Rang Decor Readers Creative Spaces: IX

<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Mishta & Anirudh </span></span></b><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Today under Rang Decor Reader's Creative Spaces, I take you to a colourful Goa-inspired home in Bangalore.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/archanasr_2000/5482153426/" title="entrance porch by archanasr, on Flickr"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><img alt="entrance porch" height="576" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5011/5482153426_161ff7cc5d_z.jpg" width="432" /></span></a></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre-wrap; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Entrance Porch...</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Mishta and Anirudh</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> are a 30-something couple, both designers, one a product designer and the other a graphic designer, decided to build over Anirudh’s family home’s existing ground floor bungalow on a 60 x 40 plot in Sadashivnagar, Bangalore.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The design of the house revolves around three courtyards and two trees.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/archanasr_2000/5482153400/" title="avocado tree at entrance by archanasr, on Flickr"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><img alt="avocado tree at entrance" height="576" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5020/5482153400_641a52bd5e_z.jpg" width="432" /></span></a></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Avocado Tree at the entrance...</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/archanasr_2000/5484646208/" title="mango tree courtyard by archanasr, on Flickr"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><img alt="mango tree courtyard" height="432" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5094/5484646208_4fea461058_z.jpg" width="576" /></span></a></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Mishta explains,</span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">"</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: normal; "><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">A courtyard on the second floor at the back of the house is carved out to let a mango tree spread it’s limbs... </span></span></i></span></span></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/archanasr_2000/5482163178/" title="main courtyard by archanasr, on Flickr"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><img alt="main courtyard" height="640" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5019/5482163178_13e68ff737_z.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: normal; font-style: italic; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">...and a main courtyard, also on the second floor, at the front of the house, is designed to pay homage to</span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoffrey_Bawa"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Geoffrey Bawa’s</span></a></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> tropical style with a pond and landscaping."</span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The over-arching theme of the house has been heavily influenced by the couple’s love for Goa, a destination they run off to, to recharge, every two and half months. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Mishta adds,</span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> "The idea was not to recreate a Goan house, but to pick Portuguese influences, through colour and form and combine that with the sense of an open Asian tropical house."</span></span></i></div><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/archanasr_2000/5482153418/" title="drawing room3 by archanasr, on Flickr"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><img alt="drawing room3" height="480" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5054/5482153418_94b2057648_z.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The drawing room...</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/archanasr_2000/5481563237/" title="drawing room4 by archanasr, on Flickr"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><img alt="drawing room4" height="640" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5293/5481563237_f79ef5f17b_z.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/archanasr_2000/5482153410/" title="dining room by archanasr, on Flickr"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><img alt="dining room" height="498" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5213/5482153410_6c26919cae_z.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The dining area...</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/archanasr_2000/5482153412/" title="balinese lamp at stairwell by archanasr, on Flickr"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><img alt="balinese lamp at stairwell" height="576" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5017/5482153412_4d9d3c2f9b_z.jpg" width="432" /></span></a></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Balinese Lamp against coloured glass at the stairwell...</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/archanasr_2000/5482162872/" title="master bedroom by archanasr, on Flickr"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><img alt="master bedroom" height="432" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5220/5482162872_09652168d0_z.jpg" width="576" /></span></a></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre-wrap; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The Master bedroom...</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/archanasr_2000/5483933573/" title="guest room3 by archanasr, on Flickr"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><img alt="guest room3" height="576" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5054/5483933573_d233289284_z.jpg" width="432" /></span></a></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre-wrap; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Guest bedroom...</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/archanasr_2000/5481564541/" title="second floor lobby by archanasr, on Flickr"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><img alt="second floor lobby" height="648" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5014/5481564541_1366a23d7f_b.jpg" width="468" /></span></a></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Second floor lobby...</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Mishta adds, "</span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The main colour scheme for the house is yellow ochre and dark green. The flooring is cool green kota stone with small floral tiles inlayed at intervals. </span></span></i></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></i></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Common passageways are in black and white checks. Rustic tiles in terracotta and green have been used in the flooring of the courtyards. Ceramic floral tiles were sourced from Spain and fitted into niches in all the courtyards."</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><img alt="nameplate" height="640" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5095/5482161546_d314f3670a_z.jpg" width="480" /></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap; font-family:georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Custom-made nameplate tiles from </span><b><a href="http://www.velhagoa.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Velha Goa...</span></a></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre-wrap; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Mishta & Anirudh~</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> Thanks for sharing so generously photos of your vibrant home with readers of</span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> Rang Decor.</span></span></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre-wrap; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre-wrap; "><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">P.S. If anyone has any queries regarding Mishta and Anirudh's home, feel free to ask in the comments section.</span></span></i></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></i></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">( Images by Mishta Roy)</span></i></span></div></div>

