If your living room is large enough, experiment with darker coloured flooring. You could try Mandsour, which is a dark purple marble from Madhya Pradesh. Include relief work in each slab in the form of inlayed mother of pearl leaves.

For smaller spaces, Australian white marble inlayed with silver foil or artificial pink marble leaves would work just fine.

Keep It Funky

Multi-coloured beaded curtains are a must-have window dressing. You could also have plastic rings in bright colours like orange, yellow or red. Add to the retro look with frilly curtains.

Glam up a straight lined wooden coffee table with a top embedded with colourful mosaic chips. An interesting wooden bowl would make a great table decoration. If you already have a conventional Source: Good Earth                     centre table, just place a metallic platter on it and fill it with colourful pebbles or beads.

If you can get your hands on an old gramophone at an art gallery or even a rugged jukebox, nothing like it.

Lastly, use accent lighting. Coloured or stained glass lamps, also known as Tiffany lamps, would suit the retro theme perfectly.

Now go ahead, funk up your living room with pizzazz!

(With inputs from Shilpa Daga, Shilp Design Studio, Mumbai)