This 108-square-foot media room on Carter Road, Bandra, was designed for a client in his mid-seventies — someone with a taste for jazz, opera, and furniture built to be lived with for decades, not just looked at. Reading and the occasional evening of bridge round out how he actually spends his time at home.

Reclining leather seating and a pair of patterned velvet accent chairs face a floor-to-ceiling, fluted glass-front cabinet that holds his book collection, backed by walnut cabinetry below. Across the room, a birds-eye maple unit hides the television and further storage behind pocket doors, so the room reads as a library first and a screening room only when he wants it to.

The room runs on a whole-home integrated Bose surround sound system, set up for a client who listens to music seriously. Woven blinds control the light along the window wall, and a small lit niche holds a single sculptural object rather than anything busier.

It's a quiet, considered room — built for evenings spent with a book and a record rather than in company.