My non conventional house

 We don’t want to display the picture of Radha Krishna with the glass frame due to glare.
A decision was made by us to pop it out of its frame and to float it displayed on a shelf/ledge (previously)than that would hang over our  antique Almirah Door from industrial   region in Hisar.  

computer room

the weather in April is too lovely to last..my grand daughter is in happy,jolly mood.

 I hold a strong heartfelt bond and belief in filling our home with family, friends and laughter. Lassi always factors in with meals, often prepared in anticipation of a shared evening with guests. I've been adding many more rustic touches to our non conventional -home, they just seem to belong and embrace me at this point of my life. 

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Front door tree, cool white of Summer

Salvaged book rack 

I love changing a few things when summer finally arrives. We leave doors open during the day, I used to Rome bare foot  in and out feeling very  cool while walking, the leaves rustle in the warm breeze and I don’t want to miss a minute of it.  

 Adding a change of color using hanging mobiles, flowers in bottle or vase etc.etc.which  can help transition the room from one season to the next.  Out with my sunny colourful  pillow covers of winter and spring and in with these cool cream  and white patchwork. I think they add a nice fresh look for the oncoming warm days.

Like I’ve said before, pillow covers are such an easy way to change the look of your room.  I guess I’ve always loved the clean look of navy  blue and white because when I looked through my fabric stash I came up with these favorite fabrics. I made up simple 20 x20'” squares with a zipper for easy on/easy off. A handful of Champa leaves from the front yard and my room feels fresh and cool. Let the sunshine in!

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Summer table

Yesterday while walking on jogging track in our front park during my morning walk a Pipal branch touched my head  I looked upon my head the beautiful new leaves of lash green attracted me so much that I stopped and stared a beautiful round umbrella that was created by the papal in the park .very beautiful and soothing for eyes. I just pluck a branch with several leaves and proceeded back home shower the branch with water under tap filled a whisky bottle (empty) with water .laid a cotton brocade border cotton  Dupatta on dining table as runner and place the bottle with Pipal  branch in it…….

 Laying this Mangalagiri superfine cotton with zari border Dupatta as   table runner is an easy way to update you summer dining area.  I was really pleased with this ticking border.  I bought it  from Lajpat nagar , DELHI.

The  fabric is cotton made with a tropical zari border and stripes on the narrow ends along the fringes that wakes my dining room with fresh colors for an updated look.  This  is 60 inches wide and 100 inches long including fringes.  It was so generous in size I that it can be layed on the whole table, but here it is folded in both ways I will use my another  Dupatta in blue colour some other summer day.. 

That is all there is to it.  Here is the table runner on my dining table and center table arrangement.  The color and border with natural branch  on the table give a modern tropical look to my  non-conventional house dining room.

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My Jtropa,fabric vases

I just finished this planter today- I kinda like the way it turned out if I do say so myself. I have already had a few compliments today! I put in my china rose, with red flowers,  (which is my favorite- it was in the movie i recently watched (didnt remember the name of the movie, but that is probably one of my favorite movies of all time),i isolated it during repotting - my champa, my jatropa, and jasmine, roses.

I love mixing the different things up. I planted another pots with seasonal flowers but they have a way to go until they get photographed. I will post pics of those soon. 

the editor of WE emailed me for articles  on special issue, so while working on a magazine article I came across these beautiful felted vases by Dutch creative Erica Hogenbirk. She studied fashion design and specialized in knitting techniques. It shows, because the vases, stools and bags look gorgeous. As do the patterns she chooses. They are inspired by nature, tattoos and even maps of churches. The material used is all  natural. To see more of her work please visit her website.

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Flower decoration....Nature's way

I plucked a bunch of Jatropa flowers for my vase and plucked some pinwheel to accompany the pink with white.

I have Pinwheel flower ( Ervatama divaricata synonym Tabernaemontana divaricate) crepe jasmine, in a pot in my front balcony. Would you know the local/hindi name? Inspired by a trip to Eden, Beauty Company Estée Lauder use crepe jasmine in their perfume Beyond Paradise to provide a floral middle note to the fragrance. The five-petal pinwheel white blossom is borne in small clusters at the stem tips and are worth a sniff if they are within reach.
How scary
 The 2013 Bohol earthquake occurred on October 15, 2013, at 8:12 a.m. (PST) in Bohol, an island province located in Central Visayas, Philippines

Loboc Church

 

Baclon church

Nature 's hands are divine and disastrous too

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Lace/net curtains,

I've just put up these white lace curtains...leftovers from the dress of the girls (my niece and my daughter) in for the summer. They add a bit of  privacy and create the illusion of more space and light!

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Chandelier

I   want a chandelier for my dining room for quite a while. Not only have me my daughter loved chandelier so much that she insisted to stop our car to buy one at the roadside open shops of the vendors.  It was one of those things on my house deco wish-list that I wanted to cross off   during our market strolling at Delhi. I had so many chances to find one even at the  HK market but I always passed them up.

Chandeliers in the Hall of Mirrors at Versailles

Chandelier_in_durgapandal,west Bengal,India

 A couple weeks back there was a festival in my little town in the market.  I was so thrilled that my little town was having one and they hanged it in an old library.  After the function I walked around the electricity shops not really expecting to find anything and then I saw some beautiful chandeliers in a shop.  One was so beautiful in gold and had crystals dangling from it and looked old.   I really wanted that.  So I asked the seller what her price was.  Rs 2000 /-was too steep for me.  So I walked.
About 15 minutes later, I told my friend I was thinking about just asking the salesman if he would take a lower price, which I normally would at local market.  But, I had a little purse   with pockets and only had Rs500 in it. I didn't want to low ball the salesman.  But my friend insisted that I at least ask.  I can't believe I didn't listen to my own advice, "If you don't ask you'll never know."  But with encouragement I went and asked if the salesman would take the money I had in my pocket.  He literally yelled, "Can you please bring me this in that price i will purchase 500 pieces from you?"   My negotiating skills in spicy language end there. I was so ashamed and proceed toward my house. An am here in front of computer writing a post.      

Happy day!