Adorn your walls....

Paint them, peel them, stencil them, plaster them, madhubani them, block-print them, hand-paint them, wall-paper them....<img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5109269428494845346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQf_Tz_1tC6ykV0WtShJDYxvTsppBMww3yFP-IZ9gZDBRU3c9_7ALLta7jxhGUXSATHVnRg0S1fbYWLC_wzwEvZnnfi2s8_wICHc5g6SqEmKdOU7GUMAyUCtXU-JENKrANhEkfnFTgo8Ba/s400/pat16.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /><em>Hand-painted elephant in Tibrawala Haveli, <strong>Bissau, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rajasthan">Rajasthan</a></strong>. (See how the trunk forms the handrail)<br /><br /></em>Yes, I am talking about <strong>'Walls'</strong>.<img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5109243143294993714" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj18KZmhzMg6kOExypX8fU7kW-SZQHQvNYi_nUwbI_cAsUjRBrNkkGQ5fHfBZLVEio3aPXD3gxS9M-5d6D8F7OW3TSbWSfgci3dC-EbY17HrFfC7dzlRg27ohruRsWOGP0fEJlsLs0LPf-Q/s400/pat15.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /><em>The terracotta and white decorative patterns are inspired by houses in Magh.<br /></em>Gone are the days when walls were plain and their purpose was to house paintings, today they are the paintings.<br /><br />Bring in some <strong>rustic</strong> charm...<img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5109244521979495762" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUsAzz41Sj6T5iVMvAh-I0wvNomUQcNm84zOzw3UQ97EnbJ4IjiFXMWIbdUzVrYyuIhq5-kXUU5j3ln577nRGj7RyvgQMJbvWDRMhIPmcA7lyCQG9bZ7irP3QjBl6L4zGeHnsoGE31MgVd/s400/pat17.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /> <em>Traditional wall decorations painted by the caftsmen from the Wadha community, <strong>Hodka, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kutch">Kutch</a>.<br /></strong></em><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCuhyphenhyphenSUHHtobLeBJI51xisvi_tk9dSEYTTOmGStnvQnmLqRl9xHP41TBx_ERjC9iqvNDOsocNtgNQPfHNyoY4MIpuXOUPOuUCsJotjo4kbmRT26jvfvpdm9WiyWESXwRDrdAZA-vPFRSB3/s1600-h/pat18.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5109244521979495778" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCuhyphenhyphenSUHHtobLeBJI51xisvi_tk9dSEYTTOmGStnvQnmLqRl9xHP41TBx_ERjC9iqvNDOsocNtgNQPfHNyoY4MIpuXOUPOuUCsJotjo4kbmRT26jvfvpdm9WiyWESXwRDrdAZA-vPFRSB3/s400/pat18.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /></a><em>Interesting flat, stylised & geometric designs with birds & camel motifs painted on the outer walls in the villages of <strong>Baramsar & Roopsi,<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kutch"> Kutch</a>.</strong><br /></em><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5109243121820157170" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjUIR6RaMVVhcRhVwgquDqCKr0OrMAhVUHG2V8umO837l3eDfXxhiGGewH4bsNET8GM-OoGtq704A1X763EkTxjykqO0bN3hZflk53DTGZMinI0Yupwss0U2PaMA6dDMv5VyiPHZNzv3Mp/s400/pat10.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /><em>Family photosgraphs & religious images are embedded in the while plaster walls in <strong>Jaisalmer,<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rajasthan"> Rajasthan</a></strong></em><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rajasthan"> </a><br />(What a fantastic idea!) <img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5109268324688250258" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3QPB3-VvHBc5ve9rq-kLYn4gbXiG7KaTGR5z3LjQW8zO5XvFRkE27nFqB1iKYsFW_VSdUUFVV08nr9Qsh7N_AoLXaTIsfjkIQC1nDtERBfHa1AAlQxhhHouKqsym4RUV0gOVoCFsaNQxJ/s400/pat11.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /><em>Terracotta tiles frame a niche in a house in <strong>Baramsar, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kutch">Kutch</a></strong> where the cassette player is the only western amenity.</em><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5109246072462689650" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0lmbJIZWbYty-aVc8gD4sb9R6NEptbjXYf0lv0yXqUddJrNrhQC68zTwmd__q53cqLRd5sJeEbrQinwY4dvt1j1l6cUejSH9InaOMQURMvUYclM6vTsD8bgpGuLSrJoBeVtXN1v3iaOYk/s400/pat14.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /><em>Inlay work with antique mirrors & stylised flowers in Samode Palace, <strong><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rajasthan">Rajasthan</a></strong>.</em><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeWyO1dc3WmT4otp6zNQHKLvbX5WLsog46LV5rQnGrZVrCF8NUo2EXQ7GVEFXi3IbACR7ZpjTBcS_30EU16TmdG4QAQqCbdLXGQq9fYebpf1nVTXavDh5jIi7VaL81goLMwawGcAcO32KZ/s1600-h/pat12.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5109243134705059090" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeWyO1dc3WmT4otp6zNQHKLvbX5WLsog46LV5rQnGrZVrCF8NUo2EXQ7GVEFXi3IbACR7ZpjTBcS_30EU16TmdG4QAQqCbdLXGQq9fYebpf1nVTXavDh5jIi7VaL81goLMwawGcAcO32KZ/s400/pat12.