A REAL PAGE-TURNER

With a focus on the family's voracious love for reading, Concepto Studio designs this villa in Bengaluru with cosy and stylish nooks that any bookworm would love to curl up in

- AVRIL NOEL D'SOUZA 

First comes books then comes love, and for Aastha Gupta and Siddharth Vishwanath, reading is their first love.

So potent was this love for the written word that when they approached Edwin Stanley of Concepto Studio to transform their split-level villa into their forever home, they outlined their desire for reading nooks and lounges that dot the expanse of their 3,000sqft home in Bengaluru.

In response, cosy-chic and well-lit corners were created. “We crafted quaint reading spots, a reading lounge and a book nook at the staircase landing.