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Please take a seat...

...relax, make yourselves comfortable and let me show you some interesting seating ideas from Incredible India... <img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5111910197254494594" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpbTABbZj2PJLICQlupQph5LR8cEuGoCIo8GwvYLFwILf4ORpmuN_wg42xgS0JruBukapY919onQ4_PvCMlCkEcN3ERBD4ezF1ifvDQ9IIgHkwSFzhYhl8RCJlK5V3DitGjD_WFZ1kSlkZ/s400/chair2.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" />Beautifully carved Shekawati chairs from Rajasthan teamed with colourful embroidery cushions. <img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5112122544732576354" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbRg2KsHeh6cDc1ccn03I0UyTNI1q9KbG_X1MUFfn5B6VfvLBSN-pw7lLqz4-y_vhx3DffuPXiJHdm21ZhrYd48XvqNiUlX9HKuhfIJRgk79PNqNSA9tqrH1zc9oN6Nabv51qtvgI8wMro/s400/chair14.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5111910592391485922" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK0OgszoAoH6_ssW9K_DGVduz-MU2mwPIKO-pkgLi6urpsMYkSQNm1sEbkUcKDM95aHAAwLIZTbEQaIM9B6Pkv4tgT91w0j8VFXq7x9MwrIWS0RFgleAqz5vcYhBJlGXQmt7exMuJ9GOlz/s400/chair8.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" />The planter's chair or the easy chair is my all-time favourite. How can you not relax your tired torso on the curve of this piece of art & prop your legs on the arm rests? <img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5112106064943061538" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdo1ERukK8H7GSnhQKBiANdFg4zgGho5nWFFKnirZa_c0JcYUqa-kpvUa6a1m91d-9Qixij4Ysfa9d4xS4MIdPTELcTxSTqy8PiUr12-Gw4Aaq-cvvmzYv62yQQIQSNF54MEBHh6ZqzmFd/s400/mud5.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /> <div><div><div><div>A folding easy chair with colourful fabric for those hot sultry days.<img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5112106060648094210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhRP1eLTK7F6efNFZbspAGl1yjJqSvCK2UhLzis93Sxdkr08oO5KcYJtt3l-McQYOPXgTT-BVwZmoGjdYCG7EGqaLKl4RST1qlEx-JbkvgN0nIbzdP22yKjSaotK4lcWi5psjZCCMem8eK/s400/ms2.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /></div><div>The cool swings, jhoolas or hichkars from Gujarat.<img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5112119057219131986" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq-fi8JHkNvT5zpbryS9ICTdXcrwAWqsucAQ8nsk6tseulOgsUdG_yllXQgUFHBwEgvERzXLrRE616yv8KdEDRKj2F62NoiapQb1ONYFYFPdYkwTaSuNP_pztDatMynr2RUHH1qUB6cFVz/s400/chair13.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" />The to and fro motion of the swing can put anyone into a state of bliss. <img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5112106060648094226" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi6GE3JSGvmCYl_p11Hnf2tJI4AjXGTOz3AWPH1cOFV-MbMLhCjIXzPnXRXby4FYSLscv7VZNBzxdB_Li8h8LYBmDT5CjUJjkhkpG9ccru14cYO56TsBiOTketXsRFnRLVd5zKDI8K52cF/s400/ss8.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /></div><div>Chettinad style furniture from South India. <img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5111910592391485890" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxC73r1doevEKYvc7W1qtlRSt4II8bOxi5A3hlX2lbviTzKzt4etCYuY9VOfWjNiApegbbaOKoahEKLrn23iC-8rbY8oe5wHO33aJLTDyv27CKklSOYhILGGSSy3dA7-23Ls5XOFI2DKw1/s400/chair6.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /> This eclectic piece from North India shows the mixing of Imperial, Empire & Indian style. <img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5111910201549461922" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7Gpw057GFBQHV_wrcXrdRO9qkYnnSrZGqlucT_PrR8DHXtrSPkKhKoMeSV394DhSft92fSBzFcTRwTpaM5A7IgGgIROTGeKtT8X-UQtE5oVwqef19Pd2Jt3L31WcI_F4Md3vuE-3YErRl/s400/chair4.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /> Lovely wood and cane sofas with red cushions. <img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5112119044334230066" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjaFhZRYPpJfm7GC2BrBmBJEUy-nnzQQfp4szTbnSMAUCuJAuftiFooLgT53E8JjEdlvwICa-bg7igEsV-EAyKL8oYUBGIByH1rvRhAxtO7ivpclOpm3-HHTPuQDnSFYXw903UeY1fMz6W/s400/chair11.