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Keerthy Suresh and Antony’s Kochi Home
In Season 9 of Asian Paints’ Where The Heart Is, actor Keerthy Suresh and her husband Antony open the doors to their Kochi home, fondly called the House of Fun
Few celebrity homes in India reveal their owner as completely as Keerthy Suresh and Antony’s home in Kochi. There is no attempt here to separate public image from private life, nor to delegate personality to a professional design team. As soon as you walk in, it’s clear the couple have shaped their entire house themselves – collecting, choosing and assembling it slowly over time. Friends and family know it by its nameplate at the entrance: The House of Fun. It’s not ironic or aspirational. It’s literal with photographs, quotes, artwork and small objects that appear in almost every corner, each tied to a specific moment or relationship. The result is a space that feels unmistakably theirs without filtering itself for effect.
Keerthy works across Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam cinema and is among the few actors of her generation to combine popular appeal with sustained critical recognition. Her performance in Mahanati earned her the National Film Award in 2019 and with it, a career that has unfolded largely between film sets, hotels and temporary bases. The Kochi apartment marks a different chapter. “Building a home together is a beautiful feeling. It’s about comfort, first and foremost,” she says.
The couple’s love story appears throughout the home but rarely in obvious ways. One artwork charts the phase of the moon on the day they began dating, alongside the phase of the moon on the day they were married. Tucked neatly into one corner of the living area is a diner-style dining nook that’s lined with black-and-white photographs from their wedding. Nearby, a framed copy of their wedding invitation card and personal memorabilia document a key milestone Keerthy once thought would never arrive. “I honestly believed we’d just elope,” she says, recalling a journey that took nearly 15 years to culminate. “We never dreamt of a wedding like this.”
That sense of disbelief and of something long-wished-for finally taking shape, runs through the house in other ways too. One wall holds a collage gifted by friends and family after Keerthy won the National Award. It’s layered with photographs and headlines from a moment she describes as unforgettable. “Mahanati was extremely special,” she says. “As an actor, all you want is a good film and a good performance and to have that feeling, the first time, that simply stays with you.”
The main living space opens into a sequence that feels like a favourite café mapped onto a home. Painted in Asian Paints’ wall colour “Ming Jade”, the open kitchen features playful yellow-and-green tiles and matching cabinetry and a counter with high stools. Above it, a small sign reads: “This kitchen is seasoned with love” complete with a hanging lamp spells out the “LOVE” part of the quote. “My favourite café is my home,” says Keerthy and it’s easy to see why.
But the wraparound balcony is truly the heart of the home. Brimming with plants and comfortable seating, it leads to a bar that has quickly become the couple’s favourite gathering spot. The counter surface holds hundreds of photographs preserved beneath a clear finish in resin. A small plaque above reads “Nobody gets out sober”. Keerthy laughs as she points it out. “This view and this vibe are very intoxicating.”
It’s here that evenings stretch late, friends wander in and out and the house becomes what it was always meant to be. “We love hosting,” she says. “We want our friends to feel like it’s their home too.” Antony agrees, adding that while the colour and chaos of the house is all her, keeping things tidy is firmly his responsibility.
There’s a sense, walking through The House of Fun, that nothing has been added to simply fill space. “Growing up, my mother loved decorating,” Keerthy says. “Every time she picked something up for the house, I’d dream that I want a place of my own like that someday.” The House of Fun is that someday.
Style Guide: Designing a Home that Feels Like You
Keerthy Suresh and Antony Thattil’s “House of Fun” is a lesson in something most of us want but don’t always know how to execute: a home that’s filled with whimsy and fun but still feels put-together. Here’s what to borrow.
1. Anchor the Home Around How You Actually Spend Time
Rather than distributing attention evenly across rooms, this home is organised around two clear gathering spots – the café-style kitchen and dining area and the wraparound deck. Both are spaces designed for every day, repeated use. Because these zones are prioritised early in the planning, the rest of the home is allowed to fall into place around them, instead of competing for importance. This approach avoids the common mistake of over-designing formal living rooms that are rarely used. When the social core of the house is clearly defined, the circulation, furniture placement and lighting decisions become easier and more intuitive.
In Keerthy’s kitchen and dining nook, the anchor isn’t created through a single surface, but through a small set of finishes that each play a clear role. Colour sets the base, pattern adds interest and texture gives the space heft. If you want to take inspiration from this approach, shades like 7685 Ming Jade and 8016 Coral Coast work well as a rich backdrop. Wallpapers such as Ibis & Acacia from the Nilaya Nal Sarovar Wallpaper Collection introduce a tropical pattern without overwhelming the room. To add a more grounded, architectural feel – similar to the exposed brick seen in this home – textured finishes like Crimstone from the Asian Paints’ Royale Play Meridian Collection bring depth and a sense of structure.
