Sunday, 1 March 2009

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Rang Decor Readers' Creative Spaces: IV

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Rajee Sood

Rajee Sood is a very talented blogger and a home-maker who lives with her husband and two lovely girls Aimee and Sarah in Navi Mumbai. Today she shares a few corners from her very elegant home with us.

The drawing room corner where Rajee sits and works on the laptop while enjoying the whole house with just the light from the table lamps.



Rajee describes her home as very urbane. The style throughout is an eclectic mix of European, ethnic Indian and a bit of orientalia.

Her coffee table, the center of her life in the house, always has flowers on it.



Rajee adds "It has to have some of my candles. Almost as if to say my coffee table reflects my moods"

Latest edition of Architectural digest and some recent books picked by the family.



She believes that her home is very subtly evolving with the comfort they look for in their home, with the things they collect, places they've lived, and the family as it grows.

One of the side tables in the drawing room , a lovely little flower arrangement of the latest blooms from her pots, the floribunda roses and hydrangea leaves.



Rajee says, "The strongest influence for my home and me has been California …a few years stint in San Francisco, opened me to a whole new aesthetics of designing with my eastern influences and western sensibilities. It gives me the calm and satisfaction I look for in my space."

Rajee's older girl Aimee snoozing with her teddy in the dining- drawing area.

Old project still underway, photos of three generations of her family.

The crockery unit. Rajee had this made centered around the carved panel from Rajasthan, it now houses her complete glassware, barware and crockery.

Dining area

A lovely corner with blue and white pottery.

Rajee, "My bedside~ another oriental table in my collection, with a Buddha, blue and white pottery piece from Rajasthan filled in with my husbands coin collection. I especially love the Chinese jar I bought at a San Francisco flea market, while antiquing one lazy weekend. A print of Thakur Singh's work."

Red crewelwork pillows and one of Rajee's own artwork in the back ground.



The antique silverware, the gerberas, the gorgeous furnishings and blue pottery blend so well into her unique urbane space.



Thanks for sharing these lovely corners from your home, your world, Rajee!



Do visit her stylish blog Rajee Sood.



P.S~ If you have any questions for Rajee about her home, please ask in the comments section so she can reply to you.

Sunday, 22 February 2009

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International Pick: Naladhu, Maldives

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Today's post is all about images that transport you to a paradise where senses are pampered, body is relaxed and mind is in a state of bliss.
Naladhu is a luxury resort located in the islands of South Male Atoll, Maldives.
There are 19 private colonial-styled houses with ocean views.
Just love how the outdoor and indoor spaces just blend into each other.Rich coloured fabrics juxtaposed with cool white washed timber panels in the rooms.
Enjoy the eye-candy, do click on this link to know more about this paradise and start planning your summer holidays:-)

( images from Naladhu.com)

Friday, 13 February 2009

Tuesday, 10 February 2009

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Rang Decor Readers' Creative Spaces: III

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Ayelet Iontef
Ayelet Iontef, a very talented textile designer of all *over*print shares her beautiful work and a few creative corners from her home in Israel.Innovative hang tag greeting cards made by Ayelet using old magazine cuttings and fabrics.
Lovely designs from her sketch books.
These patterns designed by Ayelet were printed on tea cups by golf & co. Aren't they simply beautiful! A huge book shelf in Ayelet's home. She says, "Her side of the shelf has books on textile design & interiors and her husband's side has cookbooks & books on typography".
This interesting lamp is a mix from habitat and decorative felt that she received as a gift from Brussels.
Ayelet shares her creative work space here, she has many boxes filled with colourful yarns, fabrics, buttons and craft materials.
This inspiration board is one-of-a-kind, Ayelet and her typographer husband Yanek, have been adding inspiration for the pass 15 years and the rule is , you can only add but you can't remove anything from it!What a creative storehouse of inspirations and memories!

Thanks for sharing these absolutely lovely corners from your home, Ayelet.

She blogs at all*over*print


P.S~ If you have any question for Ayelet about her home, please ask in the comments section so she can reply to you.

Tuesday, 27 January 2009

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Chitra Santhe~ Art for All

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Chitra Santhe is a one-day art festival organised by Chitrakala Parishad, where 1700 artists from all over India come together to showcase their work on the side pavements of Kumara Krupa Road in Bangalore.
It was a feast to the eye with artists showcasing various styles and forms of art. Here are some photographs that I clicked while we slowly walked the length of the road drinking in the beauty of a sunny morning and some hot chai;-)Vishwas M
There were loads of amazing work on display this year, but this was one of our favourites by artist Vishwas M.

Hope you enjoyed these colourful works by various talented artists.

Have a great day!