These last days of the year ...our home

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: justify;">As I sit typing ,the last few hours of the year..as calm envelopes the whole world and my mind..</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">In December  company with me were the pink and red carnations, white gladioli,the blockprints that i adore,the blue and green bottles and the kutchi cushions,snow flakes that fell on the tanjore paintings, the adorable chirstmas ornaments and so much more unforgettable and uncaptured moments.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong style="border: 0px; color: #424242; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></strong></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong style="border: 0px; color: #424242; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Finding words is hard at times.</strong><span style="color: #424242; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 20px;">  </span><em style="border: 0px; color: #424242; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Even good words. </em><span style="color: #424242; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 20px;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #424242; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 20px;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #424242; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">No matter how long I chew on my thoughts, compose in my mind, my words seem to fall short of explaining the impact, the emotion, the way my heart has been changed over the last few days.(Relevant 11)</strong></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #424242; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> I thank all my friends ,thank you for all the love showered and thank you for all your patience in reading the posts.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX2c5GJfdTRRT0bGHNRFBPJnXK-RFsMwQpFWBXiH8tAr1WJXlx0JWxgSRkPv83mJ1mQTTP3OhACv-v120DT7BB-3f1QjCI10Zkfdz6j-FLXLppUMfRCJS8_i_gACcSa26w7p5rcnYyOs8/s1600/IMG_6903+copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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These last days of the year ...our home

As I sit typing ,the last few hours of the year..as calm envelopes the whole world and my mind..In December  company with me were the pink and red carnations, white gladioli,the blockprints that i adore,the blue and green bottles and the kutchi cushions,snow flakes that fell on the tanjore paintings…

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LONG DISTANCE DECORATING : DALLAS

<div style="text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><br></div><br />A DALLAS KITCHEN AND FAMILY ROOM REMODEL<br><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><br /><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZtoPtIh7eI50tzj7Hy64bgGb5xUX0_b-R5jOdvW3TDydDldLs_osVnNYArfWVqW435EqYgy2HGsvsr6jmmkV34g_He8yZVyeD2TNoBlvFvr1rj7TjF-ufF7NUM-p3OtdF15uI-rlv_e4b/s1600/00+1+steph+inspir+kitchen.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZtoPtIh7eI50tzj7Hy64bgGb5xUX0_b-R5jOdvW3TDydDldLs_osVnNYArfWVqW435EqYgy2HGsvsr6jmmkV34g_He8yZVyeD2TNoBlvFvr1rj7TjF-ufF7NUM-p3OtdF15uI-rlv_e4b/s640/00+1+steph+inspir+kitchen.png" width="450"></a></td></tr><br /><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/">via</a></td></tr><br /></tbody></table><br /><br></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br />I thought I'd show you the progress on another Long Distance Decorating client<br><br />far away in Dallas, Texas.<br><br /></div><a href="http://yournestdesign.blogspot.com/2012/12/long-distance-decorating-dallas.html#more">Read more »</a>

LONG DISTANCE DECORATING : DALLAS

A DALLAS KITCHEN AND FAMILY ROOM REMODELviaI thought I'd show you the progress on another Long Distance Decorating clientfar away in Dallas, Texas.Read more »…

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ROCK A BYE

<div style="text-align: center;"><br />WALL COLOR FOR A NURSERY</div><br /><br><br /><br><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><br /><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrI7n3Ez-4VoK3k06VI5lhZ8jGULgl48wUl3LSmGoHBu9IXxAh4Gw6Ameslo93k1ZWYJ4C8mJYy35y_igISjdAUC42N6BUuGK7J0UtvoMdip4SpeBo0JBWckMJ7ouGw9vkLB-9xD85WWD3/s1600/bellevivr+bs+com.bmp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="514" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrI7n3Ez-4VoK3k06VI5lhZ8jGULgl48wUl3LSmGoHBu9IXxAh4Gw6Ameslo93k1ZWYJ4C8mJYy35y_igISjdAUC42N6BUuGK7J0UtvoMdip4SpeBo0JBWckMJ7ouGw9vkLB-9xD85WWD3/s640/bellevivr+bs+com.bmp" width="640"></a></td></tr><br /><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.bellevivr.blogspot.com/">via</a></td></tr><br /></tbody></table><br />I absolutely LOVE creating rooms for children.   While kids are fun to plan with, babies are easier.  They don't insist on hot pink or purple as the primary color.  So soft greens, tans, creams and blush can be used without hurting a budding young interior decorator's feelings. <br><br /><a href="http://yournestdesign.blogspot.com/2012/12/rock-bye.html#more">Read more »</a>

ROCK A BYE

WALL COLOR FOR A NURSERYviaI absolutely LOVE creating rooms for children.   While kids are fun to plan with, babies are easier.  They don't insist on hot pink or purple as the primary color.  So soft greens, tans, creams and blush can be used without hurting a budding young interior decorator's feel…

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CHOOSING PAINT COLOR FOR A BEACH HOUSE

<div style="text-align: center;"><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br />ABOUT THE BEACH LOOK</div><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnrmx8irPz5AvI9qd-Z3Bc6e99g2eW_Oo9CJZ5kJk6IJ2apiT-qpNLIpakWQqnXQthLEKSTHghIuwtnxVAG6E_bMyAg0phd1l8-1M7VtKUuPb9j2s07MvG4-RchX_xkHM3CLaMc2mCjoIc/s1600/frugalfarmhousedesign+bs+com.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnrmx8irPz5AvI9qd-Z3Bc6e99g2eW_Oo9CJZ5kJk6IJ2apiT-qpNLIpakWQqnXQthLEKSTHghIuwtnxVAG6E_bMyAg0phd1l8-1M7VtKUuPb9j2s07MvG4-RchX_xkHM3CLaMc2mCjoIc/s640/frugalfarmhousedesign+bs+com.jpg" width="382"></a></div><br /><br><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br />A beach house needs to be comfortable and easy care, impervious to sand and salt water, with soft and calm colors.  The view outside needs to take precedence over the view inside. That means distressed wood, stone, weathered paint finishes, easy care slipcovers, painted fresh white woodwork, and the muted colors of sand, sea, driftwood, sea glass, and shells.  Toss in the cry of gulls, sound of surf and ocean breeze and a porch or patio to take it all in - and you have HEAVEN.</div><br /></div><a href="http://yournestdesign.blogspot.com/2012/12/choosing-paint-color-for-beach-house.html#more">Read more »</a>

CHOOSING PAINT COLOR FOR A BEACH HOUSE

ABOUT THE BEACH LOOKA beach house needs to be comfortable and easy care, impervious to sand and salt water, with soft and calm colors.  The view outside needs to take precedence over the view inside. That means distressed wood, stone, weathered paint finishes, easy care slipcovers, painted fresh whi…

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Houses of Kumaon:Architecture and Masonry