Pro Tip: If your home is smaller, your “anchor” can be one wall (a dining wall, a TV wall or even a balcony corner). Make it the place where you spend the most time and then keep the rest of the room simpler.
2. Use Neutral Walls Strategically when Colour is Everywhere Else
Although Keerthy and Antony’s house is visually rich with brick walls, green cabinetry, patterned tiles, artwork and text, many of the base wall colours are deliberately restrained. Keerthy mentions using Asian Paints’ ‘Moon Light’ as a base in the guest bedroom, which allows decorative plates, cushions and textiles to take visual precedence. “We love colour,” Keerthy says, “So this keeps everything balanced.” This restraint is essential when a home contains a large number of objects with emotional value.
Pro Tip: If you love colour but also collect a lot of “stuff”, keep one element steady across rooms. It could be a wall colour, the flooring or even a curtain fabric. It’s the easiest way to make different corners feel connected.
3. Treat Wall Texture as Spatial Markers
Exposed brick and panelling in this home is not applied uniformly. Instead, it appears in specific zones like the dining nook and select walls, where it helps define function and mood. The burnt-orange brick near the dining area visually separates it from the kitchen and the living area without requiring walls or partitions. Elsewhere, textured paint finishes and panelled surfaces have a similar role, adding depth without changing the layout. This is a useful reminder that material shifts can signal transitions within open-plan homes far more subtly than furniture alone.
Pro Tip: When working with multiple colours, repeat one shade in lighter and darker tones across rooms to create visual continuity. Shades like 7723 Spring Breeze, 7722 Glimpse of Spring and 7720 Habitat sit within the same soft green spectrum that are muted, nature-led tones that move between green, yellow and meadow-like neutrals. Asian Paints groups such shades into curated Shade Palettes, making it easier to build cohesion across rooms. These palettes can be explored in-store or online as a starting point for colour direction and design guidance, especially when working across open or connected spaces.
4. Let Your Home Tell Your Story
One of the most distinctive elements of this home is the terrace bar counter that embeds years of photographs into its resin surface. This transforms memory from something that hangs on walls into something structural. It’s a smart alternative to “where do we put all these pictures?” because it doesn’t steal wall space. Inside, wedding photographs are placed directly above the dining bench, where they are enjoyed daily rather than reserved for a corridor or passage. These decisions ensure personal history becomes part of the home’s DNA.
Pro Tip: Print your photos in one consistent finish (all matte or all semi-gloss) and keep the frame colour consistent. You can mix photo sizes but consistency in other ways stops it from turning into visual noise.
5. Allow Furniture to Create Zones
The diner-style seating is a strong example of furniture being used architecturally. Built-in benches wrap the corner tightly, creating a defined eating area without consuming extra square footage. Similarly, the kitchen counter with high stools establishes an informal dining zone without separating it from the kitchen. These choices keep the plan open while still offering clear functional distinctions. In apartments where structural changes are limited, furniture often does more zoning work than walls ever could.
This approach translates easily through movable furniture too. Low tables, benches and consoles define zones without adding visual bulk. Compact setups like the Elysian Dining Collection from Royale suit open plans where seating needs to feel anchored but not enclosed, while pieces such as the Jaylin Console Table from the Luxe Edit by Nilaya can be placed behind sofas or along circulation paths to mark transitions without blocking sightlines.
Pro Tip: If you love hosting, prioritise one flexible social zone over multiple formal ones. Let furniture do the zoning so the space can expand, contract or shift depending on how you use it.
6. Introduce Traditional Materials in Contemporary Proportions
Keerthy describes the home’s aesthetic as contemporary with traditional accents, most clearly seen in the bedrooms. Her own bedroom has a textured grey wall that adds depth, while a four-poster bed with a woven cane headboard anchors the space. A similar effect for the walls can be achieved using a leather finish paint like Zaffiano or a lime-based finish such as Marmofresco Classic from the Royale Play Meridian Collection.
“It’s a little Kerala-style,” says Keerthy, describing her bedroom, “But done in our contemporary way.” Cane, brick and woven textures appear across the home, always balanced with modern lighting, simple forms and uncluttered layouts. You don’t have to lean into a fully “heritage” look to bring in a little bit of craft home.
Pro Tip: If you’re unsure about introducing traditional elements in contemporary interiors, start with one surface that relies more on texture than decoration or introduce small amounts of pattern through materials like cane, rattan or jute in a simple weave on the furniture or upholstery. The same principle applies to walls. Craft-inspired wallpapers like the Nilaya Manuscript Wallpaper Collection or Nilaya A Jaipur Story Wallpaper Collection reinterpret traditional motifs in a contemporary language, making them easier to integrate into modern homes without overwhelming the space.
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