Beautifully Subtle...

<img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5182407831083643554" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLVkYo-yowyzqfQzib3YVDLSu7_LoXONgghG3QsVclhKYlN6fh6XxVp7aRleq8X57Of5M1Wxxw1mgDh_PUjBvRFN_gDVoWDVeZ_rKbFbI7sgsqVLRICI7Hk99quvD_wL7lMML9uIG2j9dN/s400/6QB7F_4.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /><strong>Sanganer</strong> is a place in Rajasthan that is famous for it's traditional hand block printing. Sanganeri prints usually consists of floral motifs and the colours used are natural dyes derived from Turmeric, Indigo plants, banana leaves and so on.<img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5182412418108715794" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq5F4D8TGsGNV8MLK8KzJ6SItV9V0kxZGITVQbPstdWxtuYYzjyEOLtqf3WKUyM1YRovTKH0ivggshwrjKI9xo5hJNzeS7XmUDy-zuNAHki6k7tR5kPormqPa-k3GMFphRzj1wJ4txyUji/s400/sanganerquilt_3.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /><br />The colours are usually bright & vibrant which is synonymous with the colourful Rajasthan, hence it was a pleasant surprise when I saw these prints in subdued and in single colour in the <a href="http://www.toast.co.uk/cataloguepages2.aspx"><strong>Toast Catalogue</strong></a> Online.<img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5182412405223813874" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj501wv5wxplS7HCBcKVh4AStbm3vxF9yJjPfhYkfS6A1eQajOuG_nsKg9WUjzCqIk24l84KiMYc6DCWnz5GbzR5j7EeWpScxO8NKHDUJNcIovwHmVchDZCQCFDC7YFUhbLXfwPu5X_1RPP/s400/sanganerquilt_1.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5182412409518781186" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8kRLfFZQgCLDpIU6YSBx4CoBh6830iS4Krjf7NCccuIpsw3Lo9xMEh5Vc36TgfddHD6_93QK_7AskqLDThK80MjP-znRfrtnUtHNkuubKXH5vqwcNyqzRaAI35q6WyEjldHmco3rykcYR/s400/sanganerquilt_2.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /> <img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5182414703031317298" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8MAQY_kxSyfJkx5EHqfwbmivSlCfWvM5zaAdG0co6lpD8TFzRLJAf2lZaTeGeSP-ToTHRVqgpxL56BL3hZhvVHjZJUQnpLZlL7DkwFtjK-qV_Q2C4j5Ly4NsIhLe7i2ZqBQxaRZE9FfVl/s400/sang12.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5182414690146415394" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_BQL73iToQfXcQOBgjIUj7R4nvl4dUYz47_XRyTKZcrWN21Jo2S8z2UzlnoDpusDs0d9sO1_LbYudTesZf3zrjMTrQDoRG7EvRwJ9xKJqS3RzdP-pBj-3L-u_5ZOk3VjbJdY90jZkIMxP/s400/sang11.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" />Check out their <a href="http://www.toast.co.uk/range2.aspx?categorypath=houseandhome/quiltsblanketsandthrows/sanganerquilt&productid=&categoryref=%2fcategory2.aspx%3fcategorypath%3dhouseandhome%2fquiltsblanketsandthrows">Quilts, Blankets & Throws</a> in subtle colours. They have some lovely <a href="http://www.toast.co.uk/product2.aspx?categorypath=houseandhome/cushionsandpillows&productid=6QB7F&categoryref=%2fcategory2.aspx%3fcategorypath%3dhouseandhome%2fcushionsandpillows">pillow and cushion covers</a> too.<br /><br /><em>( images from Toast Catalogue)</em>

Beautifully Subtle...

