Come, Have A Seat

Yes, please do

I insist

Feel at home

I don't have much to say today

So instead

Let me put on some music for you

It's perfect for the mood right now

 

It was so lovely having you over

Do come again

For I will have travel stories to share

From my retreat this week

And a lovely little island abode I am visiting, next week

Oh, you will miss me till then?

Sigh. I will miss you too

Let's be in touch

Over at Instagram

Where I will keep popping in

A pic or two

[Images: From Here]

Coz I Gotta Have Faith

I gotta have faith

Because I got to have faith faith faith

I got to have faith faith faith!

I bet you are humming this song and moving to the beat, as I too am right now. And as I did when I was sitting in a tiny plane a day before and could hear the faint strains of this song coming from someone's earphones. I started humming and tapping my feet, and was joined by my co-passenger, whose involuntary humming of the song meant that he and I were of the same vintage, give or take a couple of months, as we later discovered. So we hummed I gotta have faith faith faith and swayed along in sync with the turbulent flight. What's with these old songs, anyway? I don't think I even like George Michael now (though try telling that to my teen self)! Yet, each time I hear one of the oldies, I can't help but sing. And if space permits, dance. My truck of  a car is one of the places where you will find me singing and (moderately) dancing. My furball of a cat is a long suffering witness to the singing & dancing routines, sometimes after a few glasses of wine. And no, he doesn't join in, either in the wine or in the singing/dancing bit, if you must know. And now that I have shared my singing and dancing trivia, which no doubt you will find useful one fine day, let's move on to the things that make my blog sing and dance, like these pretty pretty rooms. That was an abrupt segue, but really, sometimes it is best this way to get to the point of the post. Which is to share my latest haul of loveliness with you! Once I start talking, or singing, then you know, it's hard to stop. So before I start off with Freeedomm next, you have a dekko!

 

 

I am traveling again tomorrow for the rest of the week, this time in not-such-a tiny plane. As I did with my trip earlier this week, I will be sharing the as-it-happens on instagram. Join me!

 See you next week, my lovelies!

[Image credit: First five images from The Interior Stylist and rest of the images from photographer Gorta Yuuki]

A Good Storm

 Riders on the storm

 Riders on the storm

Into this house we're born

Into this world we're thrown...

[Play this as you take in the images below]

I love storms! The rain, the wind, thunder and lightning. People run to take shelter when there is an incoming storm, I run outside to stand in the vortex of it all. Hair flying, wind biting the face, grit on lips, eyes closed shut against the odds and ends flying around, the roar of the wind, the distant thunder and the flash of lightning - Ah! nothing beats this feeling! And you may wonder why I am all stormed up today - well, the weather here is just lovely! Strong winds, warm yet with a hint of oncoming cold rain. The trees outside my windows have been swaying wildly and I have been working and listening to my favorite stormy time music. I had a completely different post to do today, but the weather took over, and here we are. It's hard to explain why these rooms and spaces are perfect to go with storms and this song, but they are. Evocative, full of character and depth, I would love to be in these spaces as a storm rages outside.

 

Tell me,

If you feel it too? 

And if you love storms as much as I do

[Images from: 1, 2, 3]

Come Sit With Me

These beautiful sitting spaces are calling out to us

Let's sit

Chat

Laugh

Hum a song or two

Gossip

Vent

Make plans

Discuss dreams

Be happy

 

For these beautiful spaces are calling out to us

[Images: Tumblr and Pinterest]

The Browns & The Beige

 

I am not the biggest fan of browns and beige [as you might have noticed, ahem], yet, something about these rooms caught my attention. Apart from the use of aforementioned colors, I quite like how just one another color - maybe a red or a mustard or a blue or black, is used to bring life to the room. There is also a sense of raw, a sense of organic in the fabrics and the textures, which I love. 

The other thing I love, or am loving these days, is this song. I suggest you play it, and then leisurely browse through rest of the post while listening to it. Music is a good accompaniment to everything, including when strolling through beautiful brown and beige rooms.

 

And I know, I know, I promised you a designer showcase post. But man, that post takes such a long time to put together! I don't want to miss out on any of the fabulous people who have written to me, and want to make sure that I showcase the best that they have. So, patience my dear Watsons. The post shall be come, early next week. In the meantime, here, listen to Bedouin Soundclash again. :)

[Images Source: This]