designing life: Home Tour

Sunday, September 25, 2011

India in my little home!

Happy Birthday The Key Bunch!

yes, It's key Bunch's 3rd birthday and

Designing Life is joining their party

"Ä Bit of India in Every Home"

sharing "India in my Home"

the 'felt' Bandhanwaar and Ceramic name plate with Ganesha on the entrance

Rajasthani birdies play in my patio

Diwali lamps

cushions from Dastkar, Madhubani Painting, Kalamkari and pure silk!

(other cushions I'll share soon)

painting inspired by own country

black & white Warli Painting on a small wooden block

Buddha on paper with Oil Pastels, still waiting to framed

mini Ganesha canvas paintings

my favorite! love the Ganesha painting, the chest and chest top stuffs,

love every inch this wall

Rajasthan touch again!

our Mandir/Temple, yes this beautiful frame of Gods is our Temple gifted by my aunt

Laddu Gopal (Baby Krishna)

last but not the least, Tulsi plant in my sunny patio

Our home decor is not just India inspired,

but every room has a little Indian touch or pieces from India.

Hope you liked my mini tour of my home,

will share more soon!

linking to the party at The Key Bunch

All Images: my home

All Paintings: by me!

Monday, August 29, 2011

Home Tour, Patricia Torres

Being a design Blogger, I have to share Home Tours.

It's so good to share beautiful peoples' beautiful homes.

To start with I present to you Patricia Torres.

A mother of two, an accountant professional,

loves to decorate her home, home in Dubai

and of course a Blogger who blogs at Colors Dekor.

Let's meet her and see her beautiful home!

"I'm Patricia Torres, an accountant by day and a decor enthusiast the rest of the time.. :) With two kids and a little dog called Bumble... keeping the home neat, clean and clutter free is my eternal quest :) ...I live to keep my environment pretty.. I love colors and keeping my home looking beautiful is my favourite pass time... I love to travel, and paint.. specially painting walls.. :) .. "

"Welcome home... Thats the entrance of my home.. The Ganesh ji, was a gift from my brother, all the way from Bangalore. When it arrived.. the border, and other bits were broken.. The two of us.. spent a lot of time, putting it together, painting it again.. patching it up... It was a weekend DIY", says Patricia"

"On the left hand side, my CD rack, and the two gorgeous elephants from Thailand... "

"Reflections through the mirror... and a few Madhubani paintings..

another gift from my mom in laws best friend."

"The jharoka...

I saw this at a warehouse in Sharjah.. and I simply had to get it home..

It was then painted in red and green..."

"The bench is my favorite seating... "

Patricia's cozy corner!

"The swing was the 1st piece of furniture... hubby & I purchased when we made a home.. Since then its been a long journey of 10 years... And little thing we purchased has been building our treasure... slow and steady.. So the swing is extra special.. and the home is basically set up based on where the swing will be placed.. "

"The wall of frames... I've always wanted to put up frames at home.. and just never had the courage.. So one weekend.. I sat down.. looked at all the walls.. and decided.. that I was going to put up a few frames on this one wall.. But the wall had a/c and light regulators.. So the window and the tamborine.. hides the regulators.. *smiles*.. and the frames were all purchased on sale.. I've currently put up pictures of our Jaipur holiday.. as it goes well with the theme.. for my daughters bday.. we put up pics of her.. from baby to 8 years.. for Valentines we put up pictures of all our loved ones.. and now.. for Christmas.. we hope to put up xmas pics.. lets see how that goes.. "

"my girlies bedroom.. We painted this cabinet over one weekend..

It was old.. faded.. and ready to be binned.. So we decided to paint it..

We've painted ballerinas on one wall.. and the other side.. has butterflies All painted over one weekend.. This was the first room.. we completed.. :-) "