Tuesday, 25 June 2013

Online Store: Pepperfry

Pepperfry.com India’s No.1 Online Furniture, Home and Living destination launches a delightful collection of children's decor . This online shopping experience definitely promises well designed and colorful products that will brighten and personalize your child's room. 


Placing emphasis on comfort and durability, this collection comprises of products of superior quality that can be easily customized to individual needs. Mr. Kashyap Vadapalli, Chief Marketing Officer, Pepperfry.com, stated that " We are looking at fulfilling the growing needs of the room decor for children and with this collection, we aim to create an inspiring and beautiful atmosphere for children, which in turn is their playground within home for learning and development.'



A one-stop for all the requirements for children's room, this range has a wide array of cradles, chairs, bunk beds, kids rocking chairs, desks, wardrobes, chests, etc. and furnishings like bed spreads, cushions and pillows, towels, photo frames, wall décor and more. This economic range of furniture is resplendent with styles that are extendable, lightweight, devoid of small parts or sharp edges and durable for everyday tumble. Each product is designed aesthetically keeping in mind children's love for colors, shapes and themes.  Pepperfry.com helps in having the right things at home, where a child starts learning and discovering new things about the world. The perfect decor for your child's room is now just a click away.

About Pepperfry
Pepperfry is India’s leading Furniture, Home and Living destination, offering customers a wide selection of amazingly priced products with a consistently great shopping experience. The Pepperfry managed marketplace is the ideal platform for entrepreneurs who wish to sell their merchandise to millions of discerning customers and Pepperfry today works with close to a thousand merchant partners to showcase their design skills, craftsmanship and service orientation to customers across India and the world. Our mantra is to be the one stop shop for customers seeking to spice up their homes.










From a wide selection of Furniture, Décor and Furnishings, Pepperfry.com brings 35,000 plus designs at attractive prices.  Elegant coffee tables, cabinets, stools, poufs  planters, curios, candles, bed sheets, cushions, curtains, rugs and mats, carpets, bed covers and beanbags to help you redesign and welcome the sunshine. Accessorizing the room with casual curios, wall accents and ornamental trinkets to elevate the overall experience in room decor. Do away with heavy drapery and usher the summer with breezy curtains and floral bed spreads from the Pepperfry range. You can also change the look of your house with interesting painting, a throw pillow, photo frames and accentuated lamps and lighting.  It's easier to incorporate these small elements, to work wonders around various themes like rustic, coastal or DIY.


 


The green hues of nature or the turquoise gleam of the sea, whatever appeals to your senses, Pepperfry.com does it for your home.

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Got Small Space....No Worries...Decorate Smartly

Urban living quite often comes with space constraint. You know the value of every square footage that you have got when you live in a small space apartment. But its not always true that bigger is better. Decorate small space in a way that it gives you illusion of grandeur. Here are some tips:
The most important thing while doing up small space is that keep it simple. Next is you should store and organize your stuff smartly.

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Its always a better idea to avoid over accessorizing your space while decorating. Don't spend on things that you love rather spend on those you need.

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Convertible furniture is the best way to use available space smartly. You can switch from living room to bedroom and vice versa.
Space under the stairs is always an underutilized area. Use it smartly to store some household stuff or gardening tools or anything that you can.

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If you are running out of space horizontally go vertically. Build shelves all the way up the wall in the living room or even in kitchen.

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Alcove or any space like that can be very useful for storing stuff or you can even transform it into your hideaway work space/ office.
Use box bed to store extra bedding and linen. It can provide lot of free space in linen closet for other things.
In an open floor plan furniture in living room can play an important role in storage solution. Use block furniture so that you can keep various stuff there. Storage bench can serve as storage unit and seating as well.

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In the kitchen items that you use everyday should be handy. So hang pots and pans above the counter  instead of storing them in a cabinet, it will free lot of cabinet space for other items.
All these tips can make a small space look bigger and better. Below are some images of small spaces just to inspire you :)

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I know you are gearing up to give your small space a bigger and better look isn't it.....go ahead!!




Monday, 24 June 2013

Online Store: Ananasa

Introducing Ananasa: a newly established e-commerce site that caters to handmade items mainly from the 

Middle Eastern, North African region. They have recently ventured into India and the UK handmade 

markets for artists to join their establishment.



Founded in 2011, Ananasa.com is an online marketplace that enables artisans, artists and designers in the 

Middle East to sell their creations worldwide with no barriers.



Ananasa.com started when two sisters wanted to expose the hidden beauty of the Middle East to the world.


Ananasa takes away the headaches of logistics, customer service & marketing so artisans can focus on 

creating their handmade items and individuals worldwide can buy unique items from the Middle East easily.


And that is why it's called Ananasa (اناناسة):



Ana: means "I" in Arabic



Nas: means "the people" in Arabic



A: adding an a at the end allows the word to become feminine, just like the co-founders.



" for the people, by the people"


Leaving you with the images of drool worthy stuff they have. Don't forget to check out rest of the stuff.

















Happy shopping folks!!
Have a very happy week ahead!!



[All images are from Ananasa.com and are subject to copyright]

Duncan Phyfe Coffee Table




What an interesting antique table I found! I believe it is walnut and it's unique with the framed glass removable top! Here is the before...




I felt it needed just a bit of jazzing up. Don't cringe that I painted walnut!


I just did the legs and stretcher bar so calm down!


I think the Annie Sloan Old White Chalk Paint brought it out of the old days and into today! The top is amazing too.

Sunday, 23 June 2013

The Bathroom Gets a Little Facelift ...

Greetings friends!

Some of you may be surprised to know that our son's bathroom (which doubles as one of our guest baths) has had the *same* shower curtain for the last 6 years ... the *same* paint color ... AND, the *same* accessories.  The only thing that has changed in here over the years has been the rolls of toilet paper (ha)!  

That was until recently ... BEFORE:


AFTER!  It was time for the monkeys to return to the wild and give this little space more of a "neutrally-boyish" look for our 7 year old ... 


The method to my madness involved several things.  FIRST ... we had board and batten installed to brighten up this small space, which was then painted Ben Moore's basic white (semi-gloss).  


Then, our formerly Laura Ashley Olive 4 green walls became Ben Moore's White Sand.  I then chose this striped fabric to frame the shower (which my neighbor sewed into two panels):


When I spotted this fella at Home Goods, I knew he'd be a fun addition to the long wall:


And, in place of a towel bar (that my kiddo could never quite seem to hang a towel on ... the floor was easier!), we added these simple hooks:


Now, towels don't end up on the floor anymore!


A wall that was once filled with a big ol' floral ...


now has handsome nautical prints from Home Goods on it:


Up close and in person, you can spy subtle flecks of blues and reds in the sailors' jackets:  


On the "toilette," I placed this simple box topped with shells:


And, rather than buying a new mirror, I simply spray painted our oil rubbed bronze one that was already in here with blue spray paint for a bit of a pop (and to tie in with the shower curtain and towels):


Of course, that wasn't the only thing that was painted ... the light fixture went from oil rubbed bronze to Annie Sloane's "Pure White":


Mr. Monkey has gone back to the jungle ...


And, in his place now sits a textured vase filled with decorative sticks:




I still have one more piece of art to find ... and, I might just might paint the cabinets (imagine that)!  But, for now, I'm enjoying seeing this space with a lighter and brighter facelift!


Thanks for stopping by!

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