Azure Blue and Chocolate Brown

Our home is mostly brown.

Brown walls. Mahogany, teak and rubberwood brown.
Brown cushions. Brown shelves.

Wood carvings.

Brown Brown Brown.

And they say the easiest way to lift the doom and gloom of brown
is to bring in the colour of the skies and the deep blue seas.

Azures, sapphires and aquamarine.

The eclectic living room

The formal dark and sombre bedroom enjoys a touch of silverish blue

But I love this whimsical bedroom
reminiscent of Van Gogh's painting
hung above!

Now this combination might just work
in the kitchen - I will be inspired to get some cooking done.

These drapes, reminiscent of a blue Victorian dress.

Our kitchen

Come into our kitchen

Our fridge magnets

Our dining table

Mirror mirror on the Wall

Just as I step into my sanctuary...

My side of the bed...that's Coke in ice.

A little painting just outside the bathroom we got for a song...

My new bathroom, mandi serum sanctuary

Our staircase

Our home

Entrance to our home

My writing desk

Books...and then some

Iman's writing desk

A teenager's room - no doubt

Ilena in my bedroom

Ikesha next to the Agatha Christie section

Beautiful Things Part II

Starburst beauty


Romantic lights of Morocco

Table top treasure

My dream dining table

Doesn't that look so dreamy and serene?

We've got the perfect table. I will work on the candlesticks and chairs next.

The dining table is where we have our dinners, the kids do their homework, I chit chat with the maid and the kids...and where we do our arts and craft projects.

Big White Bookshelves - To Wonder and Daydream

A Lovely Outdoor Room

Hanging Wall Arrangements

Hanging Wall Arrangements

2 down, 1 to go

We finished the master bathroom renovations in January this year.All in all, that took us 3 weeks to complete after a 2 year wait. The bath tub is a perfect sanctuary after a particular stressful day. The hot water is a bit slow, but a new pump {after the contractor blew up the one we bought} would soon rectify that. The main item that takes up half the room size is the bath tub for two which the girls simply adore on Sundays.

Just about now, the office in the attic is being finalised. The lighting, telephone lines and electrical requirement are being fine-tuned, built-in cabinets being fixed and the steps would be coming in 2 weeks time. All in all that would take 5 weeks to complete and I expect to do creative work in my own office with attached window garden in 2 weeks time.

Our next project would be the kitchen.

Ahhh...everything is not working and we have done away with half the original cabinets as they were rotting badly. The cause? The pipes behind them were leaking. We can't find out why yet. The kitchen is used primarily to store all groceries, as the homework centre for the younger girls and it also houses the big dining table that doubles up as workspace, chit chat corner, craft centre...Serious family meetings and confrontations are held in the living room.

Cooking is not done in the kitchen.
That is relegated to the wet-kitchen area.

We also need a message centre and a huge fridge {we are talking 8-person household here}.

Here are some inspiring kitchens.

Airy and low...
Being hardly 5' tall, I hate to reach for things high up.
Plus, I love paintings in the kitchen.

Perfect for our small-sized kitchen

Message centre cum fridge - perfect!

Tremendous Tree Houses

7 Tremendous Tree Houses | Gallery | Glo
A place to call my own
Is not a chateau made of stone
Not a mansion in the city
That is not the place for me

Give me a lofty perch up high
Where the clouds are just outside
And the breeze...the gentle breeze
Gently sways the trees