Rang Decor Readers Creative Spaces: IX

Mishta & Anirudh Today under Rang Decor Reader's Creative Spaces, I take you to a colourful Goa-inspired home in Bangalore. Entrance...

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Kitchen of Serenity

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY44wdEQGMnoPIUmXkzA_Bg7omUY6B5Q_bSnoKc0cFUNUF-VOqaUS-Yy7qjE0OdOITp2Dh0erbib8rADMm_neZFcL_m3fzCeQR39ZdoS1DJwz3Mm-FJce0xYJ80T1UVUImwCpnEAmgITaK/s1600/2_imq.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="424" j6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY44wdEQGMnoPIUmXkzA_Bg7omUY6B5Q_bSnoKc0cFUNUF-VOqaUS-Yy7qjE0OdOITp2Dh0erbib8rADMm_neZFcL_m3fzCeQR39ZdoS1DJwz3Mm-FJce0xYJ80T1UVUImwCpnEAmgITaK/s640/2_imq.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">First, let me apologise for my husband's disgraceful behaviour. Hijacking my blog? Who does that rascal think he is?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-size: x-large;">♥ ♥ *swoon* ♥ ♥</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I felt such a lovely mixture of extremely embarrassed and extraordinarily happy. I'd say this would be an accurate portrayal:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1FvXW214kcgbt-im62D2lyhaalgiEjRm5IRZAdS9CYrHMfOmY8L3eU2iE9ullVP23DxNq4kBOfhe7gWIXj05hNhQbxD2wnUvX8WHfwg9c4zjKx4EgNFEVYALCEhBYoPemr_BlENzjJ83l/s1600/marketing+pilgrim.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="294" j6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1FvXW214kcgbt-im62D2lyhaalgiEjRm5IRZAdS9CYrHMfOmY8L3eU2iE9ullVP23DxNq4kBOfhe7gWIXj05hNhQbxD2wnUvX8WHfwg9c4zjKx4EgNFEVYALCEhBYoPemr_BlENzjJ83l/s320/marketing+pilgrim.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Are you feeling it?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The blush? The giggling? The lurrrrve?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Anyway, ahem....moving swiftly on, now that V-day is over, shall we get back on track with a bit of </span><span style="font-size: x-large;">Kitchen Delectability?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">As a little reminder, here at Modern Country Style, we're going through, step by step, how to makeover a kitchen on any budget....with plenty of other <span style="color: #990000; font-size: x-large;">delightful distractions</span> along the way. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">We've looked at:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Step 1: </span><a href="http://moderncountrystyle.blogspot.com/2011/01/if-youre-looking-to-makeover-your.html"><span style="font-size: large;">Kitchen Foraging</span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Step 2: </span><a href="http://moderncountrystyle.blogspot.com/2011/01/kitchen-makeover-step-2-narrowing.html"><span style="font-size: large;">Narrowing Choices</span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">and I do believe we're currently stopping off at:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Step 3: Colour Inspiration</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I want the feel of my final colour choices to be calm and peaceful and this <span style="background-color: #999999;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #999999; font-size: x-large;">Kitchen of Serenity</span></span><span style="background-color: white;"> </span>sums that up perfectly for me.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix2wvUO5e_izMfJyarePPgcOZkwWhLP_hssgxD_VpWau99NpFