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Drapes Avenue in Domlur is one big shopper’s paradise that rolls out anything your home needs, from curtains to carpets
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GALA GALLERY The store offers the perfect shopping ambience
Looking for something new to do up your home? You find something in one store, but have to go hunting for something else to another. But, what if you get everything under one roof, added with the perfect shopping ambience?
A place where you can pick up either a tiny curtain ring or all that you need to do up your home. Then make Drapes Avenue Gallery on the Intermediate Ring Road, Domlur, your destination. This one is the second branch of a store by the same name started by Vinod and Manju Goenka in 1991 on Lady Curzon Road. Their son Rajat along with wife Malvika manage the Domlur outlet.
The Domlur outlet is a three-floor, 9,000 square feet store. It’s not just the stuff that is displayed that bowls you over but also the meticulous and stylish display that is visually appealing. Everything is colour coordinated. The best part is that each section offers design books to help you look at trends.
The ground floor offers plenty of curtains, upholstery, drapery rods, floor cushions — these come in cottons, silks linens, velvets and so on. Along with these there are also some wooden blinds, priced at Rs. 245 per meter.
There are also plenty of artefacts, displayed like precious jewellery pieces in glass boxes elegantly draped with plenty of silk and velvet. That’s when you realise the trouble that the people behind the store have taken to design the space.
They don’t manufacture anything here but source them from companies like Desitex (Mumbai), G.M. Syntex (Mumbai), Seasons (Delhi) and so on.
For those who have a passion for foreign goods the store does not disappoint. There is plenty brought in from Europe so that you can do up your home with that classic French or English touch.
“Even this section comes from companies like Wind, Rasch and so on,” adds Rajat.
The store also offers a children’s section where you can pick up pretty beds and linen in bright hues to liven up the child’s room. This section offers stuff from Carmichael House, S. Kumar’s and the Tom Tailor brand.
Another alluring section is that of carpets from Europe. They come in 4x6 feet, 5x7 feet and 3x5 feet options with pure woollen yarns. Then there are some studded with Swarovski crystals and steel patterns in various shapes and sizes. These are prized at Rs. 15,000 onwards.
The carpets are also displayed on racks so all you have to do slide them to the side to have a look at the next one.
The third floor is the design lounge where any designer can walk in with his customer, refer to the books provided by the store and get the interiors done. This lounge is equipped with an attached bathroom, a toilet, and a cosy kitchen. “This provision is for those designers or customers who come from out of Bangalore and end up working here for long hours. And all these facilities are free and there is no compulsion that they have to buy or use our products. This is just for the sake of goodwill,” smiles Rajat.
Drapes Avenue Gallery is open from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m, even on Sundays. Call 40381900.
SHILPA SEBASTIAN R.
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