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Petersham Nurseries

<img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5177926033094949666" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0oHDXOUwd-bEgK_dPmbcCuvNu3jfKBrDADcpkKPmYwuOdAPUJa06tF-vCUz6x4vgoV-rvYzF-DEth1UXs4Twf_WfDh0JQfQq53J-d_E_HiWLFC8U09asKaWg91CN4Jdd1qiGZF9GhUUDm/s400/peter3.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" />When I saw this photograph in <strong><a href="http://housemartin.typepad.com/housemartin/2008/03/grow.html">housemartin</a></strong> a couple of day back, apart from the beautiful nursery the thing that got my attention was the huge <em>'Urli' </em>a traditional Indian vessel. This got me curious and I read a bit about it online, but then today I pick up one of the old issues of <strong>'Design Today'</strong> <em>magazine </em>from my table, and what do I see <a href="http://www.petershamnurseries.com/home.asp"><strong>'Petersham Nurseries'</strong></a> again. So taking a cue, here I am posting about this breathtakingly beautiful nursery which is an antique store and also a<em> </em>cafe. <img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5177919865521912562" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjARlL_LMHVyOvTgSF60w9UEJ9UaV7tFJL-a9at5Hkby2xpnF41QnZkGPM__tFXJ39BlsUWeDw-EBlH4S_oTkTz7Att0zp_9hnxSGI_Xlo7p1TDfYo0VvRhVWlaifsAjBCadK4KR8CRBtmu/s400/peter13.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /> <strong>Francesco and Gael Boglione</strong> the owners of <strong><a href="http://www.petershamnurseries.com/home.asp">Petersham Nurseries</a></strong> in West London have travelled extensively around the world and to India. Which can be seen in these beautiful antiques and memorabilia that they have hand-picked and displayed so well in the nursery.<br /><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5177919869816879874" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisTVh9OVLXmDDZ6oaW9DHQG3PsInjasZ5ZCbAuLeECv-OLk_JyiNXsYXbNMcnKGgFUPPDsfj21ORv2iD5fXjYMQGKzG2kOyAc6kF5bb2dfXoaygSvsB1W7jNp6P6cT54k5xKxrEm4Nsw7M/s400/peter1.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /><em>Raja Ravi Varma prints & Tanjore Paintings are displayed against blinds made of natural fibres.<br /></em><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5177926041684884306" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1KDwXG2YVqPgwuislNj2uZcfrl-PyM0VggLA0OjJDM6LDjDJu2R4FMftj3A4i2phDlDqocsebTdSDbRGEERCIFTo4jFugBhoo7kDlDgtQ7v58vZ3J-VJTZUJ4_MxqydDZtpuTI9uoI7ZI/s400/peter7.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfNwXxIumCcHaopEu1iy07tfIpWw-msD-EBSx60nVWv_Zo6dVyQkBO2vZQRu3_omAIZHCENXeHCXGTII8YbVpGCNt5Az_cwRUONcOCy_sMbAYKfPhm_PFPx_pehV2sIxNuV7b-ZDytvFmO/s1600-h/peter5.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5177919856931977922" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfNwXxIumCcHaopEu1iy07tfIpWw-msD-EBSx60nVWv_Zo6dVyQkBO2vZQRu3_omAIZHCENXeHCXGTII8YbVpGCNt5Az_cwRUONcOCy_sMbAYKfPhm_PFPx_pehV2sIxNuV7b-ZDytvFmO/s400/peter5.