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It’s a small, small world I realize, though not for the first time, as Meera and I got acquainted online, and then realized we had common friends! Well, Meera is a decor enthusiast and has a lovely home filled with her collections over the years. But today, I am going […]
1. TUNI Mrinmayee founded TUNI – a venture that involves products made from hand woven and hand painted textiles. Her focus is to make art and weaves meet in a functional product. These pretty cushion covers from her new collection – Tribal Tales caught my eye! The artists from Orissa lend their skills to […]
Recently we embarked on a brave and ambitious painting project. Well, all we did was get our entire apartment painted. But we still feel like we went through a test of fire and lived to tell the story because painting a home in parallel to one kid’s examinations, while […]
If you are a décor lover, you have no doubt seen the word vignette often enough, in decorating blogs and mags. From the pictures that are captioned or described as ‘vignettes’ we kind of know what they mean – a small area of a room that contains attractively arranged décor […]
Are you making that holiday gifting list, and checking it twice? 🙂 Just bump up the number of of gifts to your loved ones, because you will be actually be helping needy Indian artisans more, the more you buy! This blog post is about Heart for Art, the aptly […]
It’s that time of the year again – when fairy lights twinkle outside windows, and pretty diyas add light and colour to the night sky. Here’s a quick and simple recipe to make your own diyas out of a salt, spice and white flour dough. Recipe (makes a baking tray […]
When I first heard about Uncommon Goods, I was intrigued by the range of products they had on offer. And I was glad to see one more website devoted to handmade or personalized gifts. It’s wonderful that handmade product makers (the talented people who labor over the lovely products on offer), are finally getting their […]
Teal House is actually an apartment in Mumbai’s Napean Sea Road, spanning an area of 1100 square feet. With flashes of blue, teal and white, and bougainvillea in the decor, the Mediterranean from where this home draws inspiration, is everywhere! And that’s wonderful, because the theme originated from the clients desire to recreate […]
Dhrubaa De and her husband Debkumar De live in a very elegant house in New Jersey, with lovely touches of India (Calcutta) in it. Their home is quite tastefully done-up with earthy tones mixed up with cheerful pops of colour. She tried to recreate the feel of an old Bengali bedroom with a four […]
The Pink Chair is where you must go if you want an accent chair, or a unique, custom-upholstered one. This is a part interview, part feature; and you can feast your eyes on the chairs designed and made by Komal Sandhu while you read! The Pink Chair is not just […]