Shine Interiors

Shine Interiors is based at No.4 Kk Road in the Venkatapuram part of Ambattur. The office isn't very large, but it’s where we keep all our samples and sketches. We spend a lot of time looking at catalogs of laminates and different types of hardware. People from the neighborhood often drop in to talk about their homes or offices. We don't use a lot of fancy software; a lot of our initial ideas are just drawn out by hand on paper. The workspace is usually covered in bits of fabric and wood swatches. It’s a bit of a chaotic environment, but we know where everything is. We spend half the day at the shop and the other half out at different sites checking on how things are going. Ambattur is a place where people are always building or fixing something, so there’s always work to be done. We deal with carpenters and painters and try to make sure they have what they need. It’s not a glamorous job, especially when you’re standing in a dusty room that’s under renovation. We just try to make the spaces look decent and functional. The phone rings a lot, usually someone asking when a delivery is coming or if we can change a color. We just take it one day at a time and try to finish what we started. There is always a new mess to clean up.