Happy Holidays!

Have a beautiful Christmas

And joyous new year celebrations

I loved spending this year with you

And hope you enjoyed your time here too!

See you again in 2011 :)

Leaving you with some of my favorite rooms...

...all from Skona Hem

Katie Leede

A search into the antecedents of one of my all time favorite room images (above) led me to Katie Leede's design portfolio. To say that I was delighted, is an understatement. Katie's work is a perfect marriage of the best design elements from the east and the west. Just about the right mix needed for a room to look beautiful as well as totally livable.

[Image copyright: Katie Leede]

Psst: Have you seen my collection of DIY tutorials yet? New DIYs added yesterday..

Creative peeps and stores

AA Living

AA Living, Mumbai’s home interiors store is dedicated towards making a home chic, comfortable and contemporary. Nestled at Harkness Road, the store has a vast range of home furnishing products and is a stylish reflection of the new-age, and modern customer.

AA Living also has a special offer for An Indian Summer's readers: Click here to get a 10% off discount coupon (that you will need to print out) for their entire range of housewares!

Rachana Reddy Accessories

Rachana Reddy Accessories was born out of the creative passion of bringing forth avant-garde fashion accessories, artful concepts & detailing to life. A graduate of the Cordwainers- London College of Fashion, her travels & interesting assignments in the fashion industry have helped add to the distinctiveness of her designs.

Moving away from heavily ornamented & embellished concepts, her accessories aim to blend tradition with contemporary luxury for the versatile new age woman. Conceptualized, designed by Rachana, the clutches are handcrafted by skilled local artisans.

Find more information on Rachana's debut collection - Lotus Sutra here.

Anjali Venkat

Anjali is a glass artist from Chennai. Combining her passions for travel and glass, she has attended workshops in different parts of the world - Italian techniques of working with glass in Italy, glass blowing in Oslo, art pieces with fused glass at the Corning Museum of Glass in New York, and also attended workshops in Perth, Australia.

Anjali uses traditional glass working methods and materials to create fine and exclusive pieces for personal adornment and accessories for the home. She likes doing small intricate work and loves wearing sparkling art glass as jewellery. Another passion is reusing things and giving a new twist to old tired materials. 

Find more of Anjali's very interesting work here.

Desi Craft Show 2012

Are You a 

crafter, artist, designer

Doing some amazing work with traditional crafts 

or just making amazing things  

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Based in India

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Want to show you work in NYC 

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Tell us more about YOURSELF and YOUR WORK 

and be a part of DESIcraft Show '12

Atim Annette Oton and Manreet Deol are excited to collaborate to put together a show in New York city in 2012 called DESIcraft. 

We want to present a dynamic face of emerging contemporary Indian crafts and explore its use in new unusual exciting ways. We want to create inspiration, awareness  and  help foster creative exchanges that lead to business collaborations/ leads. The show will feature 12-15 artists who work in varied materials and product categories. The show will be in a premium retail environment or a gallery space and coincide with important trade shows /events going on in the city. 

Send info on your current work or new projects/ideas you may want want to develop specifically for the show no later than Dec. 20th. Write to Manreet!

Thank you folks for submitting your work/information to An Indian Summer!

David Strauss Interiors

This room, so warm and inviting, drew me to David Strauss's portfolio. David is a well known interior designer in Cape Town, and has been called a trend non-believer by his compatriots. He does have a distinguished style, as you can see from my favorite picks from his portfolio. 

[All Images: David Strauss]

Psst: Coming up in a couple of days, my favorite DIY Projects on Facebook!

Feel free to post your favorite DIY project links/pics on An Indian Summer's facebook page too.

Oh, and I guest posted here. 
To wish a very Happy Birthday to Once Upon A Tea Time! :)

Another Collection

Of my favorite rooms and decor
On An Indian Summer's facebook page

Curated from An Indian Summer Likes

Have you had enough...

...Of Colonial Style?

I hope not!

Because I chanced upon Maco

And picked my favorites for you

Not all are true blue colonial style

 But well, are close enough

And pretty enough :)

[All images: Maco Mag]

Colonial Interiors

And more
from Srilanka

See you again on Monday

You have a good weekend!

Drop in here sometime to say hello :)

The Tabrobane Collection

The Dutch House, The Sun House, Tabrobane Island and The Beach House

[Images via]

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Of Art and Artists

I have always admired the creative peeps who could draw, sketch or paint. The ability to give shape to your imagination and thoughts onto a paper or canvas, is for me, one of the most powerful and desired skill. 

Bringing to you three such incredibly talented artists... 

Shirin Sahba

When Shirin shared her work with me, I couldn't stop looking at the quaint eclectic art on her site. I love her technique, and the miniature figures and the interesting details in her paintings. 

Shirin Sahba was born in India to an architect and graphic designer, spending her adolescent years surrounded by the pristine azures of the Mediterranean, and visiting 25 countries before she was sixteen. It was travel that compelled her to paint and her palette was laden with the colors, the tones, the contours and textures of the vibrant landscapes she was privileged to encounter and the vivid personalities who negotiated those spaces.

Inspired by everything from Indian miniatures, Persian art, Moroccan design to French & Italian movies of the 50's & 60's, her work is a shimmering mix of intensely colorful influences from her life.

She ships worldwide, and is constantly turning out new work at her studio. You can take a look at her site and follow her creative process on her blog

Maheswari Janarthanan

Maheswari describes herself as an illustrator, designer, photographer and a dreamer! Her many interests and immense talent is evident in her  illustrations and mixed media work. 

Take a look at Maheswari's diverse portfolio here and here, and get in touch with her via her blog 

Dithi Chakrabortty

Dithi's stunning art has been celebrated in the blogland for quite some time now, and her work gets more alluring with each new creation. For me, her art is evocative of the rich heritage, genteel traditions and the beautiful people of Bengal. 

Dithi is a self taught artist and she creates her masterpieces depicting Indian traditions, women, religious mythology and folklore, at her home studio in Geneva.

In Dithi's own words: 

India never fails to inspire me, deeply and consistently. The traditional and folk art forms, its people, its colors and cultures, everything from the simplicity of day-to-day life to the grandeur of festivals, my experiences and memories from back home, the sights and sounds and how they vary from a small quaint town to a bustling metropolitan. Living so far away from home over the last 3+ years has helped me appreciate India more and my art is my way of nurturing that love.

You can read more about Dithi's creative journey on her blog, and buy her paintings and prints from her etsy shop. 


[All images copyrighted to the respective artist]