Orpaï Studio - The Blog
Discover the objects that shaped traditional Indian cooking: wooden trays, stone mortars, terracotta pots, water jars… Through these old utensils, immerse yourself in the gestures, skills and culin...
Once used in the Indian countryside to store grain or keep water cool, old jars now find a new place in our interiors and gardens. Discover their history, their uses and our advice for bringing the...
Discover the history of our old Chinese sideboards in solid elm: former grain chests restored by craftsmen, with their unique patina, their original details and our ideas for bringing them into a c...
How do we find the old furniture, jars and objects we offer at Orpaï? From India to China by way of Turkey, discover the behind-the-scenes of our sourcing, our travels and the way we select each pi...
Discover how to decorate a coffee table with taste: which objects to choose, how to arrange them, colours, materials and decor ideas to create a harmonious living room.
Originating in central India, old Indian tribal doors tell of the life, beliefs and craftsmanship of the communities that shaped them. Discover their history, their carved motifs and their new plac...
Discover the history of Indian aalas, old carved niches once built into the walls of homes to hold light, everyday objects or sacred images. Today, these one-of-a-kind pieces are finding a new plac...
They are called “Naga tables”. The term is misleading. These pieces of solid wood, with their raw and irregular shapes, were never designed as tables. In the hilltop villages of Nagaland, they se...