, and architectural elements from different eras and origins don’t just coexist; they conspire together to create spaces with genuine soul and endless visual intrigue.
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