The story

Two friends. One shared obsession.

How a friendship in Amsterdam became a bridge to the artisan workshops of India.

Dimple and Akkriti laughing at a picnic with Ghar cushions
Yellow and blue hand block printed cushion cover
Reading books on a picnic mat surrounded by block printed cushions

Why Ghar

We started Ghar
to bring intention
home.

We wanted intentional design: good fabric that breathes, is kind to the earth, and carries a story. We wanted to know the people behind our home decor — the name of the maker, the source of the cotton — and to live with statement pieces that connect a home to something slow, mindful, soulful.

Ghar grew from the friendship of two Indian women working together in a Montessori environment in Amsterdam. Montessorians taught us to love the handmade, the sensorial, the unique — and to give every detail our full attention. That thinking shapes each Ghar piece: slow, considered design, made with artisan communities across India.

"Every piece in our collection is made with love and intention. This is not a brand story. It is just what we believe."

Why cotton?

Your skin knows
the difference.

🌬️ Breathes

Air moves through it. Your skin stays cool.

🌱 Kind to the earth

Returns to the soil. Leaves nothing behind.

💧 Softer every wash

The more you live with it, the softer it gets.

🖐️ Colour that stays

The dye soaks deep into the fibre.

Close-up of yellow and blue hand block printed cotton fabric
Blue floral hand block printed cushion close-up
Books and block printed cushions on a picnic mat

The people behind it

Hi, we're Dimple
& Akkriti.

Two friends from different corners of India, working together in Amsterdam. What connects us: patterns, good fabric, food, and the belief that India's artisans deserve the world's appreciation. Every Ghar print begins in our drawing pads — the colour of a flower, the placement of a leaf — before it reaches our makers, and finally, you.

Dimple and Akkriti, founders of Ghar, by an Amsterdam canal
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Dimple

Co-founder · Amsterdam

Works in Amsterdam and builds Ghar in every hour that's left. Her background in education and livelihoods work shapes Ghar's core belief: people's work should be seen and valued. A lover of Indian food, she cooks traditional dishes with a healthy twist — and spends her evenings designing the website, making content for socials, or sketching new patterns in a park nearby.

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Akkriti

Co-founder · Amsterdam

Akkriti was born in India, lives in Amsterdam, and somewhere in between the two is where Ghar lives. A lawyer by training who now works in the education space, she believes deeply that the spaces we create around children shape who they become. Growing up surrounded by Indian textiles, she always believed craft deserved a place at the everyday table — and that the hands making it deserved to be honoured. Ghar is her way of bringing those two worlds together.

"Every print is drawn by our own hands and made with people we know by name. Ghar is our heart's work — built with love, patience, and the long run in mind."
— Dimple & Akkriti, Amsterdam

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