At Sculpted Stories, a private residence at Elevate Hines in Gurugram, that sensibility defines every room. Co-designed by Vineeta Dassani of TIS Living and homeowner Nikhil Verma, the maximalist design of this residence balances contemporary luxury with emotional permanence, allowing art, memory, and bespoke craftsmanship to shape the identity of the home.
For Nikhil Verma, the project carried a unique emotional and professional significance. Having spent over three decades designing furniture, he approached his own home with a sharp understanding of scale, ergonomics, maximalist design, materiality, and spatial balance. Yet instead of treating the residence as a showcase of furniture design, Verma envisioned a quieter form of luxury – one where furniture would support the narrative rather than dominate it.
The Maximalist Design Of This Home Balances Luxury With Memory | TIS living + Nikhil Verma
Working closely with the homeowner, Vineeta Dassani approached the residence with restraint and clarity, shaping interiors that feel layered yet calm, luxurious yet intimate. The result is a home that does not rely on trends or dramatic visual statements, but instead derives richness through collected art, tactile materials, inherited objects, and carefully crafted furniture pieces by TIS Living.
Spread across a thoughtfully designed 3BHK apartment, the home unfolds through a palette of warm neutrals, muted textures, dark wood finishes, fabric-clad surfaces, maximalist design, and subtle metallic detailing. White Italian marble flooring establishes visual continuity across the residence, while mirror paneling and layered lighting soften the transitions between spaces and enhance the sense of openness.
The material palette remains refined throughout the project. Rich upholstery, textured wall finishes, sculptural elements, crystal lighting, and warm earthy tones create an atmosphere that feels sophisticated without becoming excessive. Bespoke furniture by TIS Living anchors each room with understated elegance, allowing the surrounding art and artefacts to remain central to the experience of the home.
What makes Sculpted Stories particularly compelling is the emotional history embedded within it. Several paintings displayed across the residence have travelled from the family’s former home, where they remained for over fifty years. Vintage sculptures, old prints, and personal artefacts coexist alongside contemporary artworks by artists including Paresh Maity, Thota Vaikuntam, Raseel Gujral Ansal, and Shabnam Gupta.
Rather than treating these works as decorative additions, the interiors were consciously designed around them. Art here does not merely occupy the walls – it shapes the emotional rhythm of the home.
The living room captures this philosophy with remarkable clarity. Warm off-whites and muted neutrals create a restrained backdrop against which the artwork quietly emerges. Straight-lined bespoke sofas by TIS Living, developed in close collaboration with Verma, prioritise comfort and proportion while maintaining a visually understated presence. Their simplicity allows the surrounding collection to breathe naturally within the space.
At the centre of the living room lies a Persian silk carpet estimated to be nearly seventy to eighty years old. Vintage sculptures and inherited paintings add depth and familiarity, creating a room that feels collected over time rather than conventionally decorated. Burnt orange accents move subtly through the upholstery and accessories, introducing warmth into the otherwise restrained palette.
The space reflects one of the project’s strongest ideas: that luxury can feel calm, lived-in, and emotionally grounded.
The dining space now functions as the social heart of the apartment.
Anchoring the room is an extraordinary petrified wood dining table estimated to be over a thousand years old. With its raw texture and geological depth, the table introduces a remarkable sense of permanence into the otherwise contemporary setting. Around it, custom dining furniture by TIS Living, sculptural metal partitions, textured marble finishes, and mirror paneling create an atmosphere that feels intimate yet expansive at the same time.
One of the room’s most striking details is the custom metal partition, which subtly defines the dining zone without visually closing it off. Mirror surfaces further amplify openness, allowing light to travel freely through the apartment and making the compact space appear significantly larger.
A compact washroom was intelligently transformed into a bespoke bar unit, adding another layer of functionality to the entertaining space. Carefully curated artefacts and sculptural installations reinforce the gallery-like quality of the room while maintaining warmth and livability.
The bedrooms continue the home’s larger language of tactile luxury, maximalist design, and emotional intimacy. In the master bedroom, upholstered surfaces, muted textures, warm lighting, and subtle steel detailing come together to create an atmosphere that feels cocooned rather than ornamental. Oversized artwork introduces visual drama while remaining balanced against the otherwise restrained palette.
Bespoke bedroom furniture by TIS Living was designed with a strong emphasis on comfort and ergonomics. It is a reflection of Verma’s decades-long understanding of how furniture should support the body and shape everyday living. Every proportion within the room feels intentional. From the upholstered seating to the placement of the custom bed and side tables.
The secondary bedroom adopts a more sculptural material expression. Custom moulded wall panels introduce rhythm and texture against a muted palette. Bronze-toned finishes and diffused lighting enhance the room’s intimate character. Tailored upholstery, elongated forms, and tactile detailing continue the project’s emphasis on craftsmanship and refinement.
Even the transitional spaces within the residence were approached with careful sensitivity. In the passage area, a large-format artwork paired with a custom console by TIS Living lends the corridor a gallery-like stillness. Minimal typography across the stone-clad wall introduces what feels like a deliberate visual pause within the movement of the home.
Beyond its visual language, the project also reflects thoughtful problem-solving during execution. One of the primary challenges involved working within the constraints of pre-existing civil and MEP frameworks. It limited the possibility of major structural changes. Instead of forcing unnecessary interventions, the design team chose to optimise the existing layout. They did it through layered materials, lighting strategies, mirror paneling, and bespoke detailing.
This approach ultimately strengthened the project’s identity. The home feels resolved not because of dramatic reconstruction, but because of disciplined editing and thoughtful spatial enhancement.
What makes Sculpted Stories memorable is its refusal to separate luxury from emotion. The residence does not chase visual trends or exaggerated grandeur. Instead, it builds richness through craftsmanship, maximalist design, collected art, personal history, and bespoke furniture designed with intention.
In many ways, the home reflects the sensibilities of both its creators perfectly. After thirty years of designing furniture for others, Nikhil Verma chose to create a residence where furniture quietly supports the larger narrative of living. Through the collaborative design language developed by Vineeta Dassani and TIS Living, the result is a home shaped equally by memory, art, materiality, and lived experience – a residence that feels enduring rather than momentary.
Fact File
Designed by: TIS living + Nikhil Verma
Project Type: Residential Interior Design
Project Name: Sculpted Stories
Location: Gurugram, Haryana
Year Built: 2025
Duration of the project: 1 Year
Built-up Area: 2150 Sq.ft
Principal Designer: Vineeta Dassani & Nikhil Verma
Photograph Courtesy: atulpratapchauhann
Firm’s Website Link: TIS living + Nikhil Verma
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