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /></a><em>Lovely painted patterns in a private chapel in<strong> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goa">Goa</a></strong>.</em> <img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5109246076757656962" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-gTVKWq2GfBe9C5EsZ8vx_qDK6E8CbOJ_b_1RMPvzgxM15Zjd7nfDeMpDwKyZQb3wnfrAayVFPpl_jyYHVZtHevnWYEpJEPV-6WsCeJBEq2bhctantGshlditxGsIBDbmmQ5HHeJjbwlc/s400/pat19.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /><em>The trellised roof forms interesting shadows on stencilled walls in one of the homes in <strong><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goa">Goa</a></strong>.<br /></em><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuMEvf9KSkVOQPywxvJrPaU_JHUVevjttqPpFecb7rxWmGoX9RDCcOfeCxM0gXkaORVFdzl6R1nnHNlPtrHM84dQ6iWiAo2EpFzk3D5RQMuREXmu3uruASVPMeMSn7bGrIAkYN3CD1wi3n/s1600-h/pat13.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5109243139000026402" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuMEvf9KSkVOQPywxvJrPaU_JHUVevjttqPpFecb7rxWmGoX9RDCcOfeCxM0gXkaORVFdzl6R1nnHNlPtrHM84dQ6iWiAo2EpFzk3D5RQMuREXmu3uruASVPMeMSn7bGrIAkYN3CD1wi3n/s400/pat13.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /></a><em>Colourful Buddhist motifs in the mountainous region of <strong>northern India</strong>.<br /></em><br />Or go <strong>contemporary/fusion</strong> with these design ideas...<img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5108876729618861042" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFV7MI-K9QyMaP4GvwrxX1SS7S5XuK40CywufqaiMrtI6qNVTmJ2cnFN1n6naCl3Xb3hkMVMCeHY-yap0iJqvS4PZyNgZwtUwgqhTwtG1LuxMbisYEfPgXLqbkvauQoI0Zwq0O10B71zeP/s400/pat3.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /><em>Bold colourful geometric patterns in <a href="http://www.zebaworld.com/zeba_static/krsnamehta.htm"><strong>Krsna Mehta's</strong> </a>home.</em><br /><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5108876716733959138" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmNrMQf9EbWph8hEfS8W0igGY4dqWTuM1Dc_XN2nM6hDpa5VCDTlhMXfI1_7kqpcxGrO7_7UWOjb7QMyAEed1E2rbiqyTARqjKmYTKskRdbF568nV4IDTpxB-ENaZ8lu5Z8xvB2RkCsggz/s400/pat2.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /><em>Goldpainted leaf motifs on blue background in <a href="http://www.zebaworld.com/zeba_static/krsnamehta.htm"><strong>Krsna Mehta's</strong> </a>residence.</em><br /><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5108876699554089938" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMkAyY_pwxxKB_7R1lvcGEwxQGfq7gnyHBNILvj4RM81Qy88Tar4LonDi_tRwm1B0PWpDvAxBJZF4PNwshqYTD9_WSqJOiYoM_8OkI2mEHlak5LYq-Z0eWi6eutdDUoWFwXVq_CAhjU9dq/s400/pat1.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /><em>Free flowing hand-painted design in film-maker<strong> Ram Madhvani's</strong> home.</em><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5108881312348965954" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEBeQmHYwfEuJMuj549HjxT8e9-LV-9aeYsdH25z2x2k6tN3dBTYpQKEwDeAV3OvayGAdZfl3U8ZNEdlC1_VafZ_DmyvfEyyJpketvnClspmj_Rpy1CtiGIphZHhnQXysJEiCK7uQJtXf9/s400/pat8.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /><em>Feature wall with self gold floral print wall paper at <strong>Cafe' Penne</strong> designed by <strong>Payal Chopra</strong>.</em> <img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5108876742503762946" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiijsR0YeiN72o0lhI89WyW5b6CFmiP_SM7DwUVfxssMV1Xm2ahQtj7ZQGRIRfn2prxy9QHfGEPINBh2zy3uygq0BLaT9eB-N8xTPfYBup5wAv-k_ltue0QFuXfzUG5_3Pn-Em5Wn9KTd8W/s400/pat4.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /><em>A sinuous bronze pattern on terracotta in <strong>Ram Madhvani's</strong> home.</em><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5108876751093697554" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-VWa731KNPw_vz4zCm-uIS3xhkcVM1NfuCa_90k51qJVbvJbXGxIU3FeWTPlvcnUSDMkT_EjViEPalTcNc_1HMJlJBIAM2b14V5WlGqGGBNncEJra1y-tb_R9uz9I7-EYA3EePXMpmMhj/s400/pat5.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /><em>Foliage patterns in black & white designed by <strong>Tania Singh Khosla</strong> for <strong>Zanav Home</strong>.<br /></em><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5108878585044732978" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIZv8GS0l-seeSZTtQwORsBWbknUsvqcXZ3woVRwMmyAurG_LRslCDGyKc-TiSVja9FsTCN8lmJSIowwQMfhXHfqBBpm3EnuIBv6Rcs4RTjz29I1zAkD3HQ3f0Pw0Mfwo_bub8HrocCakS/s400/pat7.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /><em>Floral stencilled patterns in <strong>Mallika's</strong> room:-)</em><br /><br />So what are you waiting for go wild with your imagination, the wall is your canvas, paint away...:-)<br /><br /><em>(images from Indian Style, home review magazine-vol6. issue3, inside outside magazine- july 2006, dec 2006 & jan 2007 issues)</em>

Adorn your walls....

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