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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 →...
• Bringing Buddha Closer to Home
  on Jun 3, 2012 in Color Crafts/DIY Home Decoration Buddha saffron Southeast Asia
  Many of our travels have taken us to lands of wats and Buddhas. Now we’re too busy with the business of business for vacation. I really miss traveling to Buddhas. My sister-in-law knows we like Buddhas and gifted us with a Buddha head …...
• Global and Vintage Treasures at Chicago’s Randolph Street Market
  on May 28, 2012 in Shopping barn country style farmhouse style industrial industrial style outsider art Randolph Street Market textiles
  Sunday was a scorching day in Chicago — 106 degrees in the shade according to our car’s outdoor temp gauge, no joke! – and we spent it under the sun at the Randolph Street Market. My face and neck now look like … Continue re...
• Citrus Colors
  on May 25, 2012 in Color lime orange tangerine yellow
  Today, a guest post as you can tell I’ve been busy outdoors, gardening! And this is a perfect post for the summer days ahead … Hi! I’m Joanna, a writer for Arcadian Lighting, an online source for beautiful light fixtures … Continu...
• Iris and Honeysuckle and Other Garden Things
  on May 20, 2012 in Garden armillary sphere clematis euphorbia gardening gardens geranium honeysuckle hosta in my home iris shade garden
  While looking for one of my cats, who was hiding under my nose the whole time under dense daylilies, I snapped shots of things flowering in our gardens right now. Here are irises, with Japanese hakonechloa aureola grass, weigela and peonies …...
• A Doorbell Cover Make-Over. Yeah! Why Not?
  on May 19, 2012 in Crafts/DIY DIY doorbell makeover paint stamps
  Even the most mundane things should be pretty. Think about one thing in your house that you completely forget exists. Take a look at it. Do you like it? Could it be better? Why not make it so? Our doorbell cover … Continue reading →...
• A Dash of Moroccan Design
  on May 9, 2012 in Home Decoration in my home India Lakshmi lighting Moroccan sconces
  It makes sense that I would wind up immediately inspired by the long-awaited book Marrakesh by Design by blogger Maryam of My Marrakesh! Her blog’s global style and riot of patterns had already inspired me to get a bunch of stencils from R...
• Lakshmi Niche
  on May 7, 2012 in Crafts/DIY Home Decoration clay in my home Lakshmi
  Where are these Lakshmi goddesses? In natural niches carved by flowing water, in a red earth cave somewhere deep in the jungles of India? Nope. They’re where we can see them every day. On a wall in our dining room: Here’s a side shot...
• Break Time
  on Apr 27, 2012 in Color Madeline Weinrib orange pillows pink textiles upholstery
  Pin Up Girl Friday asked for a break from her regularly-scheduled feature. And I granted it to her, as she’s my alter ego, so I’m aware that much is being juggled. She likes design, but for now she must be all business. … Continue...
• Vintage Sari Fabric, Recycled
  on Apr 21, 2012 in Furniture Home Decoration recycling sari textiles
  In honor of Earth Day, how about the many ways you can recycle sari textiles! Here are a few ideas saved at my Pinterest Board Vintage Sari Fabric, Recycled … Chair reupholstered with sari fabric, via Eclectic Gipsyland on Flickr: One-of-a...
• Pin Up Girl Friday: Design in Honor of Earth Day
  on Apr 20, 2012 in Pin Up Girl Friday Earth Day Environmentally friendly furniture reclaimed wood recycling repurpose
  Home decorating is the ultimate hobby of consumerism. How much of this stuff do we really need? But as humans, we’re always wanting, always reaching for what’s new. It keeps us moving forward, doesn’t it? To meet our wants in …...

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