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" />A caned daybed from Kerala placed between two open doorways provides a breezy resting spot. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgihPJtefDtL_uUqK0EeDUrJlgynC5AiaGx0khYYhdT-jVYHYq_BLRWwkvXqBFZkecEwvwRT7fEqMcO429-_EZ463qKdBMGjJdVUsEk7eFL5UDlSRy2CuEmEBRi9h4tEdwv-W-2uqEa1TzC/s1600-h/chair7.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5111910592391485906" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgihPJtefDtL_uUqK0EeDUrJlgynC5AiaGx0khYYhdT-jVYHYq_BLRWwkvXqBFZkecEwvwRT7fEqMcO429-_EZ463qKdBMGjJdVUsEk7eFL5UDlSRy2CuEmEBRi9h4tEdwv-W-2uqEa1TzC/s400/chair7.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /></a> Look at this lovely 'Sociable' -this is a Victorian style furniture still found in some of the old colonial mansions in India. <img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5111910197254494578" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh857Di7k-it3kFoBregLg9vGob5nWm0XLTwFEgfqkQOjlZ1i7yiN2Fn5bRkDadKBCZBg5lKCiSKzpP4V2P5DWXw_fdmDupbl6RawbjuJ2eck-JwW7pPbuCJ33Et3gkYgvaqqWqHxXsQj1p/s400/chair1.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" />An old Goan wood & cane <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divan_(furniture)">divan</a>.<img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5112122549027543666" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLJvdKrmcvc0XyYLvuBYyyJGGmfmxCfK-zNAZhwY6TdSJQNfrDAp5VfcoAzJSRwXPboA0NeVa3yYq3RkIKTYCMKhdpK9uvnRcwtRziQxS71K3AGzRpkzenHcETKWp4uFPlnHeYE5h2fQSS/s400/chair15.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" />A Regency inspired Indian sofa made in Goa fills up an otherwise bare room. <img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5111910201549461906" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMYAxCd4zwK1lTq-0daKeT_AQfOopHeXVNZSKNUaT3jYuYVoBFkVS2p7Knn3jBfyB9f3OmbGXkB-pkLh7q5XHwcWQmskPEQMFRFs8aKJEM36JV-71du9mnCNmoy_IHsM-o7esGuw-uQG_X/s400/chair3.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /></div><div>I Love Bhaitaks -A floor level seating arrangement that comprises of thick soft mattresses placed against walls and loads of decorative cushions & bolsters thrown in to at a burst of colours.<img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5111910205844429234" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWNxyXP9K7qZS5e63GxE1p_FxJMGiBwIbZwlaz7j89ymxR_-xO4NOfYJoI4Q3mdec-4zmi0UtKVZ8RMHA76uQDAypBg6DlSckXEZmC9fesv027aseAkaPp4iRBGf1YcFCT5VxvYKw25FXE/s400/chair5.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" />An Anglo-Indian influence in the form of a Victorian design settee.<img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5111924898927548914" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCyVeSP26ETB_kwq-FvyNXsaErpk8xz51znIF4vqRFmm-VUA1wSbOAEd7kkxxsi-wmcGqCtSuW4UxYH0hNKqBoI0TSd4n8Vrgrr7r6HphdPJ50bUR9sbqMnT10V3q82TMwPX8dw_cKlk0w/s400/chair9.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" />The humble <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charpoy">Charpoy </a>turned into a charming piece of furniture by <a href="http://www.stringbedco.com/index.html">Stringbedco</a>, they make amazing charpoys with modern sensibilities. <img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5112119052924164674" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidp6k_KyuiR8dIy9pi_99Xg2ZuuKW5pfF_dtZz71oFTksj3exE8onqRgvAkjHeZWtnZW-eNk_vlIi0pH9_CwB9AUGJH5KKSHiPJ_1x6HRicp168qK8Tjuvb0OKA82pyxMoD5PgvYyHxXvT/s400/chair12.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" />The Rattan chairs and settees are excellent for indoors as well as outdoors.</div><div></div><div> Enjoy these while I curl up on my favourite sofa with a cup of chai. </div></div><div>( images from eruditiononline.com, Indian Style, Stringbedco, Inside Outside Magazine)</div></div></div>

Please take a seat...

