I really do have other things to do, but just get such a kick out of decorating that I repainted my largest guest bedroom...again!That would be four times in 10 years! Not bad for me!!! Hubby says that I am making the house smaller with paint a millimeter at a time! SmileHere is the before, when I redid it a couple of years ago and now the much simpler after...Okay, so to clarify, I am...
Thursday, 9 August 2012
Monday, 6 August 2012
A tea party for three...

Greetings from sunny Minnesota!It's been exactly one week since we left Bangalore, India.Here I am typing away on my laptop in a hotel room trying hard to communicate the memories of a delightful July afternoon in Bangalore, spent in the company of two most amazingly talented ladies.Before leaving...
Sunday, 5 August 2012
Oh so French End Tables!
Do you love the French Look as much as I do?Do you also love the look of a finished piece after it was painted and loved with Chalk Paint? So do I! That brings me to these to end tables...I picked these two tables up at a garage sale because they just spoke to me. They said, "Take me home and show me how to look lovely in French Frocks!" I listened and I heard. So out came the...
Friday, 3 August 2012
Before It's Over ...

I wanted to share our *summer* great room! Annnd, to show a subtle change done earlier this summer.Below is how our great room looked last Fall ... can you spot the little difference between then and now? Yes, we lightened the walls ... yippee! We (meaning, I) decided to paint the...
Thursday, 2 August 2012
Garden Teacup Chandy
Do you remember this teacup CANDLEIER that I made and did a post on last year? No?I had stripped the old electric wires out of it, added these lovely teacups after painting the chandelier. I thought it came out lovely and put it in my antique mall booth.And it didn't sell. I figured that people want electrified ones, since those sell in my booth. So I brought this one home.I hung it...
Wednesday, 1 August 2012
Indian Art: Kalamkari (South Indian Art)

Here is an update. Some of my dear blog readers requested me to elaborate more on different arts I publish under "Indian Art" series on my blog. So from now on posts on different art forms will cover every possible detail. Thanks to all my blog readers for their feedback and lovely comments. ...