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br /><div style="color: #555555; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 9px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">As we travelled,in the Kumaon regions,their houses where the ones which we loved the most.The fairy tale type homes with small blue windows that perched on the high hills,with stone walls white washed ,slate roofs and courtyards of grey stone.</span></div><div style="color: #555555; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 9px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">We came across some beautiful houses </span></div><div style="color: #555555; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 9px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Kumaon has a distinctive style of architecture, which is to be seen on the one hand in scattered settlements of the higher Himalaya and populated agricultural valleys, and on the other in the temples, <strong>naulas-bawaris</strong> (water tanks), <strong>forts and dharamshalas</strong> (inns). Most of the old houses of Kumaon have stone walls, mud floors, slate roofs and patangans (courtyards of gray stone) and their doors, windows and Kholis (main entrance to the house) have intricate figures of Ganesh and other Gods - Goddesses. The wood carver or carpenter never forgets to make closed nestles for birds. Although brick and concrete houses are now being constructed in Kumaon, very often, depending on the availability of the material, people still prefer to use stones, slate and wood for the construction of their houses.</span></div><div style="color: #555555; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 9px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The temples, which have been constructed over a period of about a thousand years, follow a local style known as the 'Himadri' style of architecture. The temples at Jageshwar, Almora, Katarmal, Thal, Baijnath, Someshwar, Dwarahat, Gangolihat, Patal Bhuvaneshwar and Marsoli are very good examples of the local style, which is often termed as post <strong>Gupta architecture</strong>.(information taken from <a href="http://www.euttaranchal.com/" target="_blank">here</a>)</span></div><div style="color: #555555; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 9px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0LFcRDWl9EiDc-p-tjqbWei4Z3qSPl1K_kxa0pIyhBnLO1-Eo5bDoqk8rj6P3QdLgsjBeLqqrRsk0J73xKsMS3GnkxPBUCYGAh9tcoeRlbXHBYNScOs_l4LQOL9ttIEGGcX7B1ZpK03U/s1600/IMG_4484+copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0LFcRDWl9EiDc-p-tjqbWei4Z3qSPl1K_kxa0pIyhBnLO1-Eo5bDoqk8rj6P3QdLgsjBeLqqrRsk0J73xKsMS3GnkxPBUCYGAh9tcoeRlbXHBYNScOs_l4LQOL9ttIEGGcX7B1ZpK03U/s640/IMG_4484+copy.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZUyLEYMCp0EZ5tjcDeSaSn_8AJ76aAK1t030OfezzsbpczHCvUjRwIVtweHcN6XXLicxd3eSZWP4OszRTUyAK2nuQoQYDZv_D0MjraLFLt-AYHpy80VpjLOGsiUbLZMcHuLeSEOkW8nE/s640/IMG_4750.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> <span style="color: #555555; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">As we were invited into one of their homes,the father of the house took pride in telling me that his daughter paints very well and she was the one who did  the "Aipan".Loved the geometric figures that the girl had drawn.It had close resemblance with the "Kolams" of the South India. Aipans and Kolams are used to adorn the gateways of homes.It is a pattern made with fingers.This also has resemblence with the Kalam Ezhuthu  of Kerala,where they use coloured powder to make the drawings of godessess and yantra ,the main one being the sudarshana yantra for the sudharshana pooja. Will surely dedicate a post for all of them together..</span></span><br /><span style="color: #555555; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> <span style="color: #555555; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;"> The </span><b style="color: #555555; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">Aipan (Alpana)</b><span style="color: #555555; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;"> is a popular art form of Kumaon, and walls, papers and pieces of cloth are decorated by the drawing of various geometric and other figures belonging to gods, goddesses and objects of nature. Pichhauras or dupattas are also decorated in this manner. At the time of Harela there is a tradition of making clay idols (Dikaras).</span></span><br /><div style="color: #555555; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 9px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">'Aepan' or Aipan or Alpana is an art which has a special place in all Kumaoni homes. The word "Aepan' is a derivative of 'Arpan'. A commonly used word for it is “<b>Likhai</b>” (writing), although it is a pattern made with the fingers. Aepan are used as ritual designs for Pujas, festivals and ceremonies connected with birth, janeu (the sacred thread ceremony), marriage and death.</span></div><div style="color: #555555; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 9px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The<b> raw material</b> used is simple ochre (<em><strong>Geru</strong></em>) colour and rice paste. It is mostly women who paint the designs on the floors and walls of their homes using the last three fingers of the right hand. Once the ochre base is ready the artist draws the pattern free hand. Chowkies are made with mango wood and painted with special designs for each occasion. Pattas & Thapas are made directly on the walls or on paper and cloth. Earlier the paint used was made from natural 'dyes. Today, poster and oil paints both are used. We are using the traditional "patterns for cards, wall hangings, cushion covers, table cloths, even T-Shirts. The decorative patterns used to adorn doorways have been adapted for gift tags, bookmarks, clay items, wooden boxes, trays and coasters.(Information taken from<a href="http://www.euttaranchal.com/" target="_blank"> here</a>)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDNB2sIvQIaqTrBLG2fWizwUQUVe0dYD2ty_ClKKh1BtYBgk9SLoAK1GzFRrFGIZ7RXKuBKF1nSIofnWpAFPt-HsvfnzXYcc7MQqMFwOtVJTGa6hs9MaZ2hwwQLdXiIWnqgS0fk3ny7Dg/s1600/IMG_4753+copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDNB2sIvQIaqTrBLG2fWizwUQUVe0dYD2ty_ClKKh1BtYBgk9SLoAK1GzFRrFGIZ7RXKuBKF1nSIofnWpAFPt-HsvfnzXYcc7MQqMFwOtVJTGa6hs9MaZ2hwwQLdXiIWnqgS0fk3ny7Dg/s640/IMG_4753+copy.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz2eqINdW4GIhf3QfEWNJcSbMt0YZ26_Kp9qjAzhs3wYklDEN5jv7a7q2CVlAYjrVM3FGKNh2kX3xYDC7R3L3ZUu3K-AIcSI_zPVMlzTtE-M7EPNfNVzyD0dUFCGwoiCkvk2cEgFHVg10/s1600/IMG_4762+copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz2eqINdW4GIhf3QfEWNJcSbMt0YZ26_Kp9qjAzhs3wYklDEN5jv7a7q2CVlAYjrVM3FGKNh2kX3xYDC7R3L3ZUu3K-AIcSI_zPVMlzTtE-M7EPNfNVzyD0dUFCGwoiCkvk2cEgFHVg10/s640/IMG_4762+copy.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1zAgJzlq6YQJS9ZtlStrHk5y36keXonBFo05_4zlGrVBQX8ytO7x0PEMGUzoFduyvaBLzVMRMyzAnOUwpFnxcuKbVL4Y5tS_wLlcIHm9okU3qMtHaOXDgIbnczyse7e3o8T_1ZNsyI-Y/s1600/IMG_4766+copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1zAgJzlq6YQJS9ZtlStrHk5y36keXonBFo05_4zlGrVBQX8ytO7x0PEMGUzoFduyvaBLzVMRMyzAnOUwpFnxcuKbVL4Y5tS_wLlcIHm9okU3qMtHaOXDgIbnczyse7e3o8T_1ZNsyI-Y/s640/IMG_4766+copy.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div style="color: #555555; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 9px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Looking forward for more travels and more stories......</span></div><div style="color: #555555; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 9px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #555555; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 9px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Images :Lakshmi Arvind</span></div><div style="color: #555555; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 9px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Some of the text and information from: euttaranchal.com</span></div></div>

