I think i'd use subtle blues and/or greens against that brick, which i would use a sealer on to bring up the color a bit. White would be rather boring on the windows i feel, i'd use a darkish muted red or charcoal maybe for this detail. Such a pity to adopt boring western color codes when you have such a fabulous tradition for color in India. You don't have to go crazy on flashy color and can adapt it to a more modern feel. Very cute little house, i love it's details.

my house is also going through the construction stage from past six month's I used clay red bricks instead of using cement blocks & bricks as my architect & structure engineer both adviced red bricks keep 3 to 4 degrees temperature down in summer & plastering of wall is more convenient & long life on red bricks, comparing to cement bricks , cement bricks are easily available nice in size ,shape, strong & sturdy hence there is very low waste comparing to other materials

In civil engineering this condition is known as efflorescence this condition occurs due to capillary action of water in brick in which water contains diffrent salts comes on surface through voids of brick and evaporates and salt rest on surface as shown in image this salts may be harmful or not this depends on type and chemistry of salts generally it is not harmful

Hello Agamonee, In that case, you can have wall mounted ledges, corner ledges on either side or a headrest with inbuilt storage. Thanks, Nitin CORNERSTONE DESIGNS Bangalore.