Daily Dump Khamba

I was in class 7th when our school participated in National Children Science Congress 1999. With my team members/friends/class mates, we were the winners at district level, state level and went for final level competition in Mapusa, Goa. Our project was on Vermi-compost, an extremely organic way to turn daily household waste to powerful fertilizer for your own garden. 

Why I m telling you about my school days??...Well, recently I came across this wonderful website Daily Dump which reminded me of these school days. Daily Dump helps you manage your household waste and convert it to useful high-quality compost. It's a brand that provide service, set of products and a green way of life.

Leaf Composters

Beautiful Gamla (earthen pots)

3-Tier Khamba, composter

Pretty Composters to enhance your landscaping

The Manthan, mixer

Terracotta Products

Cool Books for Kids

Harmless Home Products

Accessories

Awareness Products

last but not the least, DD's Personal Service!

all pictures are via Daily Dump

Accent Chest Hunt...

Hey all...

How is the weekend going on??...

Well we have a longgg weekend here in USA, as July 4th is the Independence Day here. 

Well coming back to the post, recently we were thinking a lot of having an accent chest for our living room. But haven't yet come up with something final. Still looking for good design, utility storage, should go with our dark chocolate colored sectional and of course the big word it should be 'in budget'. I saw some, so thought of sharing and having your feedback for options.

Have a look!    

via Pier 1 Imports

via Pier 1 Imports

via J C Penny

via Ethan Allen

via Ethan Allen

via Overstock.com

via Overstock.com

via Overstock.com

via Crate and Barrel

via Crate and Barrel

So let me know about your choices and also some ideas

 and of course any other brand/place to get this from.

Take Care, enjoy your weekend!

Postage Stamps!

In the world of Emails, SMS, BBMs, Facebook, Twitter...we have forgotten our postal services. Well we do need it for a few official works, but that's when we 'NEED' it, else almost everything can be done on Internet. And with this amazing Postal Service, we forgot those beautiful postage stamps. Started with my maternal-aunts in their childhood, I continued to update that red stamp collection book. This reminded me while using US Postal Service. Around the world, different countries have different designs and layouts of postage stamps. Just thought of looking at some of the Indian Postage Stamps. There is a huge list of Indian postage stamps, see here. While searching for this post. I came across this amazing link which showcase stamps in India year by year, see here.

Children's Day Special

Children's Day Special

Children's Day Special

So did you get new inspiration for next Design??

completed one year of wedded happiness!

Yeah!...you guessed it right, 

Gaurav and I just completed one year of our marriage on 23rd June 2011... I really can't believe that its been a year already....time really flies!!... and we were on our Anniversary vacation to Cancun, Mexico and came back last night....

it was a wonderful and relaxing holiday away on a different land...

soon I'll update about our Cancun trip on 'Jab We Ghoooom!' 

keep reading...keeping enjoying life....keep designing your life!

@ Chichen Itza, Mexico

We scored 56!

hey all my lovely readers...

Today I received a mail from IndiBlogger.in

They say,

"Dear Sonam Srivastava,

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Thankuuu all for the support, hope we reach 100 soon!

Keep reading, take care and smile always,

and,

keep Designing Life!

Moroccon Style

Since I am living here in USA, I have become a big fan of HGTV, Home & Garden Television. I love all, ALL the programs and designers. I watch it the whole day, even the repeats! You can say I am addicted to it ;)

Well, recently I have since a lot of Moroccan Architecture and Style. It's the new 'in' thing in home decor. So thought my friends might like it. Moroccan Style is a new Trend in decoration. Infact right now too my HGTV is on, and they just showed a Moroccan makeover of a living room. So here are some pictures that might inspire you for some projects.

note: all pictures are from google images

products inspired by Moroccan Style

starting with the architecture...

then the Door...

then come the walls, tile

with the walls, come the draperies...

and for floor, some rugs & cushions

and the room divider...

now beautiful romantic lights!

let's have some storage solutions...

real stylish ones too...

and couches...

a few accent chairs!

the coffee & end tables...

finally accessorize...

here are some examples of Moroccan Riads' interiors

Have a look of some Moroccan makeovers by HGTV.