Novus Paints

Our shop, Novus Paints, is right at the Main Chowk in Moshi, on the Pune Nashik Road. Being at a main chowk means it’s always loud and there’s constantly traffic moving past the front door. You can’t miss us because of all the paint cans stacked up near the entrance. The smell of fresh paint is pretty much always in the air here. We spend our days mixing colors and helping people figure out what shade they need for their walls. The floor is covered in little drops of different colors where we’ve spilled things over the years. It’s a busy spot, and we get all sorts of people stopping in, from professional painters to homeowners who aren't quite sure what they’re looking for. We have those big color charts hanging on the walls, and they’re starting to look a bit faded from the sun. The counter is wooden and a bit worn down from people sliding heavy tins across it. We don’t have a fancy showroom. It’s more of a warehouse style where everything is within reach. Sometimes the dust from the Pune Nashik Road gets on the shelves, so we have to wipe things down a lot. It’s a lot of physical work, lifting heavy buckets and climbing ladders to get to the top shelves, but it keeps us busy. We just focus on getting the right paint to the right person.