The journal
On furniture, and why it works
Written by Ahsan Raza Khokhar — architect, and the person who chooses everything in the showroom. Mostly about proportion, because proportion is what separates furniture that works from furniture that merely fits.
How to size a sofa for a DHA drawing room
The single most common furnishing mistake in Lahore is a sofa bought two sizes too big. Here is the arithmetic that prevents it.
9 Aug 2026
What makes a piece genuinely Art Deco
Deco is the most imitated style in Pakistani furniture and the least often got right. Four things separate the real thing from a fan motif stuck on a cabinet.
9 Aug 2026
Walnut, oak or sheesham: choosing timber for Lahore
Timber behaves differently in a climate that swings from 45°C dry to monsoon humidity. What actually survives, and what warps.
9 Aug 2026
Furnishing a DHA apartment drawing room
Apartments in DHA phases 6 and 8 share a set of constraints. Solving them is mostly a matter of not fighting the plan.
9 Aug 2026
How to read a rug’s knot density — and why nobody tells you to
Knots per square inch decides almost everything about a rug, and it is the one specification most sellers hope you will not ask about.
9 Aug 2026