...relax, make yourselves comfortable and let me show you some interesting seating ideas from Incredible India... Beautifully carved Shekawa...

6:39 AM

Adorn your walls....

Paint them, peel them, stencil them, plaster them, madhubani them, block-print them, hand-paint them, wall-paper them....<img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5109269428494845346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5_EnmJwMrv6FsqT8SCxnrN5kUGAd_5OfgfBKODIP86FxiYeJzCnkbfSjJBCAKFxg9x9S8fxzHyOHEjPzbpPCKMbA2ievb4hx_eg2evwhIA2X9YZV3dImNKHAZCAN5hpRVv0QN696VNMhl/s400/pat16.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" />Hand-painted elephant in Tibrawala Haveli, Bissau, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rajasthan">Rajasthan</a>. (See how the trunk forms the handrail) Yes, I am talking about 'Walls'.<img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5109243143294993714" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn8F3_HxPaciX_dYsGhfHV3TbNbq3PgysgjJRVVFvFrnGYUlEVa6DBuIQz83UMT5GhNvexgn5Fadw1xSZZ_AU6hMH2fqqvI1LyukOGiAbILR9YJdWhZY-G110lIj6CQi80RG50-qjiREAw/s400/pat15.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" />The terracotta and white decorative patterns are inspired by houses in Magh. Gone are the days when walls were plain and their purpose was to house paintings, today they are the paintings. Bring in some rustic charm...<img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5109244521979495762" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4is_yqjvylcQ_6r643eY03Fhsa62TI_rfij37r5yLMyw9DqcXafUtQelxZRMH0iLn8LpA2aWcjblE6b35Qu8sN9hJdZV9YlqKJ8a_rW_dSqv7ik4KnjM9Tt5T9ZP-QXL9zwZSPEawKYGC/s400/pat17.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /> Traditional wall decorations painted by the caftsmen from the Wadha community, Hodka, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kutch">Kutch</a>. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvyrXdGUC3fL1C7Rj6Yp0uRfdtzoJPgSlcRa7mTTdjwLpdUI98_kUMCvL3ROpd-LrYz_OEUcUy1JaGjOmCKpoz86ObV6mHVfZzQECrlCgRXw1qzthZ5QaQOktFdxwcoA1j0ipBhJJZO2Fs/s1600-h/pat18.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5109244521979495778" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvyrXdGUC3fL1C7Rj6Yp0uRfdtzoJPgSlcRa7mTTdjwLpdUI98_kUMCvL3ROpd-LrYz_OEUcUy1JaGjOmCKpoz86ObV6mHVfZzQECrlCgRXw1qzthZ5QaQOktFdxwcoA1j0ipBhJJZO2Fs/s400/pat18.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /></a>Interesting flat, stylised & geometric designs with birds & camel motifs painted on the outer walls in the villages of Baramsar & Roopsi,<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kutch"> Kutch</a>. <img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5109243121820157170" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2OlIz7Mf-7BO3fh7jygpIQfJUG-9QvSqpxIJdbIKkw4kt3x_ci7PxZSAIb7EilbZRLsxziHUdgt1b785ohQUPj4lWbfPQAsJ7zC5VDG9aoQp5LZ2LmkKzoB9CpczJ-smOv0w1tkmba0v_/s400/pat10.