The Rao Residence
Residential · Koramangala, Bangalore
Interior Design Studio · Bangalore
Casa Tela designs homes and commercial spaces with warmth, layer, and intention. We don't do minimalism for its own sake or maximalism for the shock of it. We do you, beautifully.
80+
Projects completed
7 yrs
Studio in practice
3
Designers on the team
4.9★
Client satisfaction
What we believe
A room should tell a story.
Not a showroom story — your story.
The places where you grew up. The colours that calm you.
The objects that mean something.
Good design finds that story and builds the room around it.
— Kavya Rao, Founder & Principal Designer
Selected Work
What We Do
From a single room refresh to a full home build-out — Casa Tela works with you from concept to curtain call. We handle everything so you don't have to manage anyone.
01
Full Home Design
What's included
Concept development, space planning, material selection, furniture sourcing, vendor coordination, site supervision, and final styling. End-to-end.
Timeline & Investment
3–6 months depending on size. Design fee from ₹150/sqft. We work with your budget, not against it.
02
Room Refresh
What's included
Single or multi-room redesign without structural changes. New furnishings, lighting, textiles, and decor — maximum impact with minimum disruption.
Timeline & Investment
4–8 weeks. Fixed-fee packages starting ₹45,000 for a single room. Ideal for rentals, upgrades, and staging.
03
Commercial Spaces
What's included
Office design, retail fit-outs, café and restaurant interiors, and hospitality spaces. We design for how people actually use the space, not just how it photographs.
Timeline & Investment
Varies by project scope. Commercial work is quoted after a free site assessment and brief. Turnkey packages available.
04
Virtual Consultation
What's included
A 90-minute video consultation, a curated moodboard, furniture and material recommendations, and a written brief you can take to any vendor.
Timeline & Investment
Delivered within 5 business days. ₹8,000 flat. Perfect if you're in another city or want a second opinion before committing to a contractor.
How We Work
We talk about how you live, not just how you want things to look. Free, no obligation.
A moodboard, colour palette, and spatial plan that captures your story before a single purchase.
Materials, furniture, lighting — every element selected and presented for your approval.
We coordinate all vendors and supervise the site. You don't manage anyone. We do.
Final styling, photography, and a handover walkthrough. The part that makes people cry.
The Studio
Kavya Rao
Founder & Principal Designer
NID Ahmedabad graduate. 12 years of practice. Kavya's design instinct is rooted in Indian craft and textile traditions — applied to spaces that are unmistakably contemporary.
Rohan Menon
Senior Designer · Commercial
Former architect turned interior designer. Rohan leads all commercial projects and brings a structural rigour to spatial planning that makes every space feel considered from the ground up.
Isha Kapoor
Junior Designer · Sourcing
Isha's obsession is materials and objects — she finds the artisan weaver in Kutch and the furniture maker in Jodhpur that make a Casa Tela project genuinely unrepeatable.
Client Stories
"We gave Kavya a brief, a budget, and a chaotic Pinterest board. What came back was something we'd never have imagined ourselves — but the moment we walked in, it felt like ours. Somehow more us than we knew how to be. Every single person who visits asks who did it. We give out her number like it's a gift."
Priya & Anand Mehta
Full Home · Whitefield · 3,800 sqft
"I wanted my café to feel like a friend's living room that happened to serve excellent coffee. Rohan completely understood. My regulars tell me they lose track of time in here. That's exactly it."
Shruti Nair
Bloom Café · Indiranagar
"The virtual consultation was worth ten times what I paid. Got a moodboard, a full furniture list with links, and a plan I could execute myself. Did exactly that. My living room is unrecognisable."
Karthik Subramanian
Virtual Consultation · Chennai
Start Something
Every project starts with a conversation. We'll ask about how you live, what you love, and what's not working. From there, we figure out what's possible together.
"We take on 4–6 projects at a time. If we're at capacity, we'll tell you honestly — and let you know when we next have an opening."