The Sukoon

A holiday home designed and crafted by TIS Living

Sukoon means a settled kind of calm, and this holiday home in Dehradun takes the word at face value. Conceived as a retreat rather than a showpiece, it trades spectacle for proportion, honest materials and the slow pleasure of a house that changes with the light. TIS Living designed the interiors and built every piece of woodwork, which shows in how naturally one room hands over to the next.

The main living room sets the tone. Solid wood frames carry sofas and lounge chairs upholstered in textured, neutral fabric, gathered around a marble-topped centre table on a solid wood base. A handwoven rug in muted earth tones softens the floor. As daylight moves across the room, it does the decorating, bringing out grain, weave and stone in turn.

Dining is treated as two distinct moods. In the formal dining room, a table with a fluted solid wood base and marble top brings a classical rhythm, sharpened by a Picasso print on the wall and grounded by a handwoven Indian Ikat carpet that adds pattern and warmth. A second, more intimate setting seats four: a marble-topped table paired with solid wood chairs with handwoven cane backs. It is the room for long breakfasts.

The bedrooms are where the house shows its range. One is washed in bright yellow, held in check by furniture with British colonial detailing: a solid wood bed with softly curved edges, a headboard in classic check, a clean-lined bedside table. It is a nod to Dehradun’s own colonial past, and it works because the colour is bold while the forms stay disciplined. The second bedroom goes the other way, with a solid wood bed set with a woven cane panel, a matte-finished solid wood wardrobe and art chosen to set the mood without crowding it.

A second living space closes the circuit in a more modern key, with clean lines, layered texture and wood surfaces that keep the restrained palette from feeling cold.

Across every room, the brief stays the same: furniture that is built to age well, materials that do the work, and a home that asks nothing of the people who come here to rest.