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /></a> <img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5177919148262374018" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTWQJGQRNsodPeaTTSp8UXfj12vl9j1UA_J8oltfZKRLbwtrsviBWe5YTWod2waMe54v-RPLhWhVsV4qfScn3Ue-yYXzRR3VsKf-XrvfiNbuXbTLO400kp4H9UVy0I2pY7AEpA_yqxsQuN/s400/peter2.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /><em>The cart that is used by Indian Street vendors has been used very charmingly to prop pots.</em><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrHGsDX5GDRt8wahcHWqpdHKSBnSobclXQrSitEisZ1CHQ8385GVHRxZ8tRm0sq5aff3HbKCAPchu0EopMF4-zHt15wgo23CEQimNG49-XhEVADTzDlbRMgRD-3Guoi120CRL-FMCuQJ8h/s1600-h/peter9.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5177919865521912546" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrHGsDX5GDRt8wahcHWqpdHKSBnSobclXQrSitEisZ1CHQ8385GVHRxZ8tRm0sq5aff3HbKCAPchu0EopMF4-zHt15wgo23CEQimNG49-XhEVADTzDlbRMgRD-3Guoi120CRL-FMCuQJ8h/s400/peter9.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /></a><em> A traditional bell compliments an exotic orchid plant.</em><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5177919156852308642" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcEc-5vTR2Jz60j-M7xTVBfF1KH2Keix2INMBRtECDcftx51WeAWFGGBxhQ6aoFA5dFDVd8zlZrQDeNscPXXu0c0HTE-BxnSBsuyIBMUfsbQ1_ICC81Eua5KVXe8dEGrnYIBItbum7VjWM/s400/peter4.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /> <div><em>They have some Indian fabric quilts also for sale.</em> <img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5177930392486755170" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY5VS-s-ALuHBFCV7Bkj9LG_bifWiyy1o89AP7i5y4fLArWnSbAgrQaDv8S37yWLhQp75ozMLGijq99XmKTW3pS6DUZs5Fl4KFAY_ErAEgLzEI9jUJkYJBHrf0GVojg8NhJg4o4opLREUq/s400/peter10.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /><em>Handcrafted stone Buddha.</em><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5177930401076689778" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg972rzpPlo63uMYGIoC9TXqgw3CbJC0Fv2gvcwDKQ6PGnxsuw-wbOq8iQB2ZPgJpdNdety0Q3aMOX_Py-u_z2Ln3FEnTianlh_-Uvq5ABExlcli5L50-wfRCcv3o7TTtOtS7sgsxSk1LAh/s400/peter12.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /><em>Carved Indian Doors.<br /></em><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5177930405371657090" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9HDqu5S97SBwA07_T9PH56m2UY3Hdh4qV3lZrWzIuRL2X0Uz6n2YvHdArLlec_LgKhO90ugtHtmSxcynFEt32qbtjQ-XLpZDqsgzcEfEkACQePhwUGQLj7KXnBAOhdwrOPwCA9GLcw4fG/s400/peter11.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" />Here is a famous brand of <em>Indian cycle</em>- Hero Cycles for cycling around the nursery?:-)<br /></div><div></div><div><em>( images from Petersham Nurseries Site)</em></div>

