India, Sept. 3 -- Japanese decor has won the internet. Our Instagram saves are full of wabi-sabi corners, shoji screens and impossibly beige and serene living rooms. We've pinned the Japandi aesthetic, double-tapped tatami mats and saved a photo of a very expensive-looking branch in a very empty vase. But before you turn your Mumbai living room into a corner of Kyoto, a word of caution. Some ideas translate beautifully to Indian homes; others don't make any sense once you factor in humidity, dust and, you know, actual living. Three designers tell us what to steal, what to adapt, and what to leave in Japan.

Steal: Shin-soe-tai. "Ikebana's classical structure, shin-soe-tai, is built around three stems of different heights," explains Ridhi ...