A few Sunday's ago, we made a small trip to a gorgeous temple not very far from the main city of Hyderabad. Sri Ranga Natha Swamy temple is a 400 Year temple located in Jiyaguda, Hyderabad. It is located near to Telangana High Court. 

What I love most is the colours used on the facade. They just seem to to blend so well with each other- effortless. The temple has an avenue of pillars at the entrance, like most typical south Indian temple spaces. The property has this quaint age old touch to it. Old switch boards, small alleys, stairs to the gopuram, elegant doorways and gorgeous doors. Must visit.

Tip: Sunday Mornings are less busy.

Most of the pictures are by  Namrata Rupani of Pixel8ED - super friend and great photographer.

Here's an early new year resolution in practice. Yea! I might just be back to blogging more regularly.  

More Post Therapy. 

More Post Therapy- has a couple of different meanings a.I am back after child birth and baby duty b. I need therapy (be my guest and read into that statement)  c. i missed you all. Ok, back to business. In between baby duty and a couple of fun projects and running my store we took a small vacation to a gorgeous country last year. Greece, would really be more practical if I was a food blogger. Man the food...I could have just eaten all day everyday and not done anything else. However, I was inspired and hence I brought back some lessons.

don't be afraid of using green in its no filter form

 

*white*  what a gorgeous colour !

 that's the meaning of distressed

  

i heart breeze blocks and they have more character than some windows 

 

  end you're designs in detail

 

 

 

who said pomegranates can't be decor? 

 

don't under estimate the power of twine/rope/coir 

pipe piper decor

plant in a pot = lbd {for the guys, little black dress aka can't go wrong}

oh bamboo!

 

This project is super dear to me.I had so much fun working on it because of who i was doing it for. 

fact file (insert that "khat khat" type writer noise as you read)

• clients: 2 photographers who also have other professions 
• project:fine art print boutique
• timeline: few months ( i really mean few)
• special: i was pregnant through out, so i worked with a lot of pregnant friendly/natural materials (true story) which could be sourced easily
• budget: affordable ( i know this has different definitions, lets say most of us would agree)
• background: old house needed a facelift (but long story short - just look at the old pictures)

B  E  F  O  R  E

 and the transformation is as follows

A  F  T  E  R

 

 

I think this is designer week for me, 2 posts concentrating on two of the popular designers of the country from our very own Hyderabad. I had shared some pictures of the studio I had designed for Anushree a while ago; however a post is still pending and Archana had a photoshoot at the store a few weeks ago. I might be a bit partial but these two are talented or what! Definitely on my favorite designers list. Check out these pictures from the shoot at Room Therapy. While you ogle at the clothes, notice how gorgeously the decor goes with the concept. 

And for those who have questioned my intentions of speaking my mind on fashion- can't a girl love clothes and interiors?

Photography: Dwaipayan Mazumdar Photography

Designer: Archana Rao Label

Location: Room Therapy

the store is where my heart is these days... I am constantly at the store and feel like giving some of the areas a makeover every now and then. When we launched the store, we had some fun tin clocks up on our feature wall. After a few weeks- I made some changes to get a whole new look. I wanted to write this post to show you guys how you can create you're very own piece of art without being much of an artist.

 

pictures: mostly moi and the last one is by Ashwin Kireet

New Year brings new joy and cheer. And I'm sure you guys will figure that my resolution is to definitely be back on the blog. On that very note, I am reminiscing an old makeover we did last year. I would say we took less than 30 minutes to transform the whole place. We did spend a bunch of money though (guilty there). But, hey - you cant have it allllll. Can you?

 


This is a passage way in a classical home. the client wanted to add some colour and bring some life into this space. This is an area that leads to three bedrooms and the home theatre which means, the family see’s it day in and day out.

 

 Keeping in mind that the rest of the house is still classical we added elements that could enhance the space. The client had an existing mirror from Spain which has beautiful hand work in multiple colors. Pink, blue. Grey and yellow. We matched the mirror with a pink chest and added accessories in the other colours. However, we let the mirror ,be the focus and added additional elements which didn't overshadow the TWO MAIN pieces.

 

bone inlay chest ,porcelain horse, white vase : Room Therapy 

 

photos: Ashwin Kireet

I had done a post on our dear elephant god last year as well. This year, its going to be a little different. The go green bug had to bite me sooner or later. Although I am still a little sad that my Ganesha's wont be as colorful- still happy that we are not contributing to more wastes than there already is. Some friend's of mine put together a little soiree to make you're own. Must say- its was a pretty fun evening.

Here's what you need

1. clay
2. water
3. news paper

Method

1. make the following divisions in clay
2. put them together
3. let it dry overnight


and ....CELEBRATE.

Pictures: Moi

Here's a small project I had worked on a while ago. A little makeover to a boring terrace. Small additions always make a big difference.

pictures: Ashwin Kireet Photography