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" />Family photosgraphs & religious images are embedded in the while plaster walls in Jaisalmer,<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rajasthan"> Rajasthan</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rajasthan"> </a> (What a fantastic idea!) <img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5109268324688250258" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioTPwt6w6d3w_0hI2b3xEmEHJQdT3AKEk_tvUEWzJlloqRluaCUQ-5UVXVTyKQIZLOenJTc56iYwt-62QPLa_mkETShrsdFgR-43OaGDkCAEG3hXUy2PJ5YrSsP9jn7hiK6Hv3JMwVpbrj/s400/pat11.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" />Terracotta tiles frame a niche in a house in Baramsar, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kutch">Kutch</a> where the cassette player is the only western amenity.<img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5109246072462689650" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB8cVvzPmw4tIA8K05ySbasnTvIyoyNPYSazSrR9KuTS4Y98FSDfUse8HOaUQKTyxkw8Wi5zKk_ElFWzfwRd-7nrb07otvTXkQRjl0Q1Q6LJ0Omh_QRqUtHXcS1rhyphenhyphen9bAJbX8MrS2cl6dK/s400/pat14.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" />Inlay work with antique mirrors & stylised flowers in Samode Palace, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rajasthan">Rajasthan</a>. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrnMxx-GEnzuOZGKbl-soN9PhRMYD-8KxRcpK_NkP1VFCHM8gKg8Zh67FZTu9G8SHNRZvSK6pHIEMqXFfm96IT36Q5MiYhe0UUXPyeCtTScN2JdwdH-FMFcTTuzvjoemrnTJoCk5S1tf6g/s1600-h/pat12.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5109243134705059090" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrnMxx-GEnzuOZGKbl-soN9PhRMYD-8KxRcpK_NkP1VFCHM8gKg8Zh67FZTu9G8SHNRZvSK6pHIEMqXFfm96IT36Q5MiYhe0UUXPyeCtTScN2JdwdH-FMFcTTuzvjoemrnTJoCk5S1tf6g/s400/pat12.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /></a>Lovely painted patterns in a private chapel in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goa">Goa</a>. <img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5109246076757656962" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii0dKD03uGEzB6nRpxOX_dX_qu_8nR07bo9iEkm0FXtPsibBSlfPPoSXDR9esLs82jWjtsNx5PGiSeWcmq4jRn8FVN6rC2nwn9L23PkVHC3Lmd1rCNNIgEU8YT8jmH2ozMNMWdY2uuD-Oy/s400/pat19.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" />The trellised roof forms interesting shadows on stencilled walls in one of the homes in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goa">Goa</a>. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK063cfGaWz8NYpUSdklJzRpg_R38S8LzYmW6GiboGmLyk5zlkEfhneG7_6CVmndRcKWq2t_odPOrpdrUpVtFHN6oMeUPFhjonsRNhtRdLNDDxMy_TaMm0vBz7DHzAxnTECcNAgkXL0jfS/s1600-h/pat13.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5109243139000026402" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK063cfGaWz8NYpUSdklJzRpg_R38S8LzYmW6GiboGmLyk5zlkEfhneG7_6CVmndRcKWq2t_odPOrpdrUpVtFHN6oMeUPFhjonsRNhtRdLNDDxMy_TaMm0vBz7DHzAxnTECcNAgkXL0jfS/s400/pat13.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /></a>Colourful Buddhist motifs in the mountainous region of northern India. Or go contemporary/fusion with these design ideas...<img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5108876729618861042" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiokJzB6v9WTVv7tcw6amGi3XJ-Q7CQT1mSePCSVU3TNiOVC1VmdTHch2naONAcf-lF0v4Sa67JjExDcoq5wwKoNAhp5FMAlasUkho5ucsa0GeD-NUyV4WvP0pHEpIfR4Mf3KjBVp7gzl__/s400/pat3.