Siolim, Goa

Casa Aurea — Summer in bands

Invoking summer through sun-kissed bands and woven textures.

Entry console in teak below a pleated pendant, with a single mustard band running floor to ceiling

Living room opening to the pool and garden, with a cane swing, curved wooden coffee table and sheer curtains

Living room seating with ivory sofa, denim cushions and a view through the arch to the terracotta-striped shelving

Brass-railed shelving set against terracotta stripes above a teak sideboard

Two slate-grey armchairs flanking a small round table under a jute blind and carved wall masks

Dining table in solid wood with black chairs, a built-in bench and terrazzo flooring

Bedroom with broad mustard and ivory bands behind a cane bed, woven wall lights and garden beyond

Cane bed dressed in denim blue and check cushions against mustard bands

Framed landscape prints on the mustard band beside a scalloped jute blind

Blush pink armchair by the window in the mustard-banded bedroom

Bedroom headboard wall painted in olive and terracotta bands with a trio of framed prints

Olive and terracotta bedroom seen towards the wardrobe and window with a scalloped blind

Bedroom with a fine sea-green band at ceiling height, curved cane headboard and gingham cushions

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Location: Siolim, Goa
Type: Villa
Scope: Interior design & styling
Signature: Painted colour bands

Casa Aurea sets out to hold summer indoors. Mustard, terracotta, olive and a thin line of sea-green run across the walls as painted bands — drawn, taped and hand-finished by Svay’s own painters rather than bought in as panelling, wallpaper or cladding.

It is a deliberately cost-effective device. A few litres of paint does the work of a feature wall: the bands set rhythm behind each headboard, frame the shelving in the living room and pull the eye up through the entry, all without adding material, carpentry or weight to the budget.

Against them, everything else stays soft and woven — cane headboards and sideboards, jute and linen blinds with scalloped edges, terrazzo underfoot, and small notes of pink, denim blue and brass. The result reads as warmth and daylight rather than as restraint.

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