Hiba got the chance to have a delightful morning with Humera Iqbal, a doctor by degree, a baker by interest, a former teacher at Fajr Academy and an interior decorator and collector by hobby! We chatted about how she turned her furniture into functional and beautifully cohesive pieces and she showed us around.
Drawing Room
Dr Humera’s approach to home décor has to do with the spontaneous flowing of her creative juices. All she needs is a point of reference and she keeps adding to it. Her drawing room is decorated with a lovely, turquoise-coloured foam sofa set and matching to that colour scheme are the hues of the vintage crockery set from her grandmother’s and her dining table cover. She explains how foam sofas are considered more practical in place of her other white sofa-set made out of goose-feathers which is healthier and more eco-friendly because it is more airy and is of a good quality as well.
Something that caught my eye was a set of three tables all coloured in hues of blue with what appeared to be chalk paint and upon its borders were painted golden flowers. This was something which she happened to find at Expo Centre at a stall of a random shop from Nursery.
Most of the items that Dr Humera has got are either hand-me-downs, discounted items as part of a sale, items sold for less due to some kind of a damage, a gift from a friend or colleague or was something she happened to find online to go with her many themes.
Family Lounge
In the family lounge, Dr Humera has capitalized on a beautifully soft shade of pink with grey and paired it with gold, brass and rose-gold metallic ornaments. These she’s bought mostly from Amazon such as the black wallpaper over which stands her white wall unit, her rose gold garbage bin, her tissue holder, her pen-holder her sun-shaped mirror as well as her moon hanging and her candelabras.
Her pillow cushions are velvety pink, and her blinds are white so the rooms is really brightened up in the morning’s sunshine and the rose gold twinkling lights let the room shine uniquely in the dusk. She designed this room in a way where women could be encouraged to sit especially as they observe hijab from the men sitting in the drawing room. The sofas pictured here are in actuality, thirty nine years old but have been reupholstered by Dr Humera to a comfortable shade of grey.
A highlight of this room was the pink footstool she found on Amazon which stood on a small fuzzy white rug. On one hand it was a footstool, on the other, it came across as a soft-textured treasure chest.
Children’s Room
Next, we moved on to her children’s room where the central theme was the map of the world. This was displayed on half of a wall through the wallpaper and the pivotal colour scheme around this bedroom was in shades of yellow, white, red and blue. With a bunk bed for each of her children and a writing desk for study complete with a cot that is also used as a desk and a hammock in the middle, this room was beyond complete.
As we walked towards the master bedroom, we came across a wall-art wherein Dr Humera turned Pomegranate Linen’s pillow covers into wall-art and displayed it over a grey wall, complementing it with a pink carpet.
Master Bedroom
The master bedroom is decorated in three primary colours, blue and white. Adorned with ceramic décor pieces in blue and white especially from Hala Sindh, these pieces belong exactly where they are.
We thank Dr. Humera immensely for her time and input.
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