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.

Journalists, editors and stylists: everything below is free to use. For images, interview requests, product loans or a fact check, write to online@peacocklife.com.

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

BrandPeacock Life by Shabnam Gupta
Founded2010, Mumbai
FounderShabnam Gupta, interior designer; founder of The Orange Lane design studio, 2003
What it makesMaximalist furniture, lighting, decor and collected artefacts; also full interior design and turnkey execution
How it makes itHandcrafted to order by its own karigars in its own Mumbai workshop. Seasoned hardwood frames, Burma teak where the piece calls for it; upholstery built over webbing and sinuous springs
Lead timeAbout six weeks for made-to-order furniture; a smaller ready-to-ship range dispatches from Mumbai
CustomisationAny size, finish or fabric. Fabric up to ₹1,000 per metre included in the listed price; customers may supply their own cloth
StorePeacock Life by the Countryside, Karjat, Maharashtra
DeliveryAcross India, placed in the room by the company’s own team
Press contactonline@peacocklife.com

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