Parra's new villas tend to have big bedrooms with a blank wall waiting behind the bed, and a wide or full-wall headboard fills it better than a picture would. Decide where the reading lights, switches and sockets go, and have the electrician run them before the panel is made. Inland air is dry enough for linen blends and velvet, which would be risky by the sea, though any fabric gathers dust and should be one a vacuum can go over. Rooms here are bright; if the bed wall takes direct sun, choose a fade-resistant cloth. In an old house with a carved bed, a padded panel can sit within the frame.
- Villa master bedrooms: a full-wall panelled headboard with lights and sockets built in, wired ahead of fitting.
- Guest rooms in gated homes: a button-tufted or wingback board in velvet or a linen blend, fixed to the wall.
- Old family houses: the carved bed kept, with its cane or padding renewed and the woodwork left alone.
Parra is a village between Mapusa and Calangute, best known for the straight road through its fields, lined with coconut palms. It is an agricultural village, known for its watermelons, with old houses around the church and new villas and apartments along the edges.
Parra has traditional family homes and, increasingly, gated villas and small apartment complexes built for buyers who want to be near the beaches without living on them. New homes have modern windows and sliding doors.
Parra is inland and open. The fields give a clear run to sun and wind, rooms are bright, and monsoon rain floods the low ground, raising humidity.
What keeps a west-facing room in Parra cool?
A blackout or thermal-lined curtain, or a blackout roller blind, drawn in the afternoon. It keeps direct sun off the glass and the room noticeably cooler.
Do you furnish new villas in Parra?
Yes. Curtain tracks, blinds, mosquito nets and upholstery can be measured in one visit and quoted together.