Beautiful and White

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div><div style="text-align: justify;">A Visual treat to the eyes from this Winter.Come walk with me different homes and take exciting deco ideas and dont forget to write to me .</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Home tours</span> are common in Decor blogs.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">I bring you some hot <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Indian Home Tours</span> from magazines this winter.Some homes which have truly influenced me and the magazines are not thrown for kabadi because of the stylish truly Indian homes which they contain.They have been kept to imbibe the spirit which they contain ,as a way to boost my energy when i feel low,to try and impart atleast half of them in my home and also when i build a home of my own,a desire which will be accomplished in the near future.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Monumental in form and yet styled for contemporary living the Dickinsens home at Jaipur is purely in white ,but starking in its beauty.</div></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Fine detailing from the local materials till the linen have been carefully picked up in this home have drawn me towards the home.White walls,white curtains,white table ware,white centrepieces ,white tablecloth,all in its beauty can be found in this home.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The walls are kept clear of any artworks but very subtly embellished with alcove details.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></div><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5407558174256062178" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWMxJYOvEfRy_exC7YD2Yr_YmLyCoa1Ep6naIV_BnayhSjMMkikLuJwNM-sGpeYpLO_6xqdhYkiAdkrxx4tOOHM75re1lzcQe6j8w9-sAgTK4HN48qVanFNvYqWtR_S6DRgoKZUwU8w_E/s400/P1000012.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 292px;" /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />White with a hint of blue<img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5407558178716831954" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXoNRey-JmyrR9xSO3ISEtTJKfbm_-9Z1U4Py-8n7-1FbjbESkj0t9Qlm4zRRfo5XnFr9feaVsgFfBppnC_iuqjPuEtwtU9nRR9hcH-0fwvgXRUbtF9t7Mj18ZiqT8iGcuP94lZhJa4p0/s400/P1000013.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 296px;" /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5407559512939785298" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAfAqi1uY9Ut6LpbfIbPA5Ae5sG14XzxqMfwdKC0OBdVkEii-xQjA87JTJC58rHKAGOYeXcnLX8Cm-AX_5pRQYvlnk0aNShaLoiCUj3G6Ajv87GBZ0gQYoymUS9Z27xeYMKbz8OyF9gSE/s400/P10000363.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 364px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 240px;" /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Exciting Deco ideas,use of ledges</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5407559083937428322" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyP23ZAgB5ieYZD48_ELNnZPxzJy1G4vs9dGv1prnIiyLQYmJlJ_X_NghA3bV_cymi7hvv7cOEL3rFzGxWgf2znwW63K21qhA0CXB8vtGsAT_B5QiOLzXEoYJb9dPYHmCKAsp25OI-GlU/s400/P10000163.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 372px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 338px;" /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5407558195695937042" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji0s1UMpjRF3HtKV_5rYXkpVLkVbulOLaRaBFKyhQ8RTovU_v0GyntDlePLQqq-uFeuk5K3QBlDGRBDTFiF8mGcG8Z9HjvmjiulABjIobCdUsc-y4Id_wknXpnXQ9X8vL_XftnuVpGRKQ/s400/P1000015.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 288px;" /><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5407558190189947218" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixppUwpENJboadExckAkoQ577UjY27N8sSTCoZRfDc13kZXKh6gRDwjh_sdKKbqFGv21saFb9q57N6xihzQHQNndduFSiCKwSpLKM_qrkXdmycbcbVddNBA3f4o3fVF7g31CUVGWlk99I/s400/P1000014+copy.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 332px;" /><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5407559515022011058" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguSKL6ycURtvAtIFWF_ZmJx34vHh8uQtpffqGdoiqSTJ-9R-yjJSKHcTKAhk9Va3B68rbG0xoX20iMpLrptcGMTOofH-Dd526OdmKv1JpgrlYRkXs15BTbRp0U8Cx8Tz2XySjFUtHUVzQ/s400/P10000364.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 352px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 232px;" />Charming options<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5407559503646516866" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwTRu-Dqoqc9HZCGmD1U9bezvyMZ2S2YUsU9dkIagkRYp8yAvy6Ote5W3zBqO3RFc_FvctauYKqzsG0PpoqTFfoscfHqCY5cvPgEgmWKU1GX0QeBa50KaeeMff0NoZvETdPmCroEcoaa0/s400/P10000182.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 286px;" /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5407559498001413826" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZvGnQHswBnf3OeJBx9ZSEIEhH38Bk8Pth0mFxZAbrNFnY8rapaPbCeltkRN3qUWRPy2bXiWIml5ZDwgxZ4_DpdSHuEIShKqCTSm2sc5Dl0OoErELZFG_UHUVLNLDFsFovGoiWt6IvHaY/s400/P10000164.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 308px;" /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Yellow jaisalmer and kota giving it warmth and cheer</div><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5407559075139391906" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRgB4ujKxeoOzN7DtUHsGwAY9CI8vFvBvbe5Fp5MS942Y39f8DDDzKURVjtjMIW7dFWUjTK0rkqR3URg44R16EiU1JS3EI8ubV-tasQUYiYee_wcpWNrOxdPKjThFsQ6LDeoFxKHul5Xk/s400/P1000018.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 297px;" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5407559068213614162" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuk8jpM7g9PLDjTZeWQPxd7Zikd09wtOYymLjChzRVZhf8sHsKpt_uEqOM9ID3KZ7pv6F2QoKj9CwuBd2AC650t9JGhglT-WG4QbYKsYmaFGyIQKj-JariFgBWczfgHzAWF2r9EGHtpS4/s400/P1000016.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 290px;" />Antique armoire<br /><br /><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5407559071009251106" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR7RmS5ywBtOPSVH7byvo2KJLKmG71CHj7XMeDvn11KvJMhIuxZd5BHSTpxnW0w5d-A3wOCs6iSCVlj7-r2qxpFijBbiuJGHjWluDnVor1qIoCoJShOZJyOHIM7-loOkVppw3i4bM7u8o/s400/P1000017.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 318px;" /><br />modern yet oriental touch<br /><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5407559081718536818" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEkF9J39eqoa-OJwpmzFwoMypaZF5GbQ6QNkOJquWftO3fUx7bHegYu4kmhz6SDlfGkTyQkOyCOOpTCdMVyEcYaKpm2wQzs88Uy2WSDp83XnuFNVu8wixbCs699ugvf8XopwxhRtmGyxY/s400/P1000036.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 172px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 260px;" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5407558183690608306" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5V3mGirT8zk95jTpYYRRR-bkOiA9C5HDqaljsS3tr9Q0tl08J5Y6k20OsBcf5nReGk6GJjnPO6L5KmFYQuelQci6MNlTbRi0l4JLR7IWRS4jUhw8HP793t0xMVbopngbqi4vOKMAgJ2A/s400/P1000014.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 279px;" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Image Courtesy to living etc 2009</span></div><div style="text-align: center;">Enjoy the home tour,take exciting decor options and tell me how you all liked this home.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span></div></div>

