Dar Mona is a guest house in the hills overlooking the Orange Plains in France. The proud owner Mona is a well-travelled designer and photographer. The rooms bear testimony to Mona’s travels in Morocco, Tunisia, Senegal, China, India and Syria – the photographs, designs and styles are windows to her […]
Home Tours
A lifestyle villa located in an old Mangalorean tiled home {Ira Spa}
The absolutely charming view ofthe house from the entrance. On my morning walk in a quiet, nondescript bylane in Cascia, Mangalore, I spotted a lovely yellow house in the old Colonial style, with pillars, tiled roofs, et al. The signboard said Ira Spa. I was intrigued, and when I asked […]
Home Tour: Aparna’s home in Whitefield, Bengaluru
Today, we take you to Whitefield, Bengaluru to Aparna’s lovely home. Aparna is a mommy blogger over here. Aparna tells us that her decor sensibilities have developed and honed over the years, through a combination of travel, work (with the Indian crafts sector) and a lot of skulking around design […]
Deepa and Sriram’s Summer Decor in their Bangalore home
Do you change your decor every season? In South India, with more or less humid/hot weather throughout the year, not many feel the need to change their home decor as the seasons change. But I think it’s a wonderful idea to do so! And, here is picture-proof about how lovely […]
Seema Singh’s Eclectic Home in Bangalore
TotalIncidence of Cancer in Canada It’s the 14th of Feb, and here is a love story. Home love! Vineeta Nair had a recent contest on Facebook and that’s where I got my first glimpse of Seema Singh’s home. I contacted her, and Seema was […]
Home Tour: Ranjeet and Maria’s eco-friendly sea-side home in Chennai
Interior designers Ranjeet and Maria Jacob live in a dream home situated on a quiet lane called Sea Shell Avenue. They are 250 meters form the main road and 500 meters from the ocean. The beach at their place is undisturbed, clean and devoid of fishing villages. Their dog Waffle […]
House Tour: Sheila and Krishna Baru’s home in Bengaluru
Sheila and Krishna Baru’s home is warm and lovely with its rich brown tones and beautiful upholstery, antique furniture that transports you back in time, and cream-hued walls that give you the feeling that you have stepped into a colonial home. The couple owns Bangalore-based Maram, a furniture store. I […]
Woodooz it yourself! A must-see DIY blog.
When Somu and Preethi Padmanabhan had trouble getting a furniture store to custom-make a table in the dimensions they had in mind, what did they do? They decided to do it themselves! Yes, this venture that began on a whim, became their passion. They did not stop at that table. […]
The beauty of old Mangalorean homes: A photo feature
It’s been a while since I blogged, and I must thank all those who wrote in inquiring when they would see us back in action. Well, we are not there yet, but we are certainly getting there. I was going over a website that features news pertaining to my hometown […]
Namaste
Welcome to our blog. The Key Bunch is officially live, and we are thrilled to bits! We Rekha and Sharon, the writers of this blog, met online, worked together on a couple of projects, and have been friends ever since! The idea of this blog is to feature striking, vibrant, […]