Press — Peacock Life and Shabnam Gupta
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Peacock Life in the press
Peacock Life is an Indian luxury furniture and decor house founded in Mumbai in 2010 by the interior designer Shabnam Gupta, who also founded the design studio The Orange Lane in 2003. Its work has been published by Elle Decor India, Outlook, Design Pataki, Platform, Society Interiors, India Design ID and Houzz India, among others.
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Recognition
- Forbes India — named among India’s top 10 interior designers, 2010Shabnam Gupta
- IIID National AwardInstitute of Indian Interior Designers
- International Property Awards — winner in three consecutive yearsFor interior design work
Selected coverage
| Publication | Story |
|---|---|
| Elle Decor India | The Globetrotting Indian — a 7,700 sq ft Mumbai duplex, June 2024 |
| Elle Decor India | Slow Life Villa — an 11,000 sq ft Alibaug farmhouse, September 2024 |
| Elle Decor India | Peacock Life by the Countryside — the Karjat store, June 2025 |
| Elle Decor India | The Peacock Life flagship store, December 2023 |
| Design Pataki | The Writer’s Retreat — a Mumbai duplex for screenwriters Kanika Dhillon and Himanshu Sharma, August 2024 |
| Society Interiors | Art, heritage and modernity collide in a Mumbai duplex |
| India Design ID | Life imitates art in a sprawling Mumbai duplex |
| Outlook Luxe | Offbeat oeuvre: meet the designer, April 2024 |
| Platform Magazine | The interior of Shabnam Gupta, March 2024 |
| Design Pataki | Pichwai panels and thikri mirrors in a Mumbai home, June 2025 |
| YourStory | On designing Irrfan Khan’s home, October 2017 |
| Houzz India | My life in design |
| Birla Opus | A maximalist Mumbai home |
| LBB Mumbai | Peacock Life, Mumbai |
Projects published
A selection of interiors by Shabnam Gupta and The Orange Lane, furnished in large part by Peacock Life:
- The Globetrotting Indian — MumbaiA 7,700 sq ft four-bedroom duplex over the Arabian Sea. Rajasthani thikri mirror work in the powder bathrooms, carved marble, Tanjore painting, a Garuda sculpture at the entrance. Published by Elle Decor India, June 2024. Read the case study
- The Writer’s Retreat — Four Bungalows, MumbaiA 7,500 sq ft duplex for screenwriters Kanika Dhillon and Himanshu Sharma. Hand-beaten temple panels repurposed as art, Warli work, Suzani embroideries, old Burma teak, a helical staircase under a 14 ft ceiling. Published by Design Pataki, Society Interiors and India Design ID.
- Slow Life Villa — AlibaugAn 11,000 sq ft farmhouse on two levels around a central courtyard. A salmon facade, turquoise vintage doors and windows, Shahabad and Kadappa stone floors, stained glass. Published by Elle Decor India, September 2024.
- Peacock Life by the Countryside — KarjatThe store as a farmhouse: the collection laid out in real rooms rather than on a shop floor. Published by Elle Decor India, June 2025. Visit
Fact sheet
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