Bringing Festivity!!

Past few weeks had been super busy. Festival of light 'Diwali' is just 

around the corner and I am gearing up to showcase some easy-peasy Diwali DIY & decor ideas.

Here are few clicks of my home during Navratri :)

Did you notice my London railway station clock in above image....scroll down....have a closer look :)

Now what say.... isn't it amazing!! I just love it. The best part is it is two-faced clock and no matter where in my home I'm standing I have view of it :) I got it from Pepperfry.

Here is another view.........

I totally loved the vintage look of this clock.  Moroccan lamp is new addition gifted by dear sister :)

Next post will be an easy DIY for Diwali so stay tuned!!

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Tall and Short!

This is the story of two fern stands. One of the stands is tall and has great bones...




But she started out in life a bit drab and on the plain side...


With some added flair on the top (found on The Graphic Fairy), she's now ready for the catwalk...


Then we can't forget the short one that was two pieces of wood married together...


I think the base was really a wooden candle stand.

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Walnut Bench To Go Please!

This year I have transformed more pieces of furniture than any other year! I hope you all are not getting bored with more furniture transformations than decorating.


Here we go with this Walnut Bench found in this state...


Very nice lines and very sturdy. Sometimes I want to just leave it as is when it's a good piece of wood but for whatever reason, it just doesn't sell as well in my booth!

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Launching Vignettes of Rang Decor Photo Prints...

Fall is a beautiful season when the sky is blue and the land shimmers in hues of gold.

I have curated and styled 7 Limited Edition photo prints of my work that can be purchased.

Presenting Vignettes of Rang Decor Limited Edition Prints.

Diwali Inspiration...

The Original Photo Print:

Pink Chrysanthemum...


The Original Photo Print:


Wicker Chair...

The Original Photo Print:

 Pink & White Roses...

The Original Photo Print:


Wooden Board Game... 

The Original Photo Print:


Spring Fever...

The Original Photo Print:

Brass Ladles...


The Original Photo Print:

You can take a look at all the original images here: Vignettes of Rang Decor.

This festive season take home a vignette for your home or gift it to family and friends:-)

If you are interested in purchasing any of the photo prints, send me a mail at archanasr_2000@yahoo.com.
I will send you all the details via email.

( Styled and shot by Arch)

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Pentas In My Garden

Two years back Pentas was a beautiful addition in my balcony garden and then last year 

I don't know what went wrong and it died.

This year I saw few saplings in different pots and  I was super excited to see them back in my garden so I let them grow. When they bloomed I was totally surprised because earlier I had only hot pink Pentas but now they are blooming in three colors.

Hot pink, soft pink and white Pentas.....triple bonanza yay!!! All thanks to butterflies and tiny birds who keep visiting my garden. Here is the hot pink one........

and here is soft pink Pentas a lovely surprise :)

and here is combo of pink..........adding beauty to my garden that has unintentionally turned into an almost  pink garden with pink Bougainvillea, pink Allamanda, pink Petunia and of-course pink Pentas.

and who said white is boring. Look at this looks like stars are making their presence in my garden :) Ahh at least something is other than pink in my small garden now.

and here all the three varieties of Pentas (Pentas because they have five petals). They attract butterflies and hummingbirds too. I have seen hummingbird playing with my flowers a few times in my garden. I am so happy and excited that they are back again and I'll get to see butterflies and hummingbirds again :)

Joy of gardening I must say :)



Linking it to Today's Flower

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Our Fall Kitchen ...

Greetings, friends!

Okay, so if I don't do any other decorating for Fall in our kitchen, the one thing that I'll always incorporate is our Fall family tree!

In years' past, we've pulled out one of our big ol' Christmas trees for the Fall family tree, but, last year and again this year, I've opted for a simple tree on our island, full of faux branches with lights and real branches that I snagged from the woods:

This is one of my favorite "trees" because I love adding pictures of years gone by (such as this one of my younger sister modeling a new purse for my grandparents and great aunts (all but one who have since passed) ...

a few glittery ornaments and familial sayings ...

and, moments that I'll never forget ... such as the moment I met my son for the first time (please pass the tissues)!  

I love being surrounded by family and friends this time of year!

And, because of the saying the "apple doesn't fall far from the tree," I thought it only fitting (and corny at the same time) to add a few faux apples beside our tree (har har)!  But, because I've had these faux apples a few years, the acrylic overlay was starting to crack a bit ... thanks to Ruthie's fun and easy project at Sugarpie Farmhouse, my plain, cracking apples got a new look!  I fancied them up by following her tutorial of dipping them in mod podge, mixed with cinnamon paint (to resemble caramel) and then coating them with corn cob liner (to resemble sweet nuts)!

Yummy!

On the other counters, I chose to keep it pretty simple ... just adding faux pumpkins to one of our canisters ... tying seasonal ribbons around the tops of the canisters ... and, layering a cute Roo tray behind them:

A cute "cow" print (from Home Goods), leaf plate and pumpkin nestled in raffia help out this little vignette:

Annnd, to add a bit of color to our plain lampshade, I wrapped leaf garland (that I had on hand) around the top of the shade!

And, with leftover orange ribbon, I added a bit of it to our shelves to give them a little punch of Fall, too!

Pretty pumpkin platters (from Home Goods), faux pumpkins, leaf garland and wheat help to "Fallify" the soffit a bit:

Of course I had to add string lights into the garland, too, for a little bit o' Fall glooow:

Did you happen to notice the cute Roo rug?  I spotted it at Tuesday Morning and just had to grab it!

And, thanks to a yummy "Sweet Cinnamon Pumpkin" candle (from Bath and Body Works), our kitchen "smells" like Fall, too!

Thanks so much for visiting our Fall kitchen!

Happy Fall and come on over and party here:

My Uncommon Slice of Suburbia/Tuesday's Treasures
Savvy Southern Style/WUW

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Black Beauty

What to do with veneer missing from furniture?


My options are: 

1. I could ignore and just paint right over the missing veneer hoping to camouflage the area.

2. I could fill in the the space of the missing veneer with wood filler then paint the whole piece.


 3. I could strip all the veneer off and sand it all down and then paint, depending on how much veneer is missing.


BEFORE

All

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