Thank You!

All readers, old and new

For dropping by, and leaving me comments and emails

The growing network of An Indian Summer Gang

For connecting with me and my blog

And

Blogadda, The adda for Indian blogs

For the lovely interview

Thank you from all the four (or is it five?) corners of my heart!

[Image source: Style Me Pretty]

Happy Thanksgiving!

I'll be seeing you in some time. Meanwhile, hope over for more decor and other good stuff...

You were always on my mind..

Maybe I didn't post as much as I could

Maybe I was busy doing something else

But when I saved these pics as I should

You were always on my mind

You were always on my mind

[creative meddling with Pet Shop Boys : You were always on my mind]

This is my song dedication to you for the hiatus of past couple of weeks. And please hum the song in the coming month too since I will be spending the next month on airport and NY and airport and Atlanta and airport and SF and airport and DC and....you get the idea, right? It is going to be a busy month, but, I will peep in once in a while and say hello. Since, you are always on my mind...you are always on my mind!

You know what else is on my mind? These lovely interiors from my ever growing inspiration files. And s*&% the formatting of the blog...I am sharing these pics extra large! Will work around the formatting when I redesign the blog in the new year. So till then, please bear with the somewhat messed up UE of the site. Focus on the pics. Scroll left to right if needed. Leave me comments and notes. And join the gang of followers on the left sidebar, and on facebook. That's it. Quite reasonable demands, I must say..

[Image source: I don't have all the sources unfortunately, but some pics are from: nytimes, americangypsydecor, brandtsindoor.dk, debitreloar.com, car-moebel.de, marie claire, lotusbleu, mlinaric-henry-rezvudachi, style-files] 

Umm...couple of tickets to Brazil please..

Mr. Wilbert Das, when not being the über creative director at Diesel, is into setting up beautiful villas in Brazil. So glad he picked up this 'hobby', else we wouldn't have had Uxua Casa Home.

 "Above a remote stretch of Brazil’s Bahian coastline sits an enchanting fishing village called Trancoso. On the town’s historic green (the Quadrado) is a secret garden holding a luxurious hideaway; nine 1-3 bedroom houses built and decorated in collaboration with local artisans using traditional building methods, recycled materials, and exquisite attention to detail."

Well, Thank you Mr. Das. Good job!

Now for those tickets and reservations..

But wait. Let me first practice pronouncing Uxua...it can't sound the way its sounds coming out of my mouth..can it?

You try. While you take a look at this amazing place..

[All Images Uxua Casa Hotel]


Originally spotted on the fabulous House Martin

Happy Diwali!

Hello! How have you been?

I have been busy with Diwali festivities and a wedding in the family

Hope you all had an awesome Diwali

And celebrated the festival of lights

By lighting a diya or two

I will now catch up with you next week. Leaving you with some glimpses of the Diwali decor at home this year...

(all pics taken by me @ home)


[Blogger gave the option of posting extra large pics as I uploaded the pics, so trying that out. Let me know if it messes up the blog formatting/user interface for you...will get back to regular sized pics]

Be still, my heart..

India, Guatemala, Bhutan, Mexico, Mongolia, Brazil, Uzbekistan....just some of the places that have inspired Gudrun Sjödén to create a beautiful and prolific line of clothes, and home furnishing. Combine this mélange of influence with Scandinavian design traditions, and well, you have a collection that makes your heart skip a beat. Mine skipped more than a couple actually, and made me take hasty decisions like wanting to share this goodness from Sweden as soon as possible. Like pronto. Like without any further delay and, without much ado. Quite a difficult task since I had to stop drooling and do mundane things like copy paste, format, align, swear etc. And get used to blogger's new fangled post editor. Sigh! I can keep rambling on, but, I strongly recommend that you stop reading and start scrolling. And then tell me how many beats did your heart skip?  

And home furnishing isn't even the mainstay  of Gurdun...she actually specializes in creating incredibly beautiful clothing line.

See my selection from her collection here.. 

And, this last pic is specially for my readers from India...Let's see if you can tell me what made me smile :)

Psst: You can buy the towels seen in pics above from FabIndia. They have the exact same design! 

So long, till we meet next. And start prepping for Diwali via An Indian Summer!

Miv Watts

Sometimes, you need to let the visuals do all the talking. This is one of those times.

Read about the creative journey of Miv Watts, and browse, linger, pause, sigh and dream through this post, to see her work inspired by the East and by India...

...and let me know if this satiated your creative urge for India inspired interiors for this week? :)

All things retro

While browsing via my latest adda (hindi for: a place where you hangout), I came across rooms, all scanned from magazines, that had Retro and/or India written all over them. You would know what my next thought was - I have to share these gems with you!

(sorry, the images are a bit grainy...)

The swing (jhoola) - common feature in traditional Indian homes. This room seems to be from a haveli

The crowded corner and center table :)

Low stools (moodha) - you can find these selling along the highways, especially in the north and central India

Beautiful latticed wooden screen. Below the low sitting arrangement is footwear: kolhapuri chappals and mojris

Love these wooden shutters!


Different forms of low diwan style sitting in the following pics:

The charpoy!

Bright rugs, on the floor or on the wall..

Cosy sitting nook in the form of a niche (aala)

The canopy is a stylised form of very typical design used in the tents for weddings..

Gorgeous bedrooms..

[Source: the nomadic sun]

And how can I leave the retro without a song? This epitomises the 80's for me ;)

P.S: thanks for your emails in response to my last post. Blogger is still excruciatingly slow for me, but atleast the images are getting uploaded. And I will take your suggestion about dropping in a mail to blogger - hopefully that should help.

Is blogger down?

Unable to load pics since morning today! A delicious new post is waiting for you as soon as I am able to make blogger work. Anyone else facing this issue?

And, how are you doing today?

This side of the globe: Have a nice evening, and a deep restful sleep tonight :)

That side of globe: Have a great day today folks! Make today as interesting and intriguing as 09.09.09. :)

In the meantime, if you are looking for some inspiration, hop over here - Thank God, tumblr is atleast working the way it is supposed to work..