Meher Attari and Neha Taneja recycle classic wooden into modern furnishings in Hyderabad

Classic meets trendy design components
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With the thought of making one thing distinctive from recycled/classic wooden set Meher Attari and Neha Taneja embark on an upcycling journey. The chums-turned-business companions from Hyderabad handcraft furnishings utilizing outdated, upcycled wooden, for modern properties. With a watch for design, creation and innovation, the duo share frequent pursuits which helped them translate their ardour right into a full-fledged enterprise, The Woodpeckers, that units out to remodel reclaimed teak wooden into visually-appealing purposeful items.

Classic and modern

Their furnishings showcase, a set with round 120 items — vintage headboards become planters/partitions, purposeful consoles and occasional tables mixing into an area, diwan beds with rattan work, sideboards, nesting tables, beautiful cupboards, rattan and accent chairs and equipment — (priced between ₹6500 to ₹2 lakh) had been just lately exhibited at Saptaparni. With the tagline ‘attraction of the previous meets the creativity of the current’, the corporate specialises in curating classic, modern and creative items and respiratory new life by refurbishing and restoring classic wooden with trendy designs.’

Neha Taneja and  Meher Attari 
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“We delight ourselves in making sustainable decisions through the use of new and recycled wooden that embodies eco-friendliness and creativity,” says Meher, a local of Bhopal who married a Hyderabadi. Having run {a magazine} Nadeem Glory — overlaying Indian heritage royalty, artwork and tradition — earlier than she turned amother, Meher has had some expertise in amassing classic wooden for her personal home. Neha, a company worker for the previous 20 years, noticed Meher and her husband choose up loads of outdated wooden – rafters and doorways whereas constructing their very own home in Aziz Nagar. Having identified one another for the previous seven years (their daughters are shut mates too), the ladies mixed their strengths to collaborate on a enterprise thought.

Utilizing completely different sorts of wooden

Wonders with recycled wooden
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Meher’s heritage background and Neha’s inventive mindset come collectively to mix classic wooden with trendy design components. Whereas their USP focuses on restored and recycled teak, in addition they incorporate sheesham and mango wooden to reinforce components of favor. Neha says, “Now we have to think about finer particulars too. As an example, in case you place vegetation in a planter whose base is product of plywood, the bottom can rot as a consequence of water and later appeal to termites We tried to create a planter with a teak base and legs beneath, to make sure that watering doesn’t injury it.”

Restoration includes loads of follow and a educated eye to evaluate high quality. A crew of three carpenters assists them in figuring out the wooden (the furnishings is made at at Aziz Nagar). The response to their current exhibition has been overwhelming, shares Meher, exhibiting us an image of a display screen/partition picked up by filmmaker Elahe Hiptoola. “We didn’t know the way to react as a result of we started this pastime out of ardour.”

Rattan chairs
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Whereas they don’t have any plans to open a bodily retailer, they hope to showcase their work via social media platforms, exhibitions and launch a web site. “We’re small and distinctive, however we see ourselves as artists and younger entrepreneurs,” says Meher. Neha provides, “ We wish it (assortment) to be constant as a result of our furnishings is timeless and traditional.”