Mirror Mirror on the Wall

Do people not have vision? Or do they just not like to do the work?



I don't know which, but I had picked up an antique oval mirror at a garage sale and basically did nothing to it, but put it in my antique mall booth. 



No one wanted it after months of being displayed and a priced decline.





That told me that I needed to bring it home and give it some love! Here is the before

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Have a Wonderful Holiday!

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New Mud Room!

I am so excited to show you my  


        New Mud Room.

It came about quite by accident. You see, the builder added a walled in room off the original two car garage that has access via a doorway from the garage, a doorway into the house (laundry room) and a doorway to the outside. This room is about 14 feet long by 7 feet wide with very high ceilings.

Initially, we used this room as a "

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Moving on...

I usually type directly on to my blogger template while composing a post but this post has been written on pieces of paper, crumpled, picked up, re-written, edited on Microsoft Word and finally comes to you in this final form.

In a state of mixed feelings I want to share some news with all the lovely readers of Rang Décor who have supported the blog and me to grow and evolve over the last 5 years.

We are moving to the US in the end of July this year. 

Minnesota: The Land of 10,000 Lakes will be our new home.

We leave behind our home, our city, Bangalore, that we love dearly and carry with us jewel boxes filled with innumerable precious nuggets of memories of life spent here.

This move will mean a big change for me personally, my family and also for Rang Décor.

The interior ideas that I have shared on Rang Décor have been ‘predominantly Indian’ because of that which inspires me, that which surrounds me, that which I love so deeply.

India.

Everything India.

Everything about India.

Everything about my life in India.

As I move on, Rang Décor too will hopefully evolve into a space that will be a grand mix of Indian aesthetics along with global inspirations. An interesting combination of eclectic ideas curated with my design sensibilities!

Glimpses of our life, our travels & home have been posted on Rang Décor many times before. Today I share with you few more frames of the home that we have nurtured as a family with great love.

 Eastern light bathes our terrace in a golden hue every morning...

 A wide angle of our study...

Priya Sebastian's self portrait watches over our study, a Pepperomia plant grows wild in a bottle...

 Blogging one quiet afternoon in our study...

 Aarohi Singh's Goddess Saraswati Thali blesses the music corner of our home...

 Will miss the morning sunlight the most, where I have shot so many of my photographs.

 My frangipani trees, so long!


As I embark on this new journey, a new chapter of my life in a new land, I hope all of you will join me. 

 This is how the road ahead looks at this time of the year. (We just returned from a hectic week in Minnesota) 

The sun sets  around 9 p.m. leaving behind an orange glow in the sky. 

“I don’t know where I am going from here but I promise it won’t be boring.”

~ David Bowie.

Amen.

Signing off the India chapter, will see you all on the other side of the globe.

(Would appreciate any kind of suggestions, tips and virtual hand holding that all you Rang Decor readers can offer! Thank you!)

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Indian Art: Lippan Work(Gujarat & Rajasthan Art)

Today I'm sharing with you is a decorative art form of western India. Lippan Kaam, Mud Relief Work or Mud Mirror Work is done inside huts in Kutch in Gujarat.  Lippan work is done mainly by women of Rabari community of Kutch. Women are so expert that they don't even trace or draw motif on wall.
The mud is prepared  by mixing clay with camel dung(as a binding agent as it contains fibers) and then kneaded with water. Glue is used to stick mirrors of different sizes and shapes like triangle, diamond, round and sometimes embroidered mirrors.
Work is usually done inside the huts called bhungas. These huts are made of mud and are known to be earth quack resistant.
If you want to explore more about this art click here. It's a very informative and interesting article.

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Soon I am going to do this lippan work in my home too (lots of incomplete project in a queue though). It looks so ethnic. and Indian. I totally love this work.

Have a wonderful weeekend and stay creative freinds!!

Linking it to Show And Tell Friday @ MyRomanticHome

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Old Settee Breathes New Life!

You probably didn't even miss me, but we have been gone to Vegas Baby!


If you are ever going and can catch a show, you should see Terry Fator! He won America's Got Talent in 2008 and puts on a really well done and funny show.


On with the Settee project...





Before we left, I was working like crazy on our new MUD ROOM that I will show you later, however for now, I will show you how I

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Germany to America

In celebration of my ancestors, I designed my mantel to show the journey from Germany to America!


In 1910, my Great, Great Grandparents and their 5 children left Mosbach, Germany and sailed on the S.S. Lapland heading to Ellis Island in America.




At the time, my Great Grandmother was 10 years old. In this picture below, My Great Grandmother is pictured with her five children. My

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