A 6,500-square-foot house in a peaceful Hyderabad neighbourhood tells a story through arches in interior design, light, shadow, texture, and time rather than words. Meghana Nimmagadda founded the award-winning boutique design studio Designtales, which is responsible for this most recent residential project. Designtales is well-known for its intensely individualised approach to interior design. They create lasting experiences rather than merely designing houses.

Meghana’s philosophy: design should move, breathe, and feel, never just follow trends. After completing engineering at BITS Pilani, Dubai, and a master’s in interior design at Pratt Institute, New York, Meghana brings a quiet balance of logic and intuition to every corner of the home.

This Home Explores Arches in Interior Design | Designtales

Living Room

At first glance, the idea is simple: use light to create depth and shadow. But as you move through the space, it reveals a deeper intent, a rhythm of motion and stillness, presence and pause.

The first thing you’ll notice when you enter the drawing room is the ceiling. A flat plane is transformed into a glowing landscape by sculpted niches that are intended to catch the sun at specific angles. Like a living sundial, light moves through these nooks and crannies throughout the day.

Little Claymen sculptures can be seen in delicate wall niches along the hallway as you walk through the house. Like subtle punctuation in a sentence, their gestures, some playful, others contemplative, gently urge you to pause, notice, and engage.

Dining Area

The dining and living areas blend, supported by Nuance’s curved concrete panels and a custom-made faux Corian pillar. These components were picked not only for their appearance but also for their tactile qualities, cool to the touch, sculptural in shape, and soft to the eye. Time slows down in the dining area, which turns into a place of gathering and pause.

An enormous, organic, and vivacious chandelier from Wicker Story hangs over the dining table. It balances the more subdued elements around it by holding the space gracefully without calling attention to itself.

Kitchen Layout

The kitchen itself is a story of elegance and precision. Equipped with a Valcucine modular system, it offers a smooth fusion of form and function while supporting the open-plan layout.

Material Tactility

The story is also continued by the materials. A backdrop of brass-inlaid concrete, made with Hey Concrete, provides a contemporary interpretation of sacredness in the pooja room. It is simple, spiritual without being ostentatious, and subtly potent. Because of this design alone, the vendor has been awarded multiple new commissions.

Bedroom

Like a recurrent verse in a poem, the language of arches permeates the entire house. Intimacy is enhanced in the master bedroom by the gentle curves behind the bed. Near the vanity, the same motif resurfaces, subtly but firmly.

Guest Bedroom

In the guest bedroom, arches are reinterpreted in familiar but never monotonous ways through furniture design, tiled surfaces, and wardrobe shapes.

Kids’ Bedroom

In the kids’ room, joy lives in the details, curved corners, playful handles, and built-in toy niches invite touch and exploration. The designers crafted every element to encourage movement and invite discovery.

This home doesn’t seek attention, it welcomes you in. Eschewing trends and theatrics, it speaks in textures, light, and quiet gestures. Each room unfolds like a chapter in a lasting story, where every corner holds meaning, crafted to endure.

Fact File

Designed by: Designtales

Project Type: Residential Interior Design

Project Name: The Flowing Alcove

Location: Hyderabad

Year Built: 2025

Project Size: 6500 Sq.ft

Principal Architect: Meghana Nimmagadda

Firm’s Website Link: Designtales

Firm’s Instagram Link: Designtales

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