Still Life
- Client:Private Client
- Location:Powai, Mumbai
- Area:2000 SqFt
- Delivery:Design + Build
- Design Team:Anu Chauhan & Prashant Chauhan
- Photographer:Nayan Soni
- Photoshoot Styling:Jyotsna - The Blue Ceiling
Still Life — Luxury Lake View Home | Powai, Mumbai | ZERO9
A home designed around a view that makes time stand still.
THE BRIEF
When our clients first walked us through this home, they barely spoke about the walls or the layout. They stood at the living room edge, pointed to the water, and said: this is what we want to wake up to. That was our brief. Everything else followed.
We called the project Still Life because of what the Powai lake does to you when you're in its presence. It stills you. This home became our attempt to build that stillness into every room, every material choice, every view corridor we could create.
THE ENTRANCE
The door is always the home's first sentence. Here, an olive green entrance door with geometric and fluid line patterns, a digital lock, and a warm gold nameplate sets the tone — modern and warm, without being loud. The moment it opens, you're not looking at a foyer. You're looking at the lake.
THE FOYER
Just inside, a deep blue arched shelving unit acts as a quiet welcome and a gentle partition — giving the dining area privacy without closing anything off. Paired with a fluted pastel blue console and a gold-framed mirror, it creates a moment of pause before the living space opens up. The home reveals itself slowly, and deliberately.
THE LIVING ROOM
The living room is where this home truly breathes. A curved sofa mix from Demorodas and Stanley, cream armchairs, a textured geometric TV wall with dark fluted accents, a pastel blue media console — the palette is considered and calm. The centre table is a bespoke piece by Aurawala, its surface finished by Evolve Artisanal — textured, layered, and entirely in conversation with the room. The rug is from Hands Rugs. Sound throughout the home is handled discreetly by BOSE. Every decision here was made to ensure that the sliding glass door to the balcony felt like the natural end of every sightline.
The balcony is where hours disappear. Outdoor furniture by Kerf and Abaca, the swing from Ritzlane, and the lake in front of you. We didn't over-design it. The view does the work.
THE DINING ROOM
The dining space has real presence — a six-seater brown-tinted glass table with a sculptural metal base, cream Stanley chairs, and an Abner alabaster pendant that casts a warm wash of light at dinner. A full-length pastel blue storage unit with integrated mirrors ties the room together. From the table, too, the lake is always in view.
THE STUDY & MASTER SUITE
A door clad in the same blue fluting as the surrounding wall opens almost like a secret into the study, which extends into the master suite. The study is calm and functional — floor-to-ceiling storage, a Poltrona Frau chair that was chosen as much for its craft as its comfort, a space that holds you gently while you work.
The master bedroom continues in the same register: a Duroflex recliner bed against a textured beige wall, seamless wardrobe shutters, and a private balcony that is simply a chair and the lake. The walk-in wardrobe in shades of mint adds a quiet freshness to the palette — a room within a room, entirely its own world.
THE MANDIR
The Mandir anchors the home in a way no other space can. White marble, framed Tanjore deities, a brass Om inlay, clean handleless storage below. Quiet, intentional, and complete.
THE GUEST BEDROOM
The guest bedroom gets the view too — an ombre teal wallpaper, a bed beside a large window framing the lake and the hills. The room is quiet on purpose. When the view is that strong, it just needs to listen.
THE DAUGHTER'S BEDROOM
The daughter's bedroom is split into two dedicated zones. The wardrobe side features floor-to-ceiling minimalist closets with seamless, handleless back-painted glass doors. The sleeping side is a light-filled space with a Nilaya textured geometric sage green accent wall, a custom perforated metal screen as headboard panel, a low platform bed, curved side tables, and large sliding glass doors opening onto a private balcony with a swing perfectly aligned to the water. A space for daydreaming, where the room steps back and lets the lake take over.
COLLABORATORS
Still Life came together through the craft and commitment of many hands. All sliding partitions and doors across the home are by Veneto (CNR) — precise, seamless, and essential to how the spaces breathe and connect. The CNC work throughout is by Chandra Arts. Wall textures are by Evolve Artisanal in the living spaces and Nilaya in the daughter's bedroom. ICA Paints runs through the entire home. Plants by Plant People bring life to every corner.
Still Life is a home that trusts its context. We didn't try to compete with the lake — we simply let it in. And what came back to us, room by room, was a space that stills you the moment you enter. That's what this family now gets to live inside, every day. We're grateful for that.
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BETWEEN THE LINES
What is the Still Life project by ZERO9? Still Life is a 2000 sq ft Design & Build luxury residence in Powai, Mumbai, designed by Prashant and Anu of ZERO9. The home is built entirely around the Powai lake view — every room, material choice, and view corridor was designed to bring the stillness of the water into daily life.
Who designed Still Life, Powai Mumbai? Still Life was designed by Prashant Chauhan and Anu of ZERO9, a Mumbai-based luxury interior design and architecture studio. Photography by Nayan Soni, photoshoot styling by Jyotsna.
What is the design concept behind Still Life? The concept came directly from the clients — they pointed to the Powai lake and said: this is what we want to wake up to. ZERO9 built the entire home around that single idea. Every sightline leads to water. Every room, every material choice, every opening is designed to still you.
What interior design style is used in Still Life, Powai? The home uses a calm luxury palette of pastel blue, sage green, teal, warm beige, and brass gold. The aesthetic blends curved contemporary furniture, bespoke textured wall treatments, and considered bespoke joinery — sophisticated and serene, never loud.
What are the standout design elements in Still Life? The sculptural geometric relief TV wall in the living room, the full-length pastel blue dining storage wall with integrated mirrors, the Mandir in white marble with brass Om inlay and Tanjore frames, the mint walk-in wardrobe, the sage green daughter's bedroom with a custom perforated metal screen, and the Powai lake-facing balcony swing.
How does ZERO9 approach lake-view or view-facing homes? At ZERO9, view-facing homes are designed as inside-outside experiences. Every furniture placement, sightline, and spatial opening is considered in relation to the view — ensuring the outdoors is present in every room, not just the ones directly facing it. The view is the brief. The design follows.
How can I enquire about a luxury interior design project with ZERO9 in Mumbai? Visit www.zero9.in or reach out directly through the enquiry form at www.zero9.in/connect. ZERO9 takes on select residential and commercial Design & Build projects across Mumbai and India.
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