Beautiful and White

A Visual treat to the eyes from this Winter.Come walk with me different homes and take exciting deco ideas and dont forget to write to me . ...

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Velvet & Linen Brickmaker's Table Voting

<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tSGOcFKOoqI/Swp4G8OY8ZI/AAAAAAAADhw/F9STRIQ2A5U/s1600/Brooke.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5407266363252732306" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tSGOcFKOoqI/Swp4G8OY8ZI/AAAAAAAADhw/F9STRIQ2A5U/s400/Brooke.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" /></a> <div></div><div align="center">Today starts the voting for Velvet and Linen's Brickmaker's Table Giveaway. I was fortunate to be asked by Brooke Giannetti of V&L to be part of the judging that narrowed down the choices from 170 rooms to 10 finalists. The top three rooms with the most votes will receive the Brickmaker's Table from Restoration Hardware; a gorgeous table designed by Mark Sage. If you get a chance, do stop by and cast your vote. The top ten are just a small representation of all fabulous spaces that were entered. I'd love to hear which ones are your favorites! Click <a href="http://brookegiannetti.typepad.com/velvet_and_linen/">here</a> to see them and vote!</div>

Velvet & Linen Brickmaker's Table Voting

Today starts the voting for Velvet and Linen's Brickmaker's Table Giveaway. I was fortunate to be asked by Brooke Giannetti of V...

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SHOPPING: Playing Hooky - Rose Bowl Swap Meet

