HGTV Design Star

It's been one year now since I am here in USA and I have already told being glued to HGTV in my previous post here. I was already in love with different shows on HGTV and recently came to know about the reality design challenge show HGTV Design Star. It is the 6th season of the show which started just 2 weeks back, and of course, I am in love with this show too. The 12 contestants compete for their own design show on this. Each week, the judges decide whom to eliminate one. Each week, the remaining contestants participate in an interior design challenge such as designing a living space or creating a space in an empty room. David Bromstad won the debut season of Design Star, now he is the mentor of the contestants. I'll definitely talk about him in later posts. Since, this a weekly show, I promise to update you all week-by-week starting today!

The Contestants of season 6 with the mentor David and host Tanika

meet the judges, Genevieve Gorder, Vern Yip and Candice Olson

and finally the mentor, David Bromstad

official video

Empty Frame Wall Art

I always loved picture frames and have a lot of them on my walls. Recently I came across this empty frames wall art DIY idea. I have seen these many times before but never thought it can be such an easy diy project. Now I am looking more and more about this wall art. 
Look what all I found. (all pictures via various blogs and Google images)

via All Things Beautiful

what I am doing now?... I am collecting frames!

Ananya's Toy Room, before and after

daughter and mom before the decor

Ananya, also called 'shaitanu', 'nanya', 'aanannyaa' by herself! Mom's darling, Dad's partner in all naughty kiddie stuff, loves Minnie Mouse. Ananya is my 2.5yrs old niece and I am her Sonam Maasi, who loves to play with her, pamper her. All maasis love that! Well this cute, adorable just out from the disney's princess's world girl wished to have her own little play area. So her mom and I, went to Michael's for all the accessories and crafting stuff. Well the guidelines my sister gave to me were: 

• decor should be removable and reusable
• very colorful yet simple
• if on wall, should be hung little higher so that Ananya shouldn't reach and break it..
• just as pretty as her daughter, (I say, room cant be as pretty as Ananya, she is far prettier)
• things which has to stay in that room
• and of course, we cant put paint or something like that in apartments.

Have a look...

room 'Before'

stuffs

little glimpse

Ananya's love for Minnie

the toy room 'After'

having fun!

come on in!, says Ananya

Well while working on this decor we remembered that we had bought few felt pieces too for some DIY stuffs, which we forgot. So now I'll do that soon and then add to the decor.

Art by Aarohi Singh

all pictures via Art By Aarohi

"It's fun, colorful and quirky. 

It seems over the top and sometimes even disparate...

but it's all me. My love for my country, my culture, my people. 

It's how I see colour and mood.

                            It's my take on life today!!", says Aarohi

Aarohi Singh is an artist. Started just like that 15 years back, is now a full fledged profession for this young painter. She paints in Oil, Acrylics, Watercolor, Pastels and works on Paper, Canvas, Metal, Cardboard, Wood, Fabric. No matter what the medium, Aarohi prefers to paint people, in their moods and colors.

kitsch on daily products

furniture!

water color

oil

acrylic

To know more and see more, visit here and here.

Daily Dump Khamba, II

Continuing my last post about Daily Dump, 

here I have more to share via Daily Dump Khamba. 

Some awareness posters!

know your household daily waste

 the organic daily kitchen waste

 don't have a garden?...

don't know what to do with the compost??...

here are some ideas!

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!