Deep violets and a Day bed!

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Casual, relaxed, capturing elegant simplicity and the down to earth charm that is what we always wanted to achieve at home. A world of color, textures, unique décor and warm hospitality too. If you are looking for something like that, you've come to the right place. The furniture at home are  quite simple and old! We love the old fragrance and the old wood and the good old  dents in these furniture.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Our style at home has evolved over the years. As the place is rented..much focus goes for the furniture at our home. I love mixing textures and neutrals but adding just a touch of color and mostly  pastel shades. A pop of colour definitely will be there from the flowers.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The  taste for textures change with seasons'too..And the "day bed" at home has helped me to keep my love for cushions and seasons  at home alive. The day bed also has changed with our priorities..It was the first piece of furniture that we got made .. it didn't have legs and was flat earlier .. and then one Diwali we decided to give it legs to give it some height and elegance.. and on goes the story of the day bed!</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Bedspreads, cushion covers or an old quilt thrown on the day bed,  gives a cozy effect to the room. Can you all imagine the deep sense of tranquility and contentment that the day bed brings us?</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Always having loved the  unique texture of old natural wood and  the simple details, many months ago we saw a wooden patterned screen in one of the dilapidated corners of the furniture market and the decision was impulsive to get it back home and give it a new life. As the decision was impulsive, the thought next was where to place it? And now there it stands behind the day bed!</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">To sum up, a small space with its furniture and accessories that has a feeling of simplicity and warmth..An eclectic comfortable space surrounded by warm colours..Absolutely simple in design. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">(<span style="font-size: xx-small;">Not that we had so much space in our small home..but we didn't want that amazing piece to lose its life in the corner of a market:)</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Deep violets and a Day bed!

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Ethaan..for contemporary design...Exhibition and sale,Delhi

<div><div><br /></div><div>Seeing <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">ethaan </span>and their products at <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Dastkar</span>,last year was a visual treat. It was featured in my other blog, <a href="http://celebrations-of-life.blogspot.com/2009/03/dastkar-keeping-rural-crafts-alive.html">http://celebrations-of-life.blogspot.com/2009/03/dastkar-keeping-rural-crafts-alive.html</a></div><div><br /></div><div>Now that their exhibition is going on, I thought I should feature it in Decor.</div><div><br /></div><div>ethaan is a craft shop forlights, furniture, table ware, architecture & interiors. A Design studio for contemporary Indian design. E’thaan’ is a Lotha Naga word for something`new’. E’thaan as a brand stands for contemporary Indian design.</div><div><br /></div><div>In this, E’thaan has two entities- the craft shop and a design studio for craft design development and documentation. New creative designs evolved in a continuity with the past is what best describes our work at E’thaan Design Studio. E’thaan designs furniture, lights, table ware and interiors with craft inputs. The craft shop showcases the work of architect and designer Ritu Varuni, based on the exploration and development of different Indian craft techniques. Her partner in the shop, Bharati Chadha heads the marketing and sales team for E’thaan.</div><div><br /></div><div>They do architecture and interiors and mountain architecture in their specialty along with natural landscaping. They have a wide array of skilled craftsman for each work of theirs. That includes sanjhi or paper cutting craft in combination with wood and bamboo. These designs create moods with colours and texture accentuated by light quality through the lattice cut works for making different lights.They also do wood block carving,Wood carving and bamboo cane craft,branding,loin weaving,wood craft and carpentry copperware craft,walnut wood carving and leather craft.</div><div><br /></div><div>Please go and visit ethaan: </div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">ethaan is having their exhibition entitled </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">"BODHI" REMEMBERING INDIA'S GLORIOUS BUDDHIST HERITAGE</span></div><div><br /></div><div>Annual design theme exhibition and sale</div><div><br /></div><div>Handcrafted designer Furniture,Lights & Tableware</div><div><br /></div><div>The Open Palm Court,India Habitat Centre,Lodi Road,New Delhi</div><div><br /></div><div>17th to 21st February 2010</div><div><br /></div><div>11 am to 7 pm</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://www.ethaan.in">www.ethaan.in</a></div><div><br /></div></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2BZUiIJ5VPq9DdrXzSLXLEPsOlnikDqzc771CD_6QOybGpspJM9qPEMgj1A7wP4kqgcFwINuRFF3MWo09mchsskDHKoRdUVRgz_v_VZAFPvVP-5045cAkDRk3NLPRFOq3Z3_B6i209ow/s1600-h/about2.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434274336761098002" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2BZUiIJ5VPq9DdrXzSLXLEPsOlnikDqzc771CD_6QOybGpspJM9qPEMgj1A7wP4kqgcFwINuRFF3MWo09mchsskDHKoRdUVRgz_v_VZAFPvVP-5045cAkDRk3NLPRFOq3Z3_B6i209ow/s400/about2.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 231px; height: 363px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHCmnKyMwhPaW9C9U0U9rBcWkxP05uxWwoGHO7TbvtXtZvmNk70LzTvJJRQwrA91-FtvJ6zh6MFV1VDHJq0IGnbL7d3Vr9RXzIynz7YeL1iNj_Jq0f_QTjrd3ILjVKWxX8WqHGSXK2HSc/s1600-h/about1.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434274240384984850" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHCmnKyMwhPaW9C9U0U9rBcWkxP05uxWwoGHO7TbvtXtZvmNk70LzTvJJRQwrA91-FtvJ6zh6MFV1VDHJq0IGnbL7d3Vr9RXzIynz7YeL1iNj_Jq0f_QTjrd3ILjVKWxX8WqHGSXK2HSc/s400/about1.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 242px; height: 363px;" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Some of the products which I had photographed last year at Dastkar..</span></span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0YPuOHtQcRjzvrkpi1w1RVsaDFBZkvog7H_MZKGUwFkMQPLi_nM6JU2oTdqJT1V_axseBzP8HD4S-VjEJm3B28KIqyWsNoBPU3gwz6yicRf9M3spP-Yike8IL35qHeVzyUTlyPOBSlJY/s1600-h/IMG_1771+(1).JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434274234656188114" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0YPuOHtQcRjzvrkpi1w1RVsaDFBZkvog7H_MZKGUwFkMQPLi_nM6JU2oTdqJT1V_axseBzP8HD4S-VjEJm3B28KIqyWsNoBPU3gwz6yicRf9M3spP-Yike8IL35qHeVzyUTlyPOBSlJY/s400/IMG_1771+(1).JPG" style="display:block; 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Ethaan..for contemporary design...Exhibition and sale,Delhi

Seeing ethaan and their products at Dastkar ,last year was a visual treat. It was featured in my other blog, http://celebrations-of-life.blo...

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