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Decor Stores, Home decor

Online Store: Heart for Art

  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 […]

DIYs

Diwali DIY: Home-baked salted, scented diyas

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 […]

Decor Stores, Home decor

Online store: Uncommon Goods

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 […]

Decor Stores, Security

A Solution for Mr. and Mrs. Forgetful

Most families including my own, have one person who is forgetful. By forgetful I don’t mean they forget anniversaries and birthdays. They forget simple things like where they kept their car keys, or the ring they wore to a friend’s house last night – everyday valuables! Well, what if I […]

Home decor

The Iconic Egg Chair – 50+ years and Still Stylish!

Danish architect and designer Arne Jacobsen designed the famous 1960 showcase Royal Hotel, Copenhagen. Passionate to create the perfect hotel experience, he personally designed most of the hotel’s iconic furniture, including the legendary Egg™ chair (in 1958). Very few designs stand the test of time. The Egg Chair has! Paying […]