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" />Bold colourful geometric patterns in <a href="http://www.zebaworld.com/zeba_static/krsnamehta.htm">Krsna Mehta's </a>home. <img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5108876716733959138" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCrOBweFoLuhqbVm2l0ea3y-T-7M0Jj6GDaOE7S5ifKMWfTLJWPVeVNfVEPyXaatDJ2EUZZPMUZa3ewaARg8Ecl_N3p3RZmPeOD1J8YkLEwHae32v1AtbWN6gjB53gnWMXAdJljd2QBZiG/s400/pat2.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" />Goldpainted leaf motifs on blue background in <a href="http://www.zebaworld.com/zeba_static/krsnamehta.htm">Krsna Mehta's </a>residence. <img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5108876699554089938" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuwwp5sH-sewQMYG2iFgodEC9kC2tQzhehf_QltgxWXIl2VbIoUPHPCJQUKV8bovpG63jhU_g4amTNgpBDJSN1ckC5PJc5uI-oFwX_uz7v-FSA6BqSmMoFjMfq-6KnVGAs_Cw6f_y73nxn/s400/pat1.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" />Free flowing hand-painted design in film-maker Ram Madhvani's home.<img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5108881312348965954" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3Tdhv6WV_f09714av3eIHOpmGbqZPgvKHarEqDcPyabNilFn7JUT8QSaT5O-MyUWW-qBTD-k-CqaH4Y3XhQP3lP13VsA5v6evnXXyedSvbJK9EK8_X7NEvvDQucBlyKsthYD34ef_gItu/s400/pat8.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" />Feature wall with self gold floral print wall paper at Cafe' Penne designed by Payal Chopra. <img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5108876742503762946" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp3WRneC_TTC_ZYuE6s8Mr5DpLmJvGZUgEr_FKS-euqF1InTSRxjWatYmYYbj97eAKAkMXRfYrWbybgowKEvwjqEiXJqwo4wRzJgZlph1ZzLSR_FQed6YKfXCjsBvNaDl5AlSV5-BrJBBn/s400/pat4.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" />A sinuous bronze pattern on terracotta in Ram Madhvani's home.<img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5108876751093697554" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJybNLYkrIO8RReK-XldfcvNFSmd8lL_LoO0zW3Du7ZOCkFXG8-UA48PdrYfjVOszgFKRoB78RFpevDhkJTWZDM9KyQA2tKePdpBU4jo9EmdBDAN_17a07cPbvAxHJrOICrar3sStSH6Mw/s400/pat5.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" />Foliage patterns in black & white designed by Tania Singh Khosla for Zanav Home. <img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5108878585044732978" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4nKXhn9lZRAGWwESM6JcXC5SwsI_fpx3TdN_YXACMIOq7zAPh4ePccb1juvvAmShduswKtqR8PhOwaqgJ-98osNbmr0yvGSKfuXBdxRsbT5G8NgUMaBFNFmrKzheBpDQry0aaOrZn5rQT/s400/pat7.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" />Floral stencilled patterns in Mallika's room:-) So what are you waiting for go wild with your imagination, the wall is your canvas, paint away...:-) (images from Indian Style, home review magazine-vol6. issue3, inside outside magazine- july 2006, dec 2006 & jan 2007 issues)

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Raja Ravi Varma's beauties.

