Furnishing a New Apartment in Bangalore: A 2BHK and 3BHK Furniture Guide

• Measure every room, including door widths, lift size and corridors, so pieces can actually reach the room.
• Mark window, door swing and socket positions on a simple floor plan.
• Decide how each room will be used day to day, not only how it should look.
• Agree a budget by room before you fall for a single piece.

Order the pieces that set the rest of the room first, and leave the small items for later.

• Living room: the sofa, then the TV unit and coffee table to suit it.
• Bedrooms: the bed and wardrobe, since they decide the walking space.
• Dining: the table and seating, sized for how many you really host.
• Everything else, such as side tables, consoles and accent chairs, once the main pieces are in.

Apartments rarely have generous or regular dimensions. Made-to-measure furniture earns its place where standard sizes leave awkward gaps.

• Wardrobes and storage that fill a wall or an alcove properly.
• A sofa sized to the room instead of the nearest catalogue size.
• A dining table that suits a compact or odd-shaped dining area.
• Kitchen and cabinetry that work with your actual layout. Our guide to modular vs custom-built kitchens and wardrobes explains the difference.

Bangalore's humidity and seasonal changes affect wood, finishes and upholstery. Ask any maker how their material and joinery handle this, and how the piece should be looked after. Our furniture buying guide covers materials in more detail.

• Ordering before measuring access routes, so a piece cannot get into the flat.
• Buying everything in one go and discovering the room needs something else.
• Choosing for the showroom lighting rather than the room's real light.
• Treating price as the only comparison, without looking at material and construction.

Beyond Studio designs and makes furniture, kitchens, wardrobes and cabinetry in-house for homes across Bangalore. Share your floor plan and what you need for each room on our enquiry page, and we will respond to discuss design and next steps. To see the kind of work we make, browse our collections.