If there’s one thing about interior designing that is set in stone, is the fact that all kinds of ethnic elements can beautifully infuse itself with any kind of home décor, be it eclectic, contemporary, traditional or minimalist. Whether you layer the sofa in your living room with intricately woven materials, add ethnic accents and traditional embellishments to your space; all of this is definitely going to add a spark of style and vibrancy to your homes
When we talk about Indian style home décor, the few essentials that come to our mind include – heavily carved wooden furniture, charpoys, cushions with colourful Indian embroidered covers, handicrafts and metallic (mainly brass) statues. One thing to note is that Bohemian and Indian interiors are very close when it comes to colours.
Here we are going to touch a few ethnic décor ideas that you can incorporate into your living rooms to give it a warm touch and a sense of home if you’re away from the homeland.
1. Brass Statues
A signature décor item in a Hindu household is the statue of a religious deity. It could be one of the many God’s, a statue of Buddha, animals like – elephants, lions, tigers or even simply amorphous modern pieces that can be used a statement décor accents in the living room.
2. Faux Fabric Ceiling
Something out of the box and rather unique would be to add a small faux fabric installation in the centre of the ceiling. The fabric could be in quadrants of different colours with detailed embroidery on it. For icing on the cake, you can have a brass chandelier hung right in the middle of the faux fabric installation. This can even be a part of kids room furniture for something different.
3. Frame a Fabric
Instead of going down the same old road of framing and hanging paintings, frame some lavishly handcrafted handiwork on your walls. These will be the perfect ornament for your walls at a very cheap price.
4. Ethnic Upholstery
Do you own a complete beat up armchairs whose upholstery is almost coming off and is tattered? There is a rather simple and ethnic solution to this. Has the upholstery redone with a material with an ethnic design on it with a background of bright warm colour?
5. Kashmiri Carpet
A Kashmiri carpet can add warmth and poise to any rom in no seconds. To bring the entire living room together, place a Kashmiri carpet under the coffee table and at the foot of the sofa and see your guests marvel at its beautiful sight. For good deals on carpets buy home decor accessories online.
6. Jhoola
Apart from your sofa, ad another statement piece to your living room, a jhoola. It will add to the traditional-ethnic looks you’re going for, for your living room with its wooden frame carved with the smallest of details and the warm toned upholstery.
All these features put together are sure to bring your ethnic living room dreams to life.
Soniya Writes 