New buys

Bought this lovely rug from Jaypore


Didnt have the heart to use it on the floor though...The thought of shoes trampling this lovely piece of work bothers me at an organic level :P

Decided to use it as a throw...

I was like a kid on christmas day when it arrived :))

I must admit, it looked brighter on the website. I imagined it to be softer and the threads to be in silk.

It did appear dusty and weathered, especially under the warm tone lights in my house, despite the very thoughtful packaging. But I realised the wheatish background was responsible for this.

Was a tad disappointed but I really appreciate the amount of hard work and talent that has gone into making this lovely piece.

Bought these gorgeous ear rings as well - these are indeed gorgeous in real life as welll!

I was asked where I got them by almost all the women I met that day

Check out Jaypore ..they have some good stuff

( Only I wish they were paying me for saying this :))

....and a few more

"Home is a place you grow up wanting to leave and grow old wanting to get back to"

I must be getting old..

" Theres nothing half so pleasant as coming home again"

My daughter's valentine gift for me!

It is indeed my birth place, ratified by memory

Hope you enjoyed the pics. I love looking into peoples homes..do let me know if Icould see yours :)

They were framed

I have the patience of a two year old.

The art of framing has managed to highlight that yesterday.

But my love for framed art far supercedes my frustration of an imperfect job

So I toiled...



Found these lovely  paper serviettes at a stationery shop ( in Singapore!! - Indian design is indeed in!)

Dont they make a gorgeous backdrop for my Batik lady?

My doodled fish finds a sea of lotuses and marigold to swim in :)




Remnants of a Patchwork bedsheet for my new art

Can u guess what this is...

Yes! A paper plate to border my tribal man and woman
And yes you observant one, they are earrings!




This piece has been a butt of a good number of jokes from family referencing my love for Indian jewelley designs

I am not deterred

A simple frame renders the humble Kalamkari into a piece of art





And another..

A cornucopia of colours

I am on an Indian spree right now! As I am going through all those lovely Indian decor blogs out there, ( Rang decor, An Indian summer, Celebrations decor to name a few) I am amazed at the talent and wealth of culture in India. So Im rummaging around the house for all things Indian and putting them under the spotlight again, so to speak!

Jewellery box that sits in my shelf! My daughter admonished me the other day for buying 'totally useless objects'

Hand painted post card - how retro!

Had bought some lovely stuff from Jaipur six years when we went on a holiday. We had stayed at the majestic Neemrana fort.


Unfortunately that meant we were a long way away from the hustle and bustle of Jaipur.



Cut work bedsheet - now being used as a screen panel for the skylights! Love the shadows!

The chest is actually Indonesian on which I painted some flowers
Cut work table runner- admire the love and patience of the artisan women!

Just frame a pattern to you like - voila! an art piece!



Are'nt these door stoppers cute?

Kalamkari back panel - once a part of my dress! (Is'nt the husband cute ?!)

My daughter was about three and just about developing a personality. Shopping naturally took a back seat- which I regret to this day. The last day of the vacation was alloted for my retail therapy and that meant I was running around like a headless chicken most of the time!

Got conned by the taxi driver into buying everything at twice the price on the first day. Ya NRI and all.
But managed to bring back some treasures. 

We even got a heavy wooden Jharokha shipped all the way to Singapore. We are yet to put it up coz I havent found a suitable spot for this massive peice. It could also be because I havent found nails heavy duty enough to hold it!

Told you I have a thing for boxes :)

My Fave

This is a fresco I painted on my living room wall using spray paint. It took me about 2 hours to finish the whole thing free hand.The wall is about 10x10 ft.  I first painted the whole wall black before I started. I used metallic and solid gold spray paints for shading. Finished off with turquoise on the edge. What do you think?

This is my daughters room in - yes! turquoise. I love how the colour pops even in the smallest amounts. My husband helped me paint the walls in a pale powdery blue. We got the wall decal from walldecal.com - you can order them online. I chose chandelier decals in various sizes and stuck them at varoius places in the room. The bay window which serves as extra storage and seating opens to beautiful greenery in the back yard.

This is one of my fave nooks at home. Right next to the glass sliding room that leads to the patio. It gets just the right amount of morning sun streaming through the bamboo leaves. I sit down here with a cup of cofee and Houzz on my Ipad on days off, watching red palms in the patio swaying to the breeze.

My daughter and I love sitting on the teak swing in the evenings discussing the events of the day.

I love masks of all shapes and sizes. I have a few here in my diplay shelf. One from Bali, one from phuket- what a fun holiday that was! one from Egypt which my hubby painstakingly carried through customs, the gold Buddha head is from the UK - a gift from my sweet sister in law

We are blessed with 20 ft ceilings and humungous skylights. But you cant have too much of a good thing especially in scorching afternoons. So my very resourceful husband covered up the skylights using panels made from- guess what- bedcovers! This beautiful white patch work bedcover I bought from Jaipur was cut in two and using heavy duty glue and velcro, was mounted on the steel rim of the skylights. Not only does it sheild us from the hot sun, but the lovely pattern on the panels throws beautiful shadows on the wall when sunlight streams through it.

The other side was covered by bamboo blinds! that I bought from Giant for 10$ a piece. And imagine the contactor quoted us 1200 for covering them up!

My lovely back yard

Musical wind

This is just a glimpse of my house. Will put up more pics later on. Do you have any fun budget ideas for wall covering/ accessories etc?