HOME TOUR

Let me take you all on a Home tour of Reenu Mohindra who is based in Dubai.

Reenu's thoughts about HOME.


 "For me home is a place where when your husband or kids come home they should get a homely feeling from the moment they enter the house. The  soothing colors and aesthetics combined with practical aspects of  different parts of the house should give peace to their mind and body after hectic day in office or school."


After marriage they have been living in different parts of the world including Kenya, Bahrain, India & Dubai. Also due to frequent travel because of her husband’s job she got the opportunity to see various parts of the
world. This gave her an opportunity to blend the best designs from different regions and cultures.
This hobby and passion has now turned into profession and she has been
pursuing ethnic wall arts, Lippan Arts, Kutch Arts, Mud Mirror &
Thread Panels.

Let me not make you wait anymore.

Reenu's home and her home in her words.

Drawing Room

Our drawing room is primarily divided into two sections one is ethnic
and traditional; the other is modern and contemporary. The only colors
used in modern and contemporary are contrast of black and grey with
the exception of one corner which has burgundy colors cushion sitting.
The ethnic section has influences of the famous Chowki Dhani of
Jaipur, Rajasthan both in terms of the mud wall with murals and
interior of that section.

The corridors with family photographs on one side.

Bedroom

The bedroom has white leather bed with attached night stand along with
sofa cum bed, white cabinet, and book rack on the wall. The wall clock
has various pictures of the family. We have purposely not kept any TV
in this room.

Dining Room

Our dining room has lot of British influences with extensive use of
exclusive white dining table with leather upholstery, picture of the
vibrant and trendy Oxford street, mirrors on the wall

Kids room

The kids room comprises of low bed for kids, sofa cum bed, two
beautiful small finger sofas for the kids. The room is full of stuffed
toys, dolls, kitchen sets, baby toy strollers, and baby cycles. Our
kids love to spend a lot of time in this room

That was a nice, cosy home Reenu!
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A WEEKENED GETAWAY

Yes in Bangalore now. Moving places can really take a toll on you physically as well as emotionally says patty from coloursdekor and I have to truly agree with her. After all the hassles of shifting, we thought, before we finally begin a new life here, lets take a break.
So we drove to AVANTHY ESTATES near Chikmagalur. An intresting fact about Chickmagalur,The name means 'village of a little girl'. To me it sounds very romantic.

The estate is full of coffee plantations.I can still smell the aroma of coffee. hmm.. It was a modest cottage amidst good flora and fauna and had a very earthy feel to it. what intrested me most was the entire space was decorated with knicknacks. Near the cottage a beautiful river flowed and we made the most of it!!
now let the pics do the talking.

The cottage and its enterance











Our room


















We sipped our early morning tea/coffee here





Intresting mirrors










Masks in various sizes and shapes adored many walls













Beautiful pot near the basin to pull out napkins!!





Lovely niches











This actually took my heart away- old yet beautiful

Enjoyed this trip and looking forward to many more.
In and around Bangalore, hopefully there will be more of such trips and those posts will follow soon.
So give me company friends. Together we will make lovely memories!

We are moving...

YEH TERA GHAR, YEH MERA GHAR,
KISSIKO DEKHNA HO AGAR,
TAU PEHLE AAKE MAANG LE MERI NAZAR TERI NAZAR..


A popular song from a Hindi movie but it actually conveys the true spirit, when we shifted here 5 years ago. I was the most happiest doing up the house, decorating it and I think I pretty succeeded in converting the house into a home. And time just flew by..

I made great friends here, enjoyed beautiful moments when my son was born and now its kind of unsettling, to leave our home-sweet home and move to Bangalore.
Though I know its a matter of time before I feel at home again.



Leaving you my friends with memories of the place I call HOME

MAA,AMMA,MOTHER,AAEE...

Presenting a talented artist Smitha. She is my sister's friend and also my blog  follower.
She is a calligraphy artist and Smitha has presented this wonderful token to my sis.
It salutes motherhood to say the least.Not only the words but also the representation of the women with the foetus in her womb is truly appreciable.
Another amazing thing about the picture is that  the word 'amma' is written in Malayalam language within the womb of the mother .

Incidently watched the first episode of SATYAMEV JAYATE WITH Aamir Khan on Starplus today.
Women and Mothers in particular are God's gift to mankind.

Love and Respect them. World will be a lonely place without them.

APORV-Unique Indian Handicrafts

Aporv came to my attention when I recieved a mail from them and Iam only glad!!
Its the online destination for Indian Handicrafts.

Aporv means unique and after visiting their site,
felt a little guilty to say the least.

We often neglect the artisans behind our handcrafted products but Aporv is doing a wonderful job of bringing the artists closer to the buyer.
Also have a look at some of their ecofriendly and handpainted products.They have an entire range of home decor ,jewellery and gifting options.

PEEK-A-BOO

check out their various products on http://www.aporv.com/

M's Gift Collection

2012 has arrived!!My wishes to everybody for a bright future.At the same time lets also remember to cherish the past,create memories that will last a lifetime!!

My dear friend Meghana has sent me her favourite collection of gifts!!
I personally liked the glass samai a lot.

You guys also have a look!

Radium Glowing Merlion from Singapore




Seashell Spoon



Wooden Grapes



Glass Samai



Giraffe Family



Glass ettardani



Ajanta Cave Painting




African Lady