Dubai Airport

It is a major airline hub in the Middle East. There are some tremendous shops in the Dubai airport. I have taken couple of snap shots during my visit.

DDF Gold shop at Terminal 1

ha... the golden palm tree

Gorgeous scent bottle

Beautiful jewellery box 

The precious Swarovski diamonds

Amazing art...

Beautifully studded wine set

Warm Spring

A warm welcome to the spring....

Candle lights bring a warm look to the bathroom......

In another mode...

Glades

A nice and warm peach coloured glades occupied a cosy corner in my hall...

Diwali - 2012

Another wonderful year has passed away. Let us celebrate another Diwali by lighting the candles and sharing the sweets,,,,,

I have taken the below pictures at my friend's place. She has placed the glass bowls on both the sides with the floating candles in them.

In full view

Stream of candles ...

in different angle...

Happy Diwali.....

Home Deco

The sun is streaming through my window and brought more life to my plants. I am so pleased...its my day..

Home Deco

Changing the objects location in my home is never ending. Replacing an object with another can change the mood of the rooms in a subtle manner. I have placed my son's Thabala in front of the fire place and covered it with my bright red pallu which played as a typical background. Money plant next to the Thabala has added grace.

Flower Arrangement

A great way of bringing rainbow colours to our home....

Assembled some garden flowers which I just picked them from the road side....

Looks so impressive when located them at a different place...

In a different angle...

The beautiful transparent red glass with a red shadow....

Flower Arrangement

Flower Arrangement

An elegant lavender........

I love the shape of this vase. A lovely oval shape, coated with glossy lavender colour.....
Matching flowers .......

Floor Lamp Decoration

When I bought this floor lamp, it was plain and looks bit dull.

Thought to decorate it a bit.

I have used some kundans and glitter paints and some glue to stick the kundans. It took less than 30 minutes to decorate this.  Look at the difference...

Flower Arrangement

Daffodils

I have brought this Daffodils plant from the store. Was bit lazy to change it to a bigger pot. I simply placed it in a bigger ceramic pot and filled it with the coloured dried flowers.

A vibrant look.......

Can't resist to post this as well......taken under low light... still came out very well.

Flower Arrangement

The pictures are taken in two opposite angles under the same settings. But, a huge difference.


I have taken the below picture opposite the light....

Taken the same again in a different angle....

Pebbles

I have collected some pebbles from Brighton beach last summer. I have placed few of them in our garden and left the rest. Today, decided to clean the garden to get ready for the summer. In the process of doing this, I saw them urging me to take them home. Thought to do some thing.

The result is.......

Decided to paint the old traditional kolam on them. My mom is a great artist. She got a very free hand and ease to twist the lines into wonderful forms. I have followed the same... It took less than 10 minutes to change their look.

Didn't stop with that.....

This gives the additional warm and elegant look

  

December Decoration

I can't believe the temperatures in this December. It is 11 Degrees C in London. I found some lovely flowers on the road side..... thought to change their location (my home)

Happy Deepavali / Diwali

Diwali, the festival of lights, eliminates the darkness and illuminates everyone's heart. The festive season propels me towards adding these little extras to my home which transforms the home into happy and cheerful living.

Hope you like them.
This is another terracota pot, that I have painted and decorated with some kundans.

A light filled corner

Another joyful corner at my home

For a change the fire place has been covered with a gift wrap that is reflecting due to the diyas

Lamp / Diya decoration

Getting ready for Diwali. I found some terracota diyas at a local Indian store.

Thought to give a bit of touch with paints. I want to give 2 contrast colours, but I don't have many colours. Thought of black colour.....

with a touch of silver paint.... and the result is.....

Another one...with copper and silver combination

Flower decoration

Another Summer flowers decoration with mustards

Few corners at my home

Thought to share few corners of my home with you all. I always wants to decorate each and every place artistically with simple efforts. The outcome is as below.

At the entrance. The top one is the mask made up of paper and plaster of paris which I bought in kerala during our South India tour in December 2010. Middle one is the Rajasthan painting bought during North India tour in December 2009. The bottom one is face of Lorg Ganesh, again bought in Kerala. The Side hangings are made up of bronze purchased at Puttaparthi.

A wooden puppet sticked to one of the bedrooms door

Outside of the hall door. The hanging bells on both sides are from Rajasthan and the top one is from Kerala. An integration of North and South.

The other side of the door, the elephant head made up of rosewood.

In the hall. My favourite picture Yashodha with Chinni Krishna presented by lovely sister. My little one always points at this picture and says, amma that's me...

This is the fire place in the hall, which I have covered it because of the little ones. A nice red and black combination decorated with the hanging bells on the sides.

A closure look. Tajmahal gaurded by the elephants. Tajmahal and the 2 white elephants are made up of marble. Guess what, one elephant I have purchased at road side for 50 Rupees and the other one for 500 Rupees in the emporium run by the government. What a huge difference in price but not the look. The other 2 brown elephants are made up of clay. I have decorated them using some fabric paints with a touch of copper and silver colours.

Will post some other corners at some other time......enjoy