Home-new

We started with remodeling of our kitchen and media room in 2019. Apart from budget, the key for us was to find someone that could bring in a refreshing change to our tiny home. After researching and interviewing various interior designers, we met Swati whom I knew from a previous workshop that we had attended together. On checking her website, we fell in love with the way each project looked so different from one another and the versatility in each one of them.

The main point is Swati listens to the needs and likes of the client and takes it a notch higher in terms of expectations. She was sensitive to our needs and was able to translate our ideas and budget into a realistic plan. It didn’t take us long to realize she is the one for us.
Swati has excellent taste and resources to provide with beautiful solutions. She takes care to select the best products. The skilled workers she works with are artists at their craft. They are a pleasure to work with and extremely humble.
Swati is very accessible, and addresses concerns quickly and effectively. She is always checking with you to make sure you are happy and satisfied with the progress and the product as well as staying within budget.
This led us to extend our beautiful kitchen outcome to the entire home in 2020 and it resulted in what we have always dreamt: ‘A beautiful abode’ full of splendor, warmth, and tranquility.

Overall, we are extremely pleased with the service and expertise provided By the riverside team. We would recommend them without the slightest hesitation. Not only the kitchen but the entire house was totally transformed into a beautiful space giving the home a completely new and refreshing look.
Swati is a truly gifted interior designer who has helped us realize our aspirations and has exceeded all of our expectations. We truly could not have accomplished this without Swati.
Many beautiful things cannot be touched or seen; they are felt within the heart. What you have done for us, is one of them. I thank you from the bottom of my heart.

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Smita Deshmukh

We have been planning for renovating our kitchen and bedroom from sometime. We wanted something different but not 100% sure how it can be done. We explored many options but when we approached Swati, saw her work we were confident that she could bring in new perspective.

From Day-1 when she visited the site, we could see that she was keen in understanding our requirements, also poured with new ideas. Post conceptualizing the design shared each drawing in 3D so that we could completely understand how it will look once completed. During this I had lot of small changes, and her team accommodated it in the plan.

Our work at site started as per plan. then comes the Lockdown1.0 the entire work stopped for 2 months, once lockdown got over Swati’s team started their work and after 2 months, I must say the finished product really made us very happy and satisfied. During this time, Swati’s team not only executed as per the design, she herself suggested some changes to make it more apt. We would finally move in just before lockdown 2.0… I can say that this project is “Lockdown Wala makeover” Thank you Swati and team Riverside.

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Roopa Pai

It has been a delight working with Swati and her team. By the Riverside has created a beautiful home which is aesthetic, unique and delightful.Thank you for giving me the home of my dreams – rustic, edgy, contemporary and welcoming!

Anuradha Gupta, Prestige Oasis

It was very refreshing working with an interior designer who was as passionate about the concept as we were. She really understood our vision and brought it to life giving it her special touch. Very satisfied with our rustic kitchen.

Salona Lutchminarain, Marathahalli

I got to know of the lovely and talented Swati, who owns and runs the furniture and interiors design studio ‘By the riverside’ through another lovely and talented lady, Sharon D’souza over at the ‘The Keybunch Decor’ blog.

I am extremely wary of trying out options that don’t come recommended so when I asked Sharon to recommend someone in Bangalore who does well-made distressed-look furniture, she referred ‘By the riverside’ to me.

What started as a single piece of furniture blossomed into an interior design project that came to fruition beyond what my husband and I could ever have dreamed of. The compliments we have received for our bespoke ‘French-chateau’ style bedroom that Swati designed, vary from “it is like being in Europe” to “why would you ever want to leave this room?”.

Beyond the classy interior design, Swati recommended other design tips that truly made our standard home renovation project become one of beauty and style. And all within an economical budget. From recommending printed tiles; to how to bring more natural light into what used to be a dank and dark bedroom (we are surrounded on a couple of sides with buildings’ walls), Swati made the “worst room” in the house become the best room. And it is our oasis now.

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Besides her innate sense of style, she has the skill of understanding exactly what a customer wants. She was always patient and open to discussion when we had doubts over some of the execution. She gave us advice on practical matters like storage that not only serves its purpose but is easy to use and looks great too.

She backs up her sense of style with a skilled team of reliable carpenters and painters who did a marvelous job with the woodwork and paint. My husband and I are so grateful to Swati and her team for bringing so much beauty, practicality, and style to our most precious space.I highly recommend ‘By the riverside’ as a design studio that will look at your home not just as a project but that will take into consideration its owners desires, will look at your home as their own (and therefore, leave no stone unturned to ensure your home comes out as beautifully as it should), and will also be conscientious to get the project done on time, and all this on a reasonable budget.

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Veeda Pinto Saroea, Cox Town

I am highly overwhelmed to get my baking studio designed by the city’s renowned interior architect Swati Seraan from By the Riverside! She is an extremely talented person and her love for rustic wood furniture, natural aesthetics and infusion of colors is so is soo unique and refreshing!

She renders exactly what the client needs at the same time preserving the ambience and mood! If you would love to makeover your home with a rustic old school furniture and ambience, touchbase ‘By the Riverside’!!

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Nischitha Tejas, Owner, Oven Bonbon

I would like to convey my appreciation for the great service provided by Swati and team at ‘By the Riverside’. We have recently got our kitchen interiors done from them and are very happy with the quality and our overall experience – The quality of wood work is also top-class.

Swati listened to our inputs/ideas and concerns and provided us the best possible design. I would highly recommend ‘By the Riverside’ and want to thank them for the great service.

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Lakshmipriya, Maratahalli

We are very happy with what Swati has made happen for our home. She has made a stunning white brick wall and a few pieces of furniture with distressed paint – that we think are awesome.
We had been frustrated with our overall interior designer and had almost given up hope of getting what we wanted in what we called our ‘cafe corner’.

Swati not only understood our vision, she added to it and brought it to life. It was amazing to see that there was hardly any ‘loss in translation’. Kudos to Swati for everything. I think this is because of Swati’s passion for making the customer happy, because of her eye for details, for her team’s execution skills and for sure her aesthetic & design sense + skill.

We look forward to working with Swati in the future as well – for additions to our current house & for our entire future house – whenever that happens.

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Prateek, Embassy Pristine

It began with a last minute desperate attempt to get a doll house for my li’l girl for her birthday. It continued to a wonderful washed-to-the-shore toy chest.. and to an elegant dream come true dining table set. The kitchen display unit that is still the center of attention in my house…and the planters that simply made my Home “Sweet Home”…

Swati.. you with ‘By the Riverside’ Had been the best part of my life in bangalore… I found someone who can be trusted with an idea and in return delivers a piece of art…”

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Sherly Mary Joy, Citilights Rustique

I recently got a mural and a planter custom made by BTRS, and I am very happy about both the products. Both the structures are sturdy and they exactly delivered what I was looking for. This is not the first time that I got something custom made by them and they kept up to their standard. A big Thank you to Swati and team, love the work you guys do…

Kasturi Kabiraj, Marathahalli