Garage Inc.

Garage Inc. is a modern style café located in Colaba, Mumbai. It has been designed by refurbishing an existing heritage site. The raw textures and appeal of the whole café has been kept and mind. The café design is in sync with the whole city fabric in its raw, archaic and rustic feel. The 28-year-old fresco, ceiling, and flooring have been left untouched to retain the old world charm, the ambiance speaks loud and clear about the café being a relaxing space. Also, the café has a certain industrial feel attached to its design. The idea of the café was to create the space that has an American vibe attached to it and at the same time preserve the beautiful heritage site with unique Indian architectural elements such as the curved brick roofing and the terracotta tile work on the floor. The most enthralling idea was to use natural tones of brown. Natural shades of brown have been used that prove to be a versatile hue with its wide usage in American as well as Indian indigenous architecture. The café’s design is replete with rustic, industrial and out of the box design elements that complement the nostalgic vibe of the whole space. Be it the hipped roof ceiling with unfinished paintings or the terracotta flooring the café is designed to remodel the aura of the former property. The roofing and flooring have been preserved in its purest form and walls have an unfinished fish scaled texture adorned with various wall hangings depicting inventions and discoveries made in the past.

Colour-Palette - Monotonous, beige hues
Furniture - Wooden chairs and couches
Design Elements - Hipped roof ceiling with unfinished paintings
Flooring - Terracotta