Rajasthani cushion covers

Chillaxing...

The drainage pipe (designing blunder on part of the builder) painted in orange now looks more beautiful and bright.

About the house

The house is built on an 1100 sq.ft area on the fifth floor of a new building. We have a beautiful deck that serves as a tea-lounge in the morning and a party area when we have friends over. Me and Raj always wanted a home rather than a house (like most people). Before starting work on the house we managed to visit a few of our friends who had done up their houses wth the help of interior designers. And to be honest we didn't like any of them becuase the house never said anything about the people who lived in it. In plain words, they were not personalised homes. We were apprehensive about hiring a designer as we felt that he would not be in a position to execute the decor in the manner and style that we had in mind. But we also knew that a designer would make things simpler for us as he was more resourceful and aware compared to us. Thus we hired a designer duo. But there was a condition...no designing, only execution. And we are glad we did it. The house has turned up exactly the way we wanted it.

Being a home-maker I am always thinking and rethinking of changing little things here and there in the house, little things that make a huge difference. Fortunately, Raj too loves picking up tiny knick-knacks for the house. But I admit, sometimes he goes overboard :-) We have got so many Chinese dolls in the house that I have lost count. I am not complaining.

My kitchen is my favoutrite place in the house. I love cooking. I'm not blowing my own trumpet, but I do it pretty artistically and fast too...and don't know why the food comes out well too. My kitchen is also my active photography area. It's one place where I do the maximum changes in decor. I have this hobby of collecting bottles - wine, spices, whiskey - if the bottle looks good, I preserve it. Then I use it for holding flowers, plants or whatever that suits best.

Every corner in the house is important for me. I find it beautiful for one or the reason. Now this blog is going to be full of pictures of my house, some other houses, home decor, cutlery, plants, gardens, books on home decor....in short, everything to do with a home :-)

I am back

It's been a pretty long time since I posted something on this blog or any other blog for that matter. The reason - well, I got to move into my new house. It's looking beautiful. And starting today I think I will start uploading pictures of my house on this blog of mine. There is more to the decor , but as of now I am happy uploading the pictures that I took when we had just set up things.

The living-room














That's a couch and console from Fabindia. The centre-table was picked from an exhibition. And the chair is from Crafter's Antique.

Pots from Gaia

Custom-made furniture from Fab India

Now, we weren't aware of this. It was only when we visited the store in search of a particular couch that we found out thta Fab India does custom-made furniture. It's too late for us as we are almost at the final stage of completion. But the word has to be spread. They have an amazing collection of side-tables, lampshades, coffee tables, chairs, dhurries, table mats, crockery, upholstery, futons and mirrors. Yeah, thi is apart from their clothing range for men, women and kids.

Fab India can do up your house (in India) if your order exceeds Rs. 1,00,000/-. The best part is yet to come. If you liked one of their designs but would want to go a slight variation, just let them know. Thay have artisans who will do the needful. Had we known this earlier, by now we would have settled down in our new house :-(

Nowhere near completion

I'm not updating the blog any more because the house is not nearing completion. It'll take another 2 - 3 weeks before we can finally move in. To add to our woes the workers have already started damaging things that we got from Crafters Antique. A beautiful chair that we'd picked up from Jew Town is absolutely damaged. Just hoping that they will mend it.