Step 01
Placement
Agree the position and the direction the idols will face, away from bathroom walls and not under a staircase.
A guide · working with a vastu brief
Vastu Tips for Home Interiors and Pooja Rooms
Many families in Nagpur want their home planned to vastu. Here is how we work with that — what usually fits easily, what has to be traded off, and how a pooja room is designed.
- How a vastu brief is used in a real layout
- The guidance that is easy to follow in a flat
- Where vastu and daylight pull in opposite directions
- Pooja room design, placement and storage
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Why us
How we treat vastu
Vastu is a traditional system that a great many families follow, and for most of our clients it is a matter of belief and custom rather than something they want argued about. We take it as part of the brief, the same way we take a requirement for a study or a guest room, and we plan to it from the first layout rather than adjusting at the end.
What we do not do is claim that a layout will bring prosperity, health or luck. We are designers, not astrologers. If your family follows vastu, or you are working with a vastu consultant, tell us at the start and we will plan around it — and tell you honestly where a requirement costs you daylight, ventilation or space, so you can decide.
01
Entrance
The direction the main door faces, and what is placed facing it. In a flat this is fixed by the building, so the work is usually in how the entry is treated inside — a shoe cabinet, a console, and a clear route in.
02
Kitchen and cooking direction
The position of the kitchen and which way the cook faces at the hob. This is one of the more common requirements and often the one that most affects a modular kitchen layout.
03
Bedrooms and sleeping direction
Which room is used as the main bedroom and the direction the bed head faces. Usually simple to accommodate, since it affects furniture placement rather than walls.
04
Pooja room
Its placement, the direction the idols face, and keeping it away from bathroom walls and the space under a staircase.
In detail
Making it work in a Nagpur flat
In an independent house there is room to plan for both vastu and good daylight. In a flat the building has already decided the entrance direction, the window positions and where the plumbing runs, so the honest approach is to follow what the plan allows and not pretend the rest can be fixed by moving furniture.
The kitchen is where the trade-offs usually appear. A requirement about which way the cook faces can conflict with the position of the window, the drain or the gas point. Sometimes the layout can be rearranged around it; sometimes it means a longer plumbing run or a kitchen that works less well day to day. We show both options drawn to scale rather than describing them, because the difference is easier to see than to explain.
For the pooja room itself, the practical details matter as much as the placement. A lamp needs ventilation, brass and silver need a surface that can be wiped, and there should be somewhere to put things away so the space stays uncluttered. A small niche designed properly is used far more than a cupboard that was squeezed in.
If you are planning a full home with a vastu brief, our page for home interior designers in Nagpur explains how the rest of the planning runs alongside it.
How we work
Designing a pooja room or niche
Step 02
Size and use
How many people sit together, whether you need seating, and what has to be stored — lamps, books, utensils, offerings.
Step 03
Light and materials
Warm, gentle lighting, a surface that wipes clean around the lamp, and a backdrop of marble, wood, jaali or tile.
Step 04
Details that matter daily
Ventilation for a lamp or incense, a drawer for daily items, and a shelf height that is comfortable to reach and to clean.
The studio
The studio in numbers
Projects delivered
120+
Clients worldwide
100+
Years of practice
10+
Design professionals
19
Questions
Frequently asked
Do you design homes to vastu?
Yes, when the client wants it. We ask for the vastu brief before the first layout — either from you or from your consultant — and design to it. Where a requirement conflicts with daylight, ventilation or the shape of the flat, we show you the trade-off and you decide.
Can vastu be followed in a flat that is already built?
Partly. The entrance, the plumbing lines and the structural walls are fixed, so directions that depend on them cannot be changed. What you can usually control is where the kitchen counter and hob go, the bed positions, the pooja room and the placement of furniture and storage.
Where should a pooja room go?
The north-east corner is the most common preference, kept away from bathroom walls and not placed under a staircase. In a compact flat a dedicated room is not always possible, so we design a niche or a cabinet in the living or dining area that respects the same placement as far as the plan allows.
What if a vastu requirement makes the design worse?
We say so plainly. Blocking the only source of daylight or making a kitchen awkward to work in are real costs, and you should know about them before you commit. Often there is a version that satisfies the requirement without the penalty, and that is the one worth finding.
Do you work with our vastu consultant?
Yes. It works best when the consultant is involved at the layout stage, before drawings are made, so that the advice can shape the plan rather than force changes to a finished design.