El Carligto

Oh! El Carligto
Why do you lure me so?

When you know

A vacation is really not in the horizonto

Oh! El Carligto!

I can't have you El Carligto

But my readers and I sure can stalk you!

And here Mr. Blog plays the evil laughter track: hyuk hyuk ha ha ha. 

Yes, that's how my evil laughter track sounds like. If you have a better one, play it in the comments then!

[All images: El Carligto]

Inside Home

Not my home, but

Some I-wish-I-lived-here homes

Showcased on

InsideHomePage

So first, I need to find a table fan, and then I need to take it apart, and then paint it purple and then put it back together again. I too shall be a proud owner of a super cool fan then!

What a color perfect room!


InsideHomePage is an Amsterdam-based company which specialises in the production of interior and lifestyle editorial features. Real people in real houses from around the world!

[All images owned by: InsideHomePage]

And the tunic goes to...

Amyinnola!

Congratulations on winning the tunic from Muny!

Please send an email here with your color and size preference, and your shipping address

Thanks to all of you who participated

And shared your summer activities with Samara and me

Reading your stories, I relived my summers as a kid!

Thank you Muny for hosting such a fabulous giveaway!

Got any spare change?

Well, you see

I need to buy one

Or, to be honest

A couple of these gorgeous houses

And any spare change would go a long way..

..In my dreams at least!

Fabulous homes, at excellent locations (like Goa!), many designed by the likes of Tarun Tahiliani, are in the market for sale. And, they are as expensive as they are expansive! But that doesn't stop us from bookmarking our favorites, does it?

These beautiful rooms are my favorites from the homes listed on Prime Properties – a service launched by Saffronart and Cushman & Wakefield in April, 2010 to source and market premium residential real estate across India, initially through private sales, and later through online auctions. 

 

Got a favorite?

[All images: SaffronArt]

Psst1: Shout out to my reader Kurus B - checkout the furniture, man!

Psst2: Have you entered the Muny giveaway yet? Enter, i.e leave a comment right here to win a summery block print tunic for kids! Open for readers from all countries!

BlueKrit

The team at BlueKrit had graciously shared their portfolio with me more than a few months back. I lost them in my email deluge, but thankfully found them again on facebook recently. And I remembered just how much I had liked their work the first time I had seen it. It's after a long time that I have come across an interior design studio in India that has such a distinct personality. BlueKrit team's work is elegant to the core and makes excellent use of Indian design elements in a contemporary setting. 

Founded by Neha and Mehul Sanghvi, BlueKrit is a Mumbai based design studio, contributing to the creative and contemporary fields of architecture, interior planning, styling and furniture design. Their philosophy of not adhering to a fixed formula, style or method, instead adapting ideas to suit the context and end user, ensures that each space that they design is unique. Take a look at my favorites from their portfolio...

[All Images Copyrighted to: BlueKrit]

Update: Neha and Mehul have got an excellent response via this post! They would like to share their contact details with An Indian Summer readers. So, if you are also interested in reaching out to them, please write to them at these emails IDs: e-neha(at)bluekrit.in; mehul(at)bluekrit.in

Art and Shopping..

...sounds like the perfect way to get the zing back on a weekday

Especially when shopping includes discounts and a fabulous giveaway!

Let's start with some inspiring art first..

Sunandini Banerjee for Seagull

Sunandini Banerjee, much in the manner of a magpie, collects images from a wide variety of sources and creates innovative, humourous digital collages—a potpourri or a medley or a luck bag, call it what you will. Created for the annual Seagull Books catalogue, this year’s collages are in the nature of contemporary miniature. There are 86 works on display from June 1st. Each collage is printed on archival paper is also available for sale online (shipped worldwide). Thanks Kavitha for sharing Sunandini's work with us!

 

Maulshree Somani's Illustration

Maulshree has been sharing her creative work with me for some time, and she sent an email to me this week with details of her latest project - a children's book written by Bhakti Mathur that she has illustrated. Maulshree was kind enough to send me a pdf of the book, and I loved her vibrant art work. You can reach Maulshree at this email ID.

And now for some shopping!

Judy Ross Textiles

Special discount code for An Indian Summer readers!

Shop online at Judy Ross Textile store and get a 10% discount on all your purchases till June 20th. The code to use is: indiansummer

Judy Ross Textiles is a NY based home textile company and design studio that retails products like pillows, rugs, curtains, upholstery fabric, tablemats and bedcovers at high end stores. The Judy Ross home collection pairs century-old hand embroidery techniques with modern design. For the past 18 years, Judy has developed a special relationship with artisans in Kashmir, India and Nepal. The master embroiderers, schooled in the traditional chainstitch technique, and expert weavers from Nepal using high quality wool and silk to create contemporary designs.

Muny

A giveaway for 'An Indian Summer' readers!

To enter the giveaway

Just comment on this post with a response to the question:

'What is your and/or your kid's favorite summer activity?'

And get a chance to win a fabulous block printed 100% cotton tunic

Muny, the brainchild of Samara Mahendru, makes clothing and accessories for children, using Indian hand block printing techniques on 100% cotton fabric. Muny uses a combination of custom designed prints with traditional block printing traditions for all products.The combination of traditional Indian textiles with contemporary colors and motifs, gives the clothes an eclectic, bohemian and multicultural aesthetic.

Be a proud owner of one the light airy tunics (pics below) for kids

In the color and the size you want*

Remember to comment on this post with your response to:

"What is your and/or your kid's favorite summer activity?"

Samara and I will pick a winner based on the responses

And will announce the winner on this blog on June 20th

*see available colors and sizes here

 

Eagerly waiting to hear from you!

[All images owned by respective stores/designers]