20世纪50年代一个绿树成荫的花园平房区，在毗邻德里动物园的对称广场上，昔日库查曼王国的公主Priti Pratap Singh的家保留了其最初的粉刷形式。20世纪70年代，当她作为一个年轻的母亲第一次继承这所房子时，她认为传统的前面的草坪 "太无趣了"，于是开始把它拆开，将它变成了一个具有艺术化的魔法荒野。

In a leafy 1950s neighborhood of garden bungalows set in symmetrical squares adjoining the Delhi zoo, the home of Priti Pratap Singh, Princess of the erstwhile kingdom of Kuchaman, retains its original whitewashed form. When she first inherited the house as a young mother in the 1970s, she deemed the conventional front lawn “too boring” and set about ripping it apart to transform it into an artful magic wilderness.

一尊温和的花岗岩雕塑Nandi，即印度教湿婆神的公牛vahana，坐落在舞台中央。它位于红色砂岩铺面和繁茂的植物园之间，被一条狭窄的通道一分为二，水从石球中流出。阳台上挂满了藤蔓的竹棚架，由于葡萄串的存在而变得更加密集。

A benign granite sculpture of Nandi, the bull vahana of the Hindu god Shiva, sits center stage. It’s situated between red sandstone paving and parterres of luxuriant foliage, which are bisected by a narrow channel where water bubbles from stone spheres. The veranda is shaded by a vine-laden bamboo scaffolding, made more dense thanks to grape clusters.

屋内16英尺高的天花板，毫不费力地强化了房屋所在的印度Rajasthan的主题和皇家气派。该地区最突出的是展示了令人眼花缭乱的古董纺织品，一面墙上有一幅绣有大象的howdah，另一面墙上有一幅精美的木版印刷的kalamkari，以及壁炉上方的Nathdwara pichwai彩绘。

The interiors, with their soaring 16-foot-high ceilings, effortlessly intensify the theme and panoply of royal Rajasthan, the Indian state in which the home is located. The region is showcased most notably in a dazzling display of antique textiles—an embroidered covering for an elephant’s howdah on one wall, a fine block-printed kalamkari on another, and a painted Nathdwara pichwai above the fireplace.

在闪闪发光的黄铜和银器中，还有Priti自己精心手工制作的装饰品。客厅的一角被改造成一个帐篷式的休息区，用藏红花丝绸做成的边框，镶有雕刻自haveli门的线形镶边；在她的卧室里，朴素的橱柜上覆盖着水绿色丝绸。

Amid the gleaming brass and silver are elaborate embellishments of Priti’s own handiwork: A corner of the living room is converted into a tented baithak (lounge area) in saffron silk framed in carved architraves from haveli doors and, in her bedroom, plain cupboards are covered in crewel-embroidered aqua sil.

Interiors:PritiPratapSingh

Photos:AshishSahi

Words:倩倩