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkd7dXmSvMBmzyEVwl1lJzWw7ZgOSt6WxMoSM5wzsm12V_D5hyphenhyphenNr3lqZHfwhqADZYhY_VxbCOA51qVN2kcGRYOskj3xzFr1ACO2GVwHZ7QXFTcLUo7Rmh7O8IX6siRLD_0wmeunLKXxus4/s1600-h/ravi6.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5107081267318552450" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkd7dXmSvMBmzyEVwl1lJzWw7ZgOSt6WxMoSM5wzsm12V_D5hyphenhyphenNr3lqZHfwhqADZYhY_VxbCOA51qVN2kcGRYOskj3xzFr1ACO2GVwHZ7QXFTcLUo7Rmh7O8IX6siRLD_0wmeunLKXxus4/s400/ravi6.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /></a>Lady with Veena Everytime I look at <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raja_Ravi_Varma">Raja Ravi Varma's </a>depiction of sari clad, graceful & beautiful Indian women, I gasp! <img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5107081271613519762" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIjng6eMFbFF7pPBDADVSkkCvWneZLwIEwptnjjPWZwsDmN2_1SDRvkWns_2HBW3vhZoa_N4J-WK6wzIuHh2upACCUYKkZsj6q-G-dlPddKE1W32cpgmYJSoPl-Oyrepfzh8wuls8xPZeP/s400/ravi7.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" />In Contemplation <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raja_Ravi_Varma">Raja Ravi Varma</a> was an Indian king from Kerala who was also a great painter, during the 19th century. His paintings are considered to be a fusion of Indian traditions with European techniques. He is considered to be one of the finest painters in the history of Indian Art.<img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5107080373965354802" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW_Zhn8WNoD6KIU5Q0uz33YuZpRLmcN0cVISB3Uoyj36w_MtxUbvU46ao9ByCzxIvpkSzeq0zP-b1wO6xloCs_ij0Lrs7_BLwaWdAr5tJAo0kRagdGltcvGflMmIXwI99s-bM1c_cgCgHV/s400/ravi1.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /> The Milkmaid He learnt oil painting from a British painter, Theodor Jenson. Whose techniques he used in his paintings. <img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5107080378260322114" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglCBztXQooBwr-wIo-qMq8DpR9_NXOO7P3BeLLlQ8AdRePdI6eV5kYq84ama5Hn-U3Xrz0YbpJ_N-XDcNJhQs3ODrDcub5Wd1rJxg2PXKTVh9VZFQxd4Rds9MhDALC-4w091wUMwqk7RXH/s400/ravi2.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" />Expectation<img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5107080382555289426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBSCV5syxJkmXXtzUq7GqlcG-tKbtlzyh2KXh39CbdVZUucvk2FJbepkjpGQtw7gL1EWBW-qeFkxB9TQl5A5P5bIXAbmlpFfjTf0irWni3W_IUG7HfO1P4Xh8gmaSmJWWagfjE_eTdaaFV/s400/ravi3.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" />Yashoda with Krishna He is famous for his paintings depicting scenes from great epics like Mahabharata & Ramayana. <img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5107081284498421682" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJT1ADx__bePU0pc9F4oQQT0Y-jcX8TAh1nt_cbOuxHjYinEzSlxDTzioY_tW-mzsaqsyBjYz5JMqpK4za0K0AcJ6LGu4ASCziGGgmpi8GWg_hfVJAWgSGy85ApxAo9XAe-fZz51E_g2sY/s400/ravi9.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" />Jatayu Vadha <div>Most of his paintings were reproduced as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oleograph">Oleographs</a> and overshadowed the traditional Indian art form in the 19th century, for which he received criticism.<img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5107080382555289442" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYL3uyxykfeuAT-OeFnwWOjdvtsMX-I51gKXk4tVEyYxifaB_dT7vQ0NMc73OaISCgV8OqD-VmYEo4nKhxIoG83p6YDM50pUD0efHSF8W-RhzBThgt7ZgZMN-JSHNjm1FnYc9bnI1NK26r/s400/ravi4.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" />There comes Papa Raja Ravi Varma's paintings portrayed Indian myth with static realism.<img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5107080391145224050" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7-iF-5fRlLm45CXfcF6b9JnVBjWa7PMWTRpc4lthiph8BLLiSd_2u4xsFOiXblGgNoiCHUhKco37Rx82gRaKbyv3G5b3cQdfTKafPl6Y2oMSMvy5G_u6N4fRDp_0Rwx6LmSVFPqQtxg5P/s400/ravi5.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" />Lady in the moonlight I absolutely love his paintings of Indian women and had to share it with all of you:-) <img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5107081280203454370" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt-QcJVX6VFUoU7vdYsZDs__tTI70Oq4D1IWgCknciRmsKFiA5GrYK-s6DLyaNgROMHXOijqqttgcw3qHiGyO2SJ5FcKiDZsw96iwJpPyg_PGAMi4dKimyqEPhVw-eNvQkzZR3F2b8ouFj/s400/ravi8.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" />Hamsa Damayanthi You can see more of Ravi Varma's prints & oleographs <a href="http://ravi.varma.lithos.googlepages.com/home">here</a>. ( images from cyberkerala.com)</div>

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