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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 happy to email me immediately with pics of her home. I will hand over this blog post to Seema, as she tells you her home story!
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I am Seema. I have been married for 23 years, and I have changed homes all over India 12 times! My home reflects my style… all things quaint & wonderful. I love eclectic decor and every piece has a story to tell. I love looking into nooks & crannies in all the places I visit especially flea markets. I have the attitude of a Blue Jay… collecting things to do up my nest.
My home has an old world charm & things handed over the generations belonging to my grand parents. My garden is my pride & joy. I believe that every home has a soul. This is a snap shot of my life with loads of simple abundance & love. My husband Rakesh puts up with all my kinks whether it’s helping me load (a lovely!!) boulder in the car boot or stopping the car on the highway so I can pick pretty seeds off the trees!
Here’s a peek into Seema’s home, as she personally gives you a guided tour.
The afghan lady with the cage on her head caught my eye. This was a prize winning pic on National
Geographic a couple of years back.
I got this pic of the Buddha from Bangkok from a street artist. In the forefront in my kokedama (a Japanese varient of bonsai)
My favorite place to pick paintings is at the Chitra Santhe. This was a series on doors.
My garden clock picked on my recent visit to Bangkok from a small wayside shop.
The wrought iron angel stakes from a flea market in Old Delhi’s crowded by lanes.
My bedroom deck where I get my thoughts together before facing the madness waiting!
Another chitra santhe pic. This picture brings back a lot of fond memories of my childhood when my grandmom woke up at the crack of dawn to do the rangoli before anyone left home.
My kitchen board & the quirky grooms wanted bags! (I have 2 girls 20 and 22 yrs old who I keep threatening with marriage!)
My fuchsia wake me up.. pick me up wall. The pots from My sunny balcony never cease to make me happy!
I love growing my herbs & the harvest is depicted in the pics above with the colorful bull from Jew town in Cochin & the Monk from Thailand.
I feel no home is complete without a pet & Lola here is the queen of all she surveys!
The sit out in the garden on a lovely winter morning.
The recycled shelf has been given a new life with a lick of teal &; Jiji the adopted stray kitten has made it her home!
An antique Himanchali dowry chest handed down over generations on which sits a wooden Wine jug more than a 100 years old picked from Jew Town Cochin.
I am more scared of bookruptcy than bankruptcy. This lovely old bookshelf was picked from an old Parsi gentleman who was moving abroad. This was made in 1910! I love the feel of old wood & the stories attached to each piece that I have at home.
Thanks Seema (and Rakesh), you have a gorgeous home! And, dear readers I leave you all with this dreamy image of a birdcage gently swaying in Seema’s garden, have a lovely 14th of Feb, everyone!
Head to our Pinterest board where we have all these images already pinned!
Very beautiful home and garden…beautiful paintings…specially loved sIt out in garden…it must be awsome to sit there in morning son Seema 🙂
How lovely! this home speaks to the personality of the home owners. loved all the treasures she has so lovingly collected over the years! so much character!..my personal favorites have got to be her out door areas – sigh!
thanks for bringing this wonderful home to us.
p.s: maybe larger pics work better for home tours, just a suggestion!
~deepa
http://aalayaminspiration.blogspot.com
Gorgeous home 🙂
What a beautiful home and with even beautiful stories about each little thing. Love it.
beautiful home and the stories attached to each piece.
Really very well decorated home, fabulous as paradise.
Keep the comments coming, people! @Deepa from Aalayam Inspiration – to look at the images more clearly, please click on them, and blogger will take you through a slideshow of images of this home.
Fabulous post and what a beautiful home. I had seen the image of deck earlier in a contest and instantly fell in love. That was only a trailer…a complete movie here is a lovely surprise and treat to my eyes.
Gorgeous home Seema!!
It indeed was a pleasure to share my home with you all. Doing up a home or a garden is an ongoing process..its never done.
In one word… Stunning! For the vignettes, colors, plants, sunlight, loved the tour!
Lovely home.. garden looks so heavenly ..more so to me as I have a brown thumb:))
Don't get me wrong but I agree with Deepa.. larger pics will look better..:)
What a small world! My batchmate/ friend blogs about my ex boss' (rakesh's) home! Love the vibrant colours, the wooden pieces and the plants seema.
@Purima and @Deepa – thanks girls, please advice on the new look!
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Fantastic share Seema, it was like a virtual walk through your lovely home. Lovely pics too.
– Hari
gorgeous home!!and what a lovely collection of paintings!!
thanx for sharing!!
What a gorgeous home.. Gosh!! Such an impressive space.. Lovely garden.. Love the colours everywhere..
Beautiful place you call home Seema.. Loved going through the pics..
Your home is beautiful Sim….just like you. Loved Lola n the garden with all the treasures. I still have the plants you gave me twenty five years back!
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