The choice of material is hand crafted and local. We used large expanses of Yellow jaiselmer stone as the predominant material in the foyer, dining and library and let it flow into a floral patterned tile that we created in terrazzo specially for this house. In the verandah mangalore and kerala tiled roofs are painted white, while the patterned colonial tile and teakwood of the door and window frames as well as the columns provide for a highly textural interplay.