Make Your Home More Indian

Tips on how to decorate your home more oriental and Indian.

Colours

~ Golden, red and other vibrant colours are a must. If this is too flashy for your taste, use more gentle pastel colours. Avoid too much of black, white and grey colour. Use them as the colours of patterns.

Colours of India

Shapes

~ Indian home usually has more square shaped furniture, however, it is not a must to have such furniture and no, there is no need to change your furniture if it looks different. Adding a couple of comfortable cushions in Indian colours can already add that Indian touch.

Indian Style Cushions

Decorations

~ Adding symbols or something that reminds of India will do just great!

Here are some of the decorations you can use:

*figurines or pictures of elephants, Hindu deities, lotus flower

*little boxes

*scented sticks

*small Indian carpet in your living room, in front of your doorstep or on the wall

Elephant Figurine

Small Oriental Boxes

Scented Sticks

Decorative Carpet

Aum and Swastika symbols

~ It is believed that the frequency of the vibration of the "Aum" sound is equal to the one of the God or Absolute. It is very popular among Hindu Indians and Westerns. Swastika is a Sanskrit word which would mean "something small that brings well-being" - kind of what we call as a "lucky charm." These would look really nice somewhere near your entrance doors as a Welcome to your guests and your family. If you think some of your visitors might feel uncomfortable around them, try to make the symbols less obvious.

Aum Decoration

Swastika Decoration

Your name in devanagari

~ Learn how to write your name or names of your family members in devanagari and make a painting. Here you can see an article about this Indian Script : DEVANAGARI.

Name "Shakuntala" in Devanagari