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Ekta Makadia is an interior designer, content creator, and founder of Unity Interiors. A trusted voice in the design industry, she creates elegant, functional spaces and inspires homeowners and designers through practical, insightful content.

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Your Home Is Yours. But Who Did You Design It For?

Today is Independence Day. And I want to give you one more kind of freedom one that has nothing to do with the country, and everything to do with the four walls you come home to every night.

My Father Taught Me the Business Lesson Design School Never Did !

Everyone leaves design college knowing how to make a room beautiful. Almost nobody leaves knowing how to make a client walk through the door.

The Scoreboard Lies: What Three Footballers Taught Me About Staying in the Game !

Most people judge a career the way they judge a football match, by who won. But after fifteen years I've realised winning was never really the point. Just continuing to show up was.

The Business World Won't Tell You This, But I Will...

Why comparing your chapter one to someone else's chapter seven is keeping you stuck.

Vastu Meets Function: Where to Agree, Where to Compromise ?

Most of the time following Vastu is a trouble for modern home owners. How Vastu and good design often agrees.

I have 36 hours in a day.

Running a 20-person design studio, shooting content, teaching a masters course, and personally reviewing every single project.

REAL ESTATE IS 13 PERCENT OF INDIA’S GDP. SO WHY DOES NOBODY KNOW OUR NAMES?

The industry that shapes every building, and every home, and every space in this country is somehow still waiting to be taken seriously.

Can AI Replace Interior Designers? An Honest Answer.

Spoiler: I'm not going to defend my profession blindly. Or make AI the villain.

THE HARDEST SKILL IN BUSINESS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH BUSINESS !

Eight years of running a studio taught me strategy, design, and growth. But the one thing that changed everything had no name in any course I ever took.

Why Interior Designers Should Sell Decisions, Not Designs ?

Homeowners don't struggle with design choices. They struggle with decision fatigue. The best designers create clarity, not just beautiful spaces.