Step inside colourful and cosy Jaipur home

Lilac for softness, indigo for grounding, green for growth, yellow for warmth, red for open-heartedness, Rainbow House breathes in a thousand colours. This 3,300 sq ft kaleidoscope of colours in Jaipur is the childhood home of Purva Agrawal, Founder & Creative Director of design house Attirail. It's also her most personal work.

"This wasn’t just a redesign. It was a return. To the home I grew up in, to rituals I didn’t know I missed, to memories tucked quietly into corners," she tells us.

Each space evolved into a vessel of memory — a cocoon for family conversations, a room washed in skies and lilac haze, a living area that still hums with echoes of prayer and laughter. Furniture found new purpose, stories gathered in layers, and every corner was designed not merely to be seen, but deeply felt.

Who lives here?

A journey back home

Purva shares the home with her parents and sister. Her mother works from home and her father is 'deeply rooted in routine and ritual'. Just, like her, the family has also contributed to the design and look of the house in their own personal ways.

"My sister painted our childhood into the walls — murals of amaltas blooms, skies brushed into frames, wallpapers illustrated with memories of our garden. My mother’s instinct to collect moments — souvenirs, photos, birthday cards — taught me the beauty of living with memory. My father’s eye for solitude, colour, and detail reminded me where my imagination began. And my grandmother’s presence, though no longer with us, found its way back into the living room, through block prints, sepia- toned photographs, and a feeling of grounding love."

It's a home built by her family, for her family.

They describe themselves as a family that revolves around conversation and food. Their home regularly hosts different kinds of guests and evenings — quiet chai catch-ups, festive lunches, and lively extended family gatherings. Instead of centering everything around a single formal living room, the house unfolds into multiple sitting areas to accommodate these varied rhythms.

The television is confined to the bedrooms. The main living spaces remain intentionally screen-free, designed to encourage presence, dialogue, and unhurried meals shared around the table.

The brief for the home was simple yet layered: to create a space that feels expansive, emotionally connected, and deeply reflective of who they are — without losing its Jaipur soul.

Jaipur x Europe

Bringing a lived memory to life

This was a partial renovation with an approximate cost of Rs 3000 per sq ft.

They altered parts of the layout, renovated the kitchen and powder bathroom, refreshed the remaining bathrooms, and completely redid the electricals, false ceilings, and wall treatments. The original flooring was largely retained — both to preserve memory and to reduce waste — with the exception of the central dining area, where it was replaced to underscore its renewed significance.

"A large part of the design philosophy was reuse. Many existing furniture pieces were refurbished, reupholstered and repositioned within the house — allowing them to find new meaning in new contexts," says Purva.

"The home blends Jaipur and Europe — not as a theme, but as lived memory. Motifs and patterns are inspired by what grew in our childhood garden — bougainvillea, local florals, hand-drawn elements — illustrated by my sister. Every wallpaper and artwork was designed in-house, making the home deeply personal."

New meaning in new contexts

Take a tour of the house

The home is primarily a 3BHK — comprising a master suite with a walk-in wardrobe, two bedrooms for the daughters (each with their own dressing spaces), a formal living area, a patio, multiple informal sitting zones, a mandir, dining space, kitchen, and a concealed powder bathroom.

Originally, the layout felt compartmentalised. The dining table occupied one of the sitting rooms, while the space that is now the central dining area functioned as the mandir. The rooms existed independently, but there was little dialogue between them.

During the renovation, the central mandir room was opened up with arches on all four sides and transformed into a round dining space — now the emotional and visual anchor of the home. The mandir was respectfully repositioned, and the new central dining area seamlessly ties together the surrounding colour palettes.

Each room was designed in alignment with vastu principles, but more importantly, in alignment with emotion

The formal living room. Photo: @thekuber

Formal Living Room

Step into the living room and what instantly catches your breath is the stunning wallpaper that envelopes two walls of the room. Purva's sister Himanshi has worked her magic with the gorgeous peacocks surrounded in floral motif. The blues of the bird shine brighter next to the blue wainscotting and the lavish light blue twin couches.

Crystal lamps with fabric shades and oatmeal curtains add the oppulence of the room.

Rustic wooden chair and wooden stool add to the old-timey touch of the room.

"Mirrors and decorative elements were sourced from antique stores across Jaipur. Furniture was refurbished instead of replaced. Custom wallpapers and artworks were created in-house, adding depth without excess cost. The idea was to spend where it changes how the house feels — not just how it looks," Purva tells us.

Photo: @thekuber

Informal Living

The informal living room is likely the cosiest nook of the house. The wallpaper is again a medley of colours by Himanshi that goes perfectly with the cream wainscotting of this room.

A lively, mint-green built-in hosts a large frame, dainty sconces and artwork from various kinds. A sea-green couch grounds the room while unique, artsy window fixtures and framed fabrics infuse gradeur.

The Dining Room. Photo: @thekuber

Dining Room

"Those arches changed everything. They made the living room feel larger, but more importantly, they made the house feel connected. The round dining table now sits at the heart — carrying the entire colour story and becoming the place where conversations stretch, meals linger and memory continues to build. It feels like the house finally found its centre," Purva tells us about the redesign of the dining space.

The Casual Sitting Room. Photo: @thekuber

Casual Sitting

The casual sitting room is the most colourful of them all, washed in pink hues with pink floral wallpaper peaking through the glass cabinets.

A blush pink couch gives an effervscent look and the Spanish style, rustic chairs get a desi touch with the choice of upholstery. The stunning door with stained glass in red and green adds to the overall beauty of the room.

Parents' Room. Photo: @thekuber

Parents' Room

The parents' room is huge, hosting a large upholstered bed with a lush burnt sienna couch next to it. Again, yellow flowers of Himanshi's wallpaper adorn the wall behind the bed. The opposite wall is also covered in a more muted, simpler wallpaper with the printed curtains bringing in the oomph.

Photo: @thekuber

Purva's Room

Purva's bedroom feels whimsical yet refined, wrapped in a delicate botanical wallpaper of winding vines, blossoms, birds and pomegranates. A softly curved upholstered headboard anchors the bed, layered with striped and velvet cushions in warm browns and muted rose.

Above it, an eclectic arrangement of pastel and jewel-toned frames adds a playful, personal touch. Arched windows dressed in sage Roman blinds filter gentle light, while classic wainscoting grounds the space. A built-in arched niche houses books and keepsakes above a wooden writing desk, paired with a studded chair and fresh flowers, creating a charming, intimate retreat.

Purva's room. Photo: @thekuber

Purva's room. Photo: @thekuber

The Passage. Photo: @thekuber

The Passage. Photo: @thekuber

The Rainbow House is born from a family's intention and effort to tell their stories with their home. The story sounds in the colourful walls, the sepia photo galleries, the framed fabrics, the choice of furniture and even the structure of the space and how to use each corner.

"For me, this project was a reminder of what Attirail is about — that homes are not just structures, but emotional landscapes.
They hold our histories, our rituals, and our ways of loving. When designed with care, they don’t just look beautiful; they feel
like us. This Jaipur house is my family’s story. But more than that, it’s proof of what’s possible when a home is imagined through
memory and made with heart," Purva says about her home.