Houses of Kumaon:Architecture and Masonry

As we travelled,in the Kumaon regions,their houses where the ones which we loved the most.The fairy tale type homes with small blue windows that perched on the high hills,with stone walls white washed ,slate roofs and courtyards of grey stone.We came across some beautiful houses Kumaon has a distinc…

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CHRISTMAS WREATH AND MANTLE

HOW TO DECORATE FOR CHRISTMAS<br><br /><br><br />I had fun this season decorating for a couple of my clients.  I created this mantle<br><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitiskGqH1aRRsnUQ_AVN6_8MflNobt2ainwG1C0r89R2kkJpgW0og9dXsWqojhzhnBPAoBxywhnhUrKQBtFiBWA2-mqiOJjRVHkb9a3ag5wVIUZiJKIWUviyUgjQb_42pSbRQNaUJ4qETd/s1600/00mantel10.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitiskGqH1aRRsnUQ_AVN6_8MflNobt2ainwG1C0r89R2kkJpgW0og9dXsWqojhzhnBPAoBxywhnhUrKQBtFiBWA2-mqiOJjRVHkb9a3ag5wVIUZiJKIWUviyUgjQb_42pSbRQNaUJ4qETd/s640/00mantel10.jpg" width="640"></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />with a 'how-to' and posted it on my creative blog <a href="http://handmaiden-theblog.blogspot.com/2012/11/a-snowy-mantle.html">here</a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><a href="http://yournestdesign.blogspot.com/2012/12/christmas-wreath-and-mantle.html#more">Read more »</a>

CHRISTMAS WREATH AND MANTLE

HOW TO DECORATE FOR CHRISTMASI had fun this season decorating for a couple of my clients.  I created this mantlewith a 'how-to' and posted it on my creative blog hereRead more »…

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The charming Home of Chandra Jain in Bangalore

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">The charming home with lots of love and life of Chandra Jain and her family in Bangalore.Loved the brass containers and the flowers,the antique styled furniture and the colourful textiles around this home.This seemed to me like a dream come true.it was so very much like me..</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">My magazine collection is on the increase and now its overflowing out of the chests and I wouldn't do justice if I dont show you my favourite homes from all those magazine.keep checking.Will add more homes soon..</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh0OpeExtWrRCU6Wh4OZszDnZPL5JH7ZhQ8Xj5-XzhhtBwY9ZPuDN2hu92gf-KkA5YLRUzdiLmsnkMg5fR8RDUgfHDk1dF7qBUd62SffC7ouOQFd0bwns5MJTnpIOdB3CddHq50SuZO9A/s1600/IMG_6612.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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The charming Home of Chandra Jain in Bangalore

The charming home with lots of love and life of Chandra Jain and her family in Bangalore.Loved the brass containers and the flowers,the antique styled furniture and the colourful textiles around this home.This seemed to me like a dream come true.it was so very much like me..My magazine collection is…

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