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PopTeriors
Lahore, Pakistan
Est. 2016
Interior Design | 3D Visualisers | Architects

Spaces that
feel like you.

We design homes, offices, cafés and commercial spaces. Interior design, 3D visualisation and architecture — from the first sketch to turnkey handover.

Interior Design, 3D Visualisers, Architects. We design homes, offices, cafés and commercial spaces.

The name

Why the studio is called PopTeriors

pop/pɒp/ · noun, verb
1. A sudden, small explosion — a burst of sound, colour or energy.
2. Music made to be loved instantly and remembered for years.
3. The feeling of walking into a PopTeriors room.
Pop — like a pop song, like a bubble that bursts, like colour that hits you the second you walk in. Teriors — the interiors we build around it. Rooms with a little explosion of personality, made to be lived in every day.

01Manifesto

Our manifesto

We believe a room should be felt before it is noticed. We draw slowly, choose materials that will age with grace, and leave space for the light to do its work. We design for the quiet moments between the busy ones, and we make each detail earn its place.

PopTeriors is an independent interior design studio in Lahore, Pakistan, founded in 2016 by Sami Ur Rehman. We design homes, workplaces and hotels across Lahore, Islamabad and Karachi with a calm, architectural sensibility, and carry every project from first sketch to the final styled shelf.
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02The founder

Sami
Ur Rehman

Founder & Principal Designer

Education

BS Interior Design

University of Sargodha, Sargodha

A studio built on proportion, patience and daylight.

Sami Ur Rehman is a degree-qualified interior designer, with a BS in Interior Design from the University of Sargodha. The degree grounded Sami in space planning, drafting, materials and the thousand small junctions that decide whether a room feels resolved. PopTeriors began in 2016 in a single room above a framing shop in Gulberg, Lahore, with a drawing table and a borrowed plan chest.

The studio exists because Sami kept meeting clients who had been given either beautiful images or buildable drawings, but rarely both. PopTeriors joins the two: a design that moves people, and documentation precise enough to be built exactly as imagined.

Today PopTeriors is a team of four with a growing circle of makers, engineers and craftspeople across Lahore, Chiniot and Islamabad. Sami still sketches every concept by hand, models it in SketchUp, drafts every drawing in AutoCAD, walks clients through it in Enscape and Coohom, and visits every site before a scheme is signed off.

Years designing interiors
10+
Spaces delivered
140+
Disciplines under one roof
6
“A room should feel as though it was always meant to be there.”
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The toolkit

Drawn by hand.
Built in software.

Every scheme moves from sketchbook to model to drawing set. Four tools carry most of that work — AutoCAD, SketchUp, Enscape and Coohom — and Sami knows each of them inside out.

Expert · used daily01 / 04

AutoCAD

Plans, sections & construction drawings

Every measured survey, layout, false-ceiling, electrical and joinery drawing — drafted to site-ready precision.

Proficiency

Expert · used daily02 / 04

SketchUp

3D modelling & spatial studies

Rooms are modelled to the millimetre, so proportions, furniture and circulation are tested before anything is built.

Proficiency

Expert · used daily03 / 04

Enscape

Real-time rendering & walkthroughs

Photoreal renders and live walkthroughs, so clients can stand inside the design and change finishes on the spot.

Proficiency

Expert · used daily04 / 04

Coohom

Fast 3D layouts & panoramic renders

Quick furnished layouts and 360° panoramas — ideal for early options and sharing with families on their phones.

Proficiency

Also in the studio

  • 3ds Max + V-Ray

    High-end photoreal stills

  • Photoshop

    Moodboards & render post-production

  • InDesign

    Presentation books & specifications

03Selected work

Recent
projects

Five spaces, from a DHA family home in Lahore to a mountain lodge in Nathia Gali. Keep scrolling to walk through them.

01Residential — 2023

DHA Residence

DHA Phase 6, Lahore

A 6,200 sq ft one-kanal house for a joint family, organised around a shaded courtyard with lime plaster walls, Multani tile and sheesham joinery.

02Commercial — 2024

Gulberg Office

Gulberg III, Lahore

A 6,800 sq ft studio for thirty architects and engineers, built around long sheesham tables, a working material library and acoustic felt that keeps an open floor calm.

03Hospitality — 2025

The Nathia Gali Lodge

Nathia Gali, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

A 9,800 sq ft boutique lodge in the Galiyat hills, with twelve rooms, a fire-lit lounge and a restaurant built from local stone, deodar timber and handwoven wool.

