What does a home office cost in Bangalore?

The Walnut Hour Study in the Design Boutique is ₹3.8L – ₹6.4L as drawn — the panelled shelf walls with their lighting, the central cupboard, the ceiling and the blind — with the desk and chair itemised separately. A study with one shelf wall and a plaster finish is well under that. Rooms are designed within whole-home projects, which begin from ₹11.99L; within one, the scope and finish of each room is yours to set.

Can a guest bedroom double as a study?

Yes, and in most Bangalore 3 BHKs it must. A bed that folds into the joinery, a wardrobe run that holds both lives and a desk that does not have to be cleared for a visitor make one room do two jobs without looking like a compromise at either.

What lighting does a home office need?

Three layers: a soft light on the face from the front, so a video call does not light the forehead and shadow the eyes; a task light on the desk; and the shelves lit behind. All warm, all dimmable, and none of it a bare ceiling light overhead.

How is a study designed for video calls?

The desk turned so the window is beside rather than behind it, a wall of shelves or panelling as the background, a soft front light, and the air-conditioner placed off the line of the microphone. Power and data arrive at the desk through the joinery, so the camera never sees a cable.

Can I see my study before I commit?

Send a floor plan and a short brief. Within 7 days you receive photorealistic views of three of your rooms, a material board and an indicative range — complimentary, and without obligation. Full design begins with a design agreement.

Home office and study design in Bangalore

A study that is not a spare bedroom with a desk in it — a room to work in, wired before the walls close, and built to be on camera.

Walnut-panelled study with lit bookshelves on two walls, black picture lights on the cornice, a leather-topped walnut pedestal desk and a linen roman blind, designed by Élara & Co.

What Is Designed

What a study gets from us

The Desk Wall
A desk sized to two screens and a notebook, facing into the room or along a wall of shelves — never with a window behind it, which turns every video call into a silhouette.
Wired Before the Walls Close
Power at desk height, data where the router will be, a switched socket for the lamp and a conduit for the monitor arm — placed on the drawing and installed before the panelling, so nothing trails across the floor.
Shelves That Hold Books
Shelves deep enough for a real book and lit from the cornice, with a closed cupboard at the centre for the paper, the printer and the things a study collects.
Quiet
A door that closes properly, panelling or a rug that takes the echo out of a hard room, and the air-conditioner placed off the line of the microphone.
Lit to Be Seen
A soft light on the face from the front for the camera, task light on the desk, and shelves lit behind — three layers that make a room read well on a screen and rest well off one.
The Study That Doubles
Where the room must also be the guest room, a bed that folds into the joinery, a wardrobe run that holds both lives, and a desk that does not have to be cleared for a visitor.

The Walnut Hour Study →The study that is not a spare bedroom →

Why It Is Done This Way

A room to think in

The Study Rendered Free

The study can be one of the three rooms visualised photorealistically within 7 days of receiving your plan — before any agreement, and without obligation.

Every Line Named

The proposal lists the joinery, the wall finish, the ceiling, the lighting and the curtains as separate lines, each with brand, grade and warranty, so the room can be compared quote to quote rather than by its total.

Made in a Factory, Fitted in Days

Joinery is cut and finished on a factory line — IS:710 ply carcasses, HDHMR shutters, Hettich or Häfele hardware — and arrives finished, so a wall of it goes up in days rather than being built around your furniture for weeks.

From the Portfolio

Studies from the portfolio

In Design6 rooms

Living room with a full-height olive-sage shaker library wall of books, stoneware and cane baskets, an aged brass swing-arm lamp lit beside it, a deep linen sofa with a knitted throw, a thick reclaimed oak coffee table, a jute rug and an olive tree in late sun from a steel window

Compact apartment lobby with a warm-white four-panel main door on brass hinges, a whitewashed brick wall carrying a brass picture light and a framed sepia landscape, an olive shaker bench with shoe drawers, brass cup pulls and cane baskets, brass hooks with a jute tote and a linen jacket, a jar of eucalyptus, a fern, a striped dhurrie runner and the living room through the doorway

Apartment kitchen with mushroom-greige shaker cabinets and aged brass pulls, beige marble-look quartz counters and splash, a plaster hood over the hob, pale oak shelves, a breakfast peninsula with two cane stools, a brass cone sconce by a black sliding window with a grille and the utility balcony beyond

Daylit dining room with one black board-and-batten wall holding a lit shelf niche with a trailing plant, cream plaster elsewhere, oak box beams, a black iron linear lantern, a thick reclaimed oak table with a linen runner, lilies and rust foliage, oatmeal slipcovered chairs, a jute rug, an olive tree and a sliding door onto a balcony of potted plants with rain trees and neighbouring rooftops beyond

