Friday, November 27, 2009

Thank You!

All readers, old and new
For dropping by, and leaving me comments and emails

The growing network of An Indian Summer Gang
For connecting with me and my blog
And
Blogadda, The adda for Indian blogs
For the lovely interview

Thank you from all the four (or is it five?) corners of my heart!


[Image source: Style Me Pretty]

Happy Thanksgiving!


I'll be seeing you in some time. Meanwhile, hop over for more decor and other good stuff...

Thursday, November 19, 2009

You were always on my mind..


Maybe I didn't post as much as I could
Maybe I was busy doing something else
But when I saved these pics as I should
You were always on my mind
You were always on my mind
[creative meddling with Pet Shop Boys : You were always on my mind]


This is my song dedication to you for the hiatus of past couple of weeks. And please hum the song in the coming month too since I will be spending the next month on airport and NY and airport and Atlanta and airport and SF and airport and DC and....you get the idea, right? It is going to be a busy month, but, I will peep in once in a while and say hello. Since, you are always on my mind...you are always on my mind!

You know what else is on my mind? These lovely interiors from my ever growing inspiration files. And s*&% the formatting of the blog...I am sharing these pics extra large! Will work around the formatting when I redesign the blog in the new year. So till then, please bear with the somewhat messed up UE of the site. Focus on the pics. Scroll left to right if needed. Leave me comments and notes. And join the gang of followers on the left sidebar, and on facebook. That's it. Quite reasonable demands, I must say..







































[Image source: I don't have all the sources unfortunately, but some pics are from: nytimes, americangypsydecor, brandtsindoor.dk, debitreloar.com, car-moebel.de, marie claire, lotusbleu, mlinaric-henry-rezvudachi, style-files] 

Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Umm...couple of tickets to Brazil please..

Mr. Wilbert Das, when not being the über creative director at Diesel, is into setting up beautiful villas in Brazil. So glad he picked up this 'hobby', else we wouldn't have had Uxua Casa Home.

 "Above a remote stretch of Brazil’s Bahian coastline sits an enchanting fishing village called Trancoso. On the town’s historic green (the Quadrado) is a secret garden holding a luxurious hideaway; nine 1-3 bedroom houses built and decorated in collaboration with local artisans using traditional building methods, recycled materials, and exquisite attention to detail."

Well, Thank you Mr. Das. Good job!
Now for those tickets and reservations..
But wait. Let me first practice pronouncing Uxua...it can't sound the way its sounds coming out of my mouth..can it?
You try. While you take a look at this amazing place..






































[All Images Uxua Casa Hotel]


Originally spotted on the fabulous House Martin


Monday, October 19, 2009

Happy Diwali!

Hello! How have you been?
I have been busy with Diwali festivities and a wedding in the family
Hope you all had an awesome Diwali
And celebrated the festival of lights
By lighting a diya or two

I will now catch up with you next week. Leaving you with some glimpses of the Diwali decor at home this year...
















(all pics taken by me @ home)


[Blogger gave the option of posting extra large pics as I uploaded the pics, so trying that out. Let me know if it messes up the blog formatting/user interface for you...will get back to regular sized pics]

Wednesday, October 7, 2009

Be still, my heart..

India, Guatemala, Bhutan, Mexico, Mongolia, Brazil, Uzbekistan....just some of the places that have inspired Gudrun Sjödén to create a beautiful and prolific line of clothes, and home furnishing. Combine this mélange of influence with Scandinavian design traditions, and well, you have a collection that makes your heart skip a beat. Mine skipped more than a couple actually, and made me take hasty decisions like wanting to share this goodness from Sweden as soon as possible. Like pronto. Like without any further delay and, without much ado. Quite a difficult task since I had to stop drooling and do mundane things like copy paste, format, align, swear etc. And get used to blogger's new fangled post editor. Sigh! I can keep rambling on, but, I strongly recommend that you stop reading and start scrolling. And then tell me how many beats did your heart skip?  









And home furnishing isn't even the mainstay  of Gurdun...she actually specializes in creating incredibly beautiful clothing line.


See my selection from her collection here.. 









And, this last pic is specially for my readers from India...Let's see if you can tell me what made me smile :)



Psst: You can buy the towels seen in pics above from FabIndia. They have the exact same design! 





So long, till we meet next. And start prepping for Diwali via An Indian Summer!