04Renovation — 2022

Clifton Apartment

Clifton, Karachi

A 2,400 sq ft apartment on the ninth floor, rebuilt around sea breezes, with flowing rooms, built-in joinery and a calm palette that resists humidity and salt air.

05Residential — 2021

F-7 House

F-7, Islamabad

A 4,800 sq ft two-storey house in F-7, reworked around a central garden with a pierced jaali wall, a sunken lounge and rooms that open onto shaded terraces.

04Services

What we do

Six disciplines under one roof, so the idea, the drawings and the build never lose sight of each other.

05Transformation

The same room, re-imagined.

Drag the handle — or use the arrow keys — to compare a Clifton, Karachi living room before and after. Same corner, same light, a completely different way of living.

BeforeAfter

06Process

Ten steps, one studio.

From the first cup of chai at the table to site supervision and the day we hand over the keys — every stage is run by the same team, so nothing is lost between drawing and build.

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  1. 01 — 1 week

    Consultation & Brief

    We sit down over chai and learn how you live, what you need and what you can spend.

  2. 02 — 1 week

    Site Visit & Measurement

    We survey the property so every drawing starts from the truth on site.

  3. 03 — 2 weeks

    Concept & Moodboard

    Atmosphere, palette and materials, set out on a board you can hold.

  4. 04 — 2–3 weeks

    Space Planning & Layouts

    Layouts that make every room work for the way you move through it.

  5. 05 — 2–3 weeks

    3D Visualisation

    See each room, in realistic light, before a single wall is touched.

  6. 06 — 2 weeks

    Materials, Colour & Finishes

    Every surface chosen, sampled and signed off before it is ordered.

  7. 07 — 3–5 weeks

    Construction & Technical Drawings

    Every dimension, junction and fixing, set out so it can be built accurately.

  8. 08 — Ongoing

    Construction & Site Supervision

    Regular visits and quality checks, so the site is built exactly as drawn.

  9. 09 — 1–2 weeks

    Furniture, Styling & Interior Guide

    Furniture installed, rooms styled and a guide to keep them looking their best.

  10. 10 — 1–2 weeks

    Final Execution & Handover

    A final walkthrough, a snagging list and a home that is ready to live in.

07In numbers

The studio in numbers

Projects completed
140+
Years in practice
10
Sq ft designed
380k
Clients who return or refer
98%

Inside the studio

08Materials & palette

Honest materials

Stone, timber, lime and wool — chosen to be touched every day and to age with grace.

  • Ziarat marble

    Honed · #D9CBB0

  • Sheesham

    Natural oil · #B89A72

  • Lime plaster

    Hand-applied · #E4DDCF

  • Handwoven wool

    Undyed · #EEE7D9

  • Brushed brass

    Hand-rubbed · #A5834B

  • Terrazzo

    Cast, honed · #D6D1C7

  • Marble inlay

    Polished · #8A7F8C

  • Khaddar

    Oatmeal · #D5C8AE

09Kind words

What clients say

We expected a beautiful house. We did not expect it to feel so easy to live in. Sami understood how our family actually moves through a day, and the courtyard has become the heart of our home.”
Ayesha and Faisal ChaudhryHomeowners, DHA Lahore — DHA Residence

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As featured in

  • Aiwan Interiors
  • The Gulberg Design Awards 2024
  • Hearth & Plinth Pakistan
  • Studio Folio
  • The Domestic Review
  • Atlas of Rooms
  • The Ravi Design Prize
  • Plan & Elevation South Asia

10 — Begin

Let’s design
your space

A 30-minute video call with Sami to talk through your space, timeline and budget. No obligation, just a good conversation.

11Book online

Book a free consultation

  • 01A 30-minute video call with Sami or a senior designer
  • 02We talk through your space, budget and timeline
  • 03You leave with honest advice and next steps — no obligation
  • 04Projects across Pakistan, and overseas clients welcome

Online booking opens soon.

Until then, email studio@popteriors.com or message us on WhatsApp and we’ll find a time that suits you.

12Start a project

Start
here.

A house, an office, a single room — share as much or as little as you like. We read every message ourselves.

StudioStudio 4, 21-C Main Boulevard, Gulberg IIILahore, PakistanOpen in Google Maps →
Hours
Monday – Saturday10:00 – 19:00
SundayClosed
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13Follow the studio

Say hello

Site visits, works in progress and finished rooms — we share the whole journey, not just the final photographs.