India pied-à-terre

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• The Price Epiphany
  on Jul 19, 2012 in Uncategorized home repairs
  I got smacked in the brain by something yesterday. Maybe everyone else has always known this, and I’ve been slow all these years. If so, please overlook my stupidity. I realized, no home repair will ever be quoted at less … Continue readi...
• Empty Frames, Full of Promises
  on Jul 17, 2012 in Home Decoration picture frame wall frames
  Blog inspiration can come from the craziest sources! Our basement flooded and destroyed some things in picture frames. Thankfully more sentimental images weren’t ruined — like a beguiling photo of my husband’s sister dressed in...
• There’s That Chair Again
  on Jul 14, 2012 in Furniture Home Decoration chairs dining room Savafieh
  I’m talkin’ a certain chair. Notice how the chair lies low. It lets the table be the center of attention. You’re not looking at chair backs sticking up all around. Which is fine, if that’s what you want. For our Chennai apar...
• How to Create a Crusty Rusty Picture Frame (Or Anything Else)
  on Jul 11, 2012 in Crafts/DIY Home Decoration block prints DIY rust wall frames wood block
  It used to be, things with rust were for the garbage. Why would I intentionally rust a picture frame? I’m not the only one seduced by rust. There’s a mass of Pinterest boards titled “Rust” with collections of crusty imag...
• Indian Wood Printing Blocks with Crusty Paint
  on Jun 27, 2012 in Color Home Decoration block prints in my house paint wood block
  Wooden printing blocks from India are pretty enough in plain wood, but they can be even prettier when crusted with old paint, showing off the bold colors of India. I recently scored this one with a fantastic circus of color (from eBay): It mak...
• Instagram Images: Indian and Southeast Asian Artifacts at the Art Institute of Chicago
  on Jun 25, 2012 in Art Color antique Buddha Southeast Asia
  It’s no surprise to regular readers here that I’m a fan of India and Southeast Asian design. So what do you think would happen in the Art Institute of Chicago’s corridor of artifacts from these lands? I can’t take them with...
• In Awe of Decorative Painting
  on Jun 22, 2012 in Home Decoration Home Interior decorative painting paint stencils stucco walls
  With the clean slate of the India apartment’s walls, imaginations of what to do can run wild and free! There’s nothing existing to constrain ideas. No things like a royal blue velvet sectional that must be accommodated in the design. R...
• Cool and Calm Amid Chennai Chaos
  on Jun 20, 2012 in Home Decoration jali Martyn Lawrence-Bullard Moroccan neutral South India
  Cool and calm. That’s what I hope to achieve in the India pied-à-terre, because it sits amid a busy and sweltering Southern India city neighborhood. Here are images that capture the cool feeling of escape that I’m aiming for (from a...
• Tempted to be Tented
  on Jun 18, 2012 in Home Interior tented ceiling tented room
  Just returned from a business trip to Orlando. I’d like to say that enormous corporate parks like Disney are not my thing. But then again a corporation has some rights to Angkor Wat, which I loved visiting and have written … Continue read...
• The Plant That Launched A Thousand Others
  on Jun 9, 2012 in Garden bearded iris climbing roses sedum stonecrop Tuscany
  It was glowing in the setting sun in Tuscany. Yellow flowers reaching for the rays: This was the last image, burned forever in my mind, of the glorious garden. Before we backed out of the gate and swung the doors … Continue reading →...

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