I recognized the signs.  At this time of year I am an absentee wife.  So many projects, working well into the night, details of projects and client needs filling my head so that I am often 'not there' even when I am actually in the same room.  My husband puts up with so much from me and my creative mind - and he knows what to expect for the holiday season - and still - I could tell he was feeling a little neglected.  <br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">So before it got too crazy we decided to play hooky and have a day all to ourselves with no interference from family, friends or business - just my sweetie and me on a little vacation.  We hopped in the car and headed for Pasadena and the Rose Bowl Swap Meet.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXq41b_9Kp5FbR33_9WzgBXdFth1ob6Hu5xnNbbRy7_nudALC7HM3CiIGCJHDbemM0bER6LXlmFEMxcU1TCVNYYeAla38W76GSM2wLNmcABfMH2KMEhXGxeUfK57uQbvHV9meBrS0wWKs/s1600/IMG_2492.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXq41b_9Kp5FbR33_9WzgBXdFth1ob6Hu5xnNbbRy7_nudALC7HM3CiIGCJHDbemM0bER6LXlmFEMxcU1TCVNYYeAla38W76GSM2wLNmcABfMH2KMEhXGxeUfK57uQbvHV9meBrS0wWKs/s400/IMG_2492.JPG" yr="true" /></a></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh02eDeDRmFdL1s8JGuRmwvNl04oWDaLKkh9dhy-NbIXl3FoVr64i9fjnew5-6sCgTnhrNbvmKCIU8bl5YoG7-o0HXCu23GskIk1WUE9FJYpdtRkvKDKck6vUXnGfUmR00FYaZOyEcpT5U/s1600/IMG_2491.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh02eDeDRmFdL1s8JGuRmwvNl04oWDaLKkh9dhy-NbIXl3FoVr64i9fjnew5-6sCgTnhrNbvmKCIU8bl5YoG7-o0HXCu23GskIk1WUE9FJYpdtRkvKDKck6vUXnGfUmR00FYaZOyEcpT5U/s640/IMG_2491.JPG" yr="true" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">He's awfully cute, isn't he?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><br /></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Unhappily- the antique swap meet was a disappointment.  I was expecting a treasure trove of antiques, vintage and fabulous finds.  What I found was a lot of junk.  I wanted to see something wonderful I 'just had to have' - but found nothing I couldn't live without.  Keith was equally unimpressed.  There were only a few booths that were worth exploring.  We wondered if the economy had something to do with it, because we both remembered being blown away by this same swap meet when we had visited it several years ago.  </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCY20Zb4nrkMsSN9F8pdYETztUDoUkA5uKqE2_gNECMFWJnBm_BDgK_PeYFDPjb4LSmKF9jTwFgEsCCX4-Yd1BUKBi4WNaDb_ubSQWCiw2vd5AnwxIDas4oF0pi7oNZxZ4FYUBbklqzm0/s1600/IMG_2494.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCY20Zb4nrkMsSN9F8pdYETztUDoUkA5uKqE2_gNECMFWJnBm_BDgK_PeYFDPjb4LSmKF9jTwFgEsCCX4-Yd1BUKBi4WNaDb_ubSQWCiw2vd5AnwxIDas4oF0pi7oNZxZ4FYUBbklqzm0/s400/IMG_2494.JPG" yr="true" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br /><br /></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Still, we had fun, going up and down the isles, hand in hand, stopping to buy a hot dog and soda for $3 at a stand that had run out of mustard.  Even that couldn't dampen our spirits.   </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJoPIETQQkIu6wiwC3r7XHTdcC_t4xqevEFWAdmi2U6VQEdA5f_okPdVyV_mZNBY1qVD7kr8k9BYtWBhGH855-HrTGx8U58bik2LKY3mRJwPiNr1uXcXJv667x9OvfTlO21yvaXTgvANk/s1600/IMG_2493.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJoPIETQQkIu6wiwC3r7XHTdcC_t4xqevEFWAdmi2U6VQEdA5f_okPdVyV_mZNBY1qVD7kr8k9BYtWBhGH855-HrTGx8U58bik2LKY3mRJwPiNr1uXcXJv667x9OvfTlO21yvaXTgvANk/s400/IMG_2493.JPG" yr="true" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">I was looking for a vintage dress form and we found two in the style I wanted.  They both wanted way too much for them, so we moved on.   At the end of the day Keith said he wanted me to get one of the dress forms, so we went back to barter.  People were already packing up their stuff (best bartering time, as they don't want to pack it all back home). We got one dealer down $75 and ran to the other, which I liked better as it was more time worn, and she came down $100.   We paid her and carted off our treasure - which Keith promptly  named Matilda (I have no clue as to why) and carried her to the car.  Other than the hot dog, she was our only purchase.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br /><br /></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIZ_X5Q9raUtV3hyhoe8Mum_8CjWU2i8YyBnNgbAXSm4iHMBuvYZiQbKc6UFybfKvoo4VN3JbuggPWZobZDXNRKO1fveA3EQqL7r42freS9h_UDi3MQODkNXiN5Dq485p-5ftnYsmgHw4/s1600/IMG_2495.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIZ_X5Q9raUtV3hyhoe8Mum_8CjWU2i8YyBnNgbAXSm4iHMBuvYZiQbKc6UFybfKvoo4VN3JbuggPWZobZDXNRKO1fveA3EQqL7r42freS9h_UDi3MQODkNXiN5Dq485p-5ftnYsmgHw4/s400/IMG_2495.JPG" yr="true" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><br /></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">I'm excited to put Matilda in my office.  But that's another project for another day!</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLoKSU2i0a57FcyX8SquD6x2p8cVdDlU8Ss6ujFf7cmETPoqNZtOnhCpUsEAdHbUh-F3B_wCqhtjw8rqtvM3wk35lUk7WCOPLPVHWW5EYKnWz4zvtbe_WmprI3thY0dRuTfS4kA12v_5g/s1600/IMG_2496.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLoKSU2i0a57FcyX8SquD6x2p8cVdDlU8Ss6ujFf7cmETPoqNZtOnhCpUsEAdHbUh-F3B_wCqhtjw8rqtvM3wk35lUk7WCOPLPVHWW5EYKnWz4zvtbe_WmprI3thY0dRuTfS4kA12v_5g/s400/IMG_2496.JPG" yr="true" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br /><br /></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Bailey was happy to see us on our return home.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br /><br /></div>

SHOPPING: Playing Hooky - Rose Bowl Swap Meet

I recognized the signs.  At this time of year I am an absentee wife.  So many projects, working well into the night, details of projects and...

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