Petersham Nurseries

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Jivi Sethi

<img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5168175364253831074" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt0Ai103iskRq5G8nwxqbOS3z0QLjQLBUELdOvRAWNs8oJcb7k1vufJmReZewnHcRtG71LM7PGpA2XRQEsyHJa2ZzgNA58Hj74mFrxArA4yCBOJhGqc5RxVEqJqWviEKH3kgzBZYyN_vDM/s400/jiv1.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /> <div><div>Some of you might remember I had featured <a href="http://rangdecor.blogspot.com/2007/12/two-for-joy-immense-joy.html">Jivi Sethi's Goan home</a> in December last year and yesterday as I flipped through the glossy pages of Elle Decor's latest edition I found myself staring at another eclectic space designed by Jivi Sethi, this time he shares his New Delhi residence.<br /></div><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5168252415967121426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihllqZ8GkWW6M7-QOlzjrrULCOqmGTnvuyuWySJCnfxw-dG9cfSb-lfNgtaA2aYdFMlTfxXcWu97bqATVyG6pRFfuJBv0gb6KZHS0dV-2zXFgIyT14oPS5mQC1gv69l9SAeSwFK0FA1_Gi/s400/jivi8.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" />A colonial daybed with vibrant cushions by Jivi, Sadr, Iris & Soleh. Glass paintings of Lord Hanuman & Ganesha on a Kashmiri screen. <img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5168272486349295682" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-MW278aRU2OJd05NxbrcBGpG9w8EANifCrKl7VYlWjUsfg_M6LzORiOq2oCsh38-YtM6W468QUrcJkIYtXoFqncy9hP_Aqp7TQN1Y7hDXwwhfmlY2xKE761jhcrbPkUUOXA7dglfwH_sB/s400/jivi7.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /><em></em></div><div>The entrance hall to the apartment has a 'Jaali' door designed by <a href="http://www.michaelaram.com/">Michael Aram</a><em>.( I love the flowers hanging in lovely water filled test tubes:-)<br /></em></div><div><em>The things that I find interesting in his spaces are the carefree use of colours, art & crafts picked up from parts of India as well as abroad. His ability to very smoothly blend the east with the west and yet create a harmonious style, I find very unique.</em> <img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5168178890421981138" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMAI_R0ZU0uVsEyIS4A9eGJErfX_tDLcTe7CIevElTzcSpBqkHn5gVOTVX7MtcOxvi4ITVScj5_qpm6OooCta3XEhRgNcnyzO_JK1RZ2xousP8xUB4WBJmlm1Q1DOHyCue33Al-04HMzWt/s400/jivi4.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /> The terrace dining table has black stone platter with patterned jasmine inlay work, sculpture by M J Enas & block print poppy table cloth by <a href="http://www.aletaonline.com/BrigetteC/bs.html">Brigitte Singh</a><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5168178924781719538" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLQJSnyx4uBBHdsx8J-eUrmDDalL5lEdosZT4wzgoSKyC5FKQRF4BppgYc2Vvm01XuR2M-ZxSxSqbQ_g0zTdzJia4Dfcnx7wdr0DZNfgj2Ax-Hgujnr1tLfagIM-VjxrrziSXy1vhMGuMs/s400/jivi5.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" />Painting by <a href="http://www.saffronart.com/artistdetails.asp?sourceid=714">Haku Shah </a>in the dining room, with doors salvaged from an old mansion. <em>( I love restorations:-)</em><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5168178886127013826" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYB56ISJSHncpafzxHUzQYJreUQHaY72eZA-X2Itls79BqytUMZznz3JcmUZNUmnwi8A22gJRO3TH9NmPNDPufzAh-TxRhy9XUqJh058PUn9MiddPSGlKcpbEm2-iq2rVkAWVcUANZWRQV/s400/jivi3.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" />The dining table all set with black marble inlay side plates, granite & bidri work tea-light holders and old brass oil lamps from Kerala on the consoles & Italian lamp overhead provide lovely light.<img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5168178868947144626" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1qpDuHTHY95RHYW_A-AAHEdvVQC2phvbAVqhdMzXnGXIvp5FPtbR3b7rd37KLJuUGtd2Xs6yTxIgrSXW-zu1c0zM_XGK4IxaobPu3O8_KgB1_M2vsjQbLOxuqQTy3_a_6wYXQedGYGSIn/s400/jivi2.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" />Seen here are Chinese Inlay and lacquer work of birds & bedside chest with <a href="http://www.antjeweberart.com/">Antje Weber </a>sculpture.<img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5168178916191784930" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdfA4dWiOZ-Ic8Yqwnn-eGMLjPPLpX4Fdb4-sZZGNMiPhK2udOIddaqKy6QSwUSQHNqSS_ya4Ms6F_IyZorhFATOM8tPqge_U3Cm9YNd_2y_WwsXi6Hq_dTGUVerDVK3WymZtvaG96QJB1/s400/jivi6.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /><em>I am a sucker for traditional oil lamps:-))</em> Here is a collection of brass lamps from Tamil Nadu, lithograph of a monument on the wall, a Lord Shiva mask from Varanasi & gold plated vegetables are served on a bidri work platter from his "Design Laboratory"<br /><br /><em>(images from elledecor magazine, Feb-Mar 2008)</em></div>

Jivi Sethi

Some of you might remember I had featured Jivi Sethi's Goan home in December last year and yesterday as I flipped through the glossy p...

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