What a beautiful house, Shahbaaz! I live in a similar house - a 150-year-old colonial bungalow in Kumaon. You have already received lots of excellent advice from better-qualified people, so all I would say is, keep its age and heritage character the central theme. The white tiles do clash, I am afraid ... flooring with terracotta tiles would echo the roof and look lovely. The columns and the arches over the doors and windows are amazing. But I'd say, leave it all chuna-painted - there's a beauty and softness to it. Don't let the painters add too much neel (indigo) in the limewash -- in the hills where I live, they put far too much if I don't watch out and the result is a harsh white. Natural lime has a softer, creamy look.

Hi Parchuri, Deciding colour combinations for rooms is a critical decision to make. However, you may take clues from the colour of the existing floor, furniture and upholstery you have or rely on the ready made colour palettes available on the internet. Tips : 1] Always, take paint samples and paint a small patch on the wall before you finalize the shade as the paint looks different when wet, when dry, on single coat and on double coat. 2] Use neutral shades like off white, beige and grey to dilute the overall impact of the colours. A neutral shade helps in complementing the bright colour. Just like we wash a used paintbrush in water so as to pick a new colour, a neutral shade does the same with our mind - it clears it up to take in a new paint shade rather then seeing too many colours in continuity, which can get overwhelming to the eye. Don't Do 3] Pick a fan deck of colour shades from a local paint vendor to get an idea of the shades available and choose what you like. You can play safe by selecting a monochromatic theme and stick to a single page of the fan deck or if you want to combine two colours in a theme, move horizontally along the same shade number. This way your colours would be visually balanced. If you still find it difficult to imagine, hire a professional who may help you out. All the best! Regards, RnD Atelier Nagpur

I've seen a lot of photos and I have come to realise that I really like the pastel/muted color pallete and have also come to know that they are good for small rooms. I really liked nickel grey and silver grey. Do both of these colors also belong to pastel color pallete? I am not able to find a separate section for pastel color pallete on asian paints' website. So it's difficult to find similar colors. Thanks for helping me.

Okay, Green and yellow together are popping too much , even if its a personal choice go for one of these colours (yellow or green) and preferably lighter shades. The red colour on the left also looks too off and can be avoided. Too much mustard in base makes it look dull. What you can do is go for more grey/white as base colour,mustard as filler and brown/dark grey as a bold colour and a yellow/green as popping colour as highligter. Some observations that you might try for the elevation. 1.Do not go for more than 4 colours 2.Try keeping your boundary wall to not merge too much with the house.(Especially the center part base and boundary wall) 3.Lighter colours on horizontally prominent areas(for example the base) and bold colors on vertical elements(for example the element on your right side that is in white color). 4. The central brown element with window can be made better with grooves in different color like brown with gold strip and giving the base a single color (that abrupt green is looking weird). For example, imagine that element in grey on white base or vice verca. You can also explore cladding materials in market for that center and get some good antique/stone or modern jaali finish as per your personal choice. 5.The Jaali on left is white and the base visible behind is also a light colour.Try to go for dark and light combination(either base dark or jaali, suggesting to keep base light and jaali dark so that sun shadows created patterns are visible). Thank You Shivani Chandra Architecture Student