Primary bedroom with a honed limestone headboard wall in stacked courses, a floating reclaimed oak ledge with a stoneware lamp and books, aged brass wall lights, a low oak bed in oatmeal linen with plum cushions and a chunky knit throw, cream shaker wardrobes, an olive tree at a black-framed balcony door onto tree canopy and a jute rug in morning sun

Children's room with one continuous built-in of cream shaker frames and woven rattan cane panels: wardrobes either side of an oak-lined reading arch with shelves of picture books, a grey seat cushion with olive and charcoal pillows over brass-pulled drawers, a cream tongue-and-groove ceiling with a rattan pendant, a built-in oak study desk with a brass lamp and a cane chair under a black-framed window onto trees, a single bed in oatmeal linen with a knit throw and a wool rug

The Sage Shaker Home

3BHK apartment · HSR Layout · Élara Signature

Walk through every room, priced₹14.5L – ₹27.2L*

In Design6 rooms

Japandi living room with a fluted oak media wall, a woven jute pendant, a curved ivory bouclé sofa, a fiddle-leaf fig and morning light through sheer linen

Japandi kitchen with slatted oak cabinets, a plain plaster arch over the hob, a white quartz island with rattan stools and woven pendants

Japandi dining room with a live-edge oak table, a curved oak bench, a woven jute chandelier, a lime-washed wall and an ink-wash artwork

Japandi primary bedroom with an oak slat headboard wall, rattan pendants, a linen bed with an olive throw and a small oak vanity

Japandi foyer with a plain plaster arch, a round rattan mirror, an oak console with eucalyptus, a slatted oak wall and a bench with jute baskets

Japandi balcony with teak deck tiles, a cane sofa, a hanging rattan chair, a bamboo screen with jasmine, terracotta pots and string lights

The Sunlit Japandi Home

3BHK apartment · Whitefield · Japandi

Walk through every room, priced₹12.8L – ₹23.6L*

In Design6 rooms

Golden-hour living room with a bookmatched oak wall, a sculptural plaster pendant, a curved ivory bouclé sofa with caramel leather cushions and an olive tree

Open dining and kitchen at golden hour with a sandstone table and curved ivory chairs, a sculptural pendant, bookmatched oak cabinetry, a sandstone island with leather stools and blackened steel shelving

Reading corner with a deep oak window seat with a bouclé cushion and leather bolsters, lit built-in bookshelves either side and a brass lamp before steel-framed glazing

Walnut-panelled study with a wall of bookshelves, a leather-topped desk with a green glass lamp, a sculptural pendant, brass wall lights and a framed map at dusk

Golden-hour bedroom with a bookmatched oak headboard wall, slim black pendants, an ivory linen bed with caramel cushions, a bouclé bench and an oak vanity

Bathroom in honed sandstone with a blackened steel framed shower screen, a floating oak vanity with twin stone basins, a wide mirror with steel wall lights and golden light from a steel-framed window

The Golden Hour Apartment

3BHK apartment · Koramangala · Soft Minimalism

Walk through every room, priced₹20.7L – ₹38.7L*

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The Élara Journey

From floor plan to the first working day

Meet & plan

How you live, scope and budget — agreed in writing.

Design draft

Three of your own rooms, rendered in 3D.

Onboard & measure

Your named team, your app, every wall measured.

Design & sign-off

Every room refined in the app, then frozen.

Build

Factory-finished joinery; plan against actual, with photos.

ÉLARA 111

111 checks, each signed off with a photo, or reworked.

Style & handover

Styled, snag-walked, signed off room by room.

Aftercare

A 30-day visit; tickets answered from the app.

Considered Questions

Before you begin

What does a home office cost in Bangalore?: The Walnut Hour Study in the Design Boutique is ₹3.8L – ₹6.4L as drawn — the panelled shelf walls with their lighting, the central cupboard, the ceiling and the blind — with the desk and chair itemised separately. A study with one shelf wall and a plaster finish is well under that. Rooms are designed within whole-home projects, which begin from ₹11.99L; within one, the scope and finish of each room is yours to set.
Can a guest bedroom double as a study?: Yes, and in most Bangalore 3 BHKs it must. A bed that folds into the joinery, a wardrobe run that holds both lives and a desk that does not have to be cleared for a visitor make one room do two jobs without looking like a compromise at either.
What lighting does a home office need?: Three layers: a soft light on the face from the front, so a video call does not light the forehead and shadow the eyes; a task light on the desk; and the shelves lit behind. All warm, all dimmable, and none of it a bare ceiling light overhead.
How is a study designed for video calls?: The desk turned so the window is beside rather than behind it, a wall of shelves or panelling as the background, a soft front light, and the air-conditioner placed off the line of the microphone. Power and data arrive at the desk through the joinery, so the camera never sees a cable.
Can I see my study before I commit?: Send a floor plan and a short brief. Within 7 days you receive photorealistic views of three of your rooms, a material board and an indicative range — complimentary, and without obligation. Full design begins with a design agreement.