Our Story - From Heritage to Heirloom
The Story of House of Saaj
This was never meant to be a store.
House of Saaj began as a way of seeing—
a belief that objects shaped by hand, memory, and time
still belong in the everyday.
Not as artifacts.
Not as décor.
But as quiet presences that hold meaning
long after trends move on.
A Different Approach to Curation
Curation, for us, is an act of responsibility.
We choose slowly.
We choose with restraint.
We choose what can be lived with,
not just looked at.
Every piece here carries a lineage—
of material, of gesture, of patience.
Our role is not to modernize these objects
or explain them away,
but to place them carefully
so they may continue.
What We Work With
House of Saaj curates heritage arts and crafts of India
as they have been practiced and passed down—
through painting, wood, metal, clay, fiber, and form.
The work you encounter here emerges from
multi-generational knowledge,
regional languages of making,
and traditions refined through repetition rather than reinvention.
These are not mass-produced interpretations.
They are small-batch works shaped by human hands,
intended to gather presence through use.
What We Protect
What we protect is not a style.
We protect ways of making that were never meant to be hurried.
Our work supports artisans—many of them rural and women-led—
whose livelihoods depend on the continuity of their craft.
By placing these objects into homes where they are valued and lived with,
we help ensure that these practices remain viable,
relevant,
and respected.
Heritage survives not by preservation alone,
but by participation.
What This House Is For
House of Saaj exists for homes that value meaning over display.
For those who understand that beauty can be quiet,
that objects carry memory,
and that some things reveal themselves only over time.
This is not a destination for browsing.
It is a place for recognition.
If something here feels familiar
before it feels new,
that recognition is intentional.
House of Saaj
Curators of lived heritage