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When doing the laundry the other day, I discovered quite by accident that craft paper transfers its color when ironed. So I thought I would try transferring shapes onto butter paper, and I am quite pleased with the results. For Valentine’s Day, I decided to try out heart shapes. It’s […]
Quaint seaside towns have often been a source of inspiration for artists and creative people. Amrita Nambiar was sitting by the sea one evening in beautiful Pondicherry with its cobbled streets and French influence, when the idea of Olie was born. She wondered if she could transpose the tranquility and beauty […]
How do you imagine a home housing 2 artists with complementary tastes will look? Well, the pic above is giving it away somewhat, but if you answered arty, colorful and well-designed, you got it right! I am taking you through a tour of a tiny Mumbai apartment, home to Arif […]
My peeps in Pune, mark your calendars for a dose of culture, history and heritage. Virasat Pune Heritage Festival is an initiative by an NGO called Janwani (Voice of the people). Janwani believes that Heritage, whether in the form of cultural legacy, history or inherited natural resources, is integral to […]
Yesterday I spoke about Puja Bhargava’s exquisite jewelry brand Lai. Now, Lai is not the only thing Puja is involved with. She has initiated the Indian Jewellery Project (IJP), which she says, is essentially is an attempt to crowd source the visual history of Indian jewellery through personal archives of […]
Puja recently wrote in to me introducing her jewelry brand Lai (there’s a musical connotation to this catchy name, and it also means the beloved one in Sanskrit). I loved her work so much, that I wanted to share her story and product images with you! Puja Bhargava Kamath at work […]
Today, I am at Portico India’s Fashion@Home blog talking about aromatherapy playing a dual role – on the one hand it offers pleasant fragrances and on the other it can play on the psyche of visitors and guests, letting them believe that your home is actually bigger/ more beautiful/ cleaner […]
What has the new year got in store for your home? Whatever it is, you can make it superlative because this post will help you stay ahead! Go local, yet world-style In home interiors, the trend is to go local in make, yet world-style in design. Yes, kantha work on […]
Neha Bajaj is a talented lady. She is also living my dream. That of traveling the world, sourcing interesting products for the home, and selling them online! She started Global Flea recently, and is currently doing the soft launch on Facebook, where she describes her venture as, “A basket of […]
After sprucing up the entrance to my apartment (specifically the little enclosed space just outside the door and inside the safety door), I decided to change the name plate too. I still love my old one (see it here), but my son is no longer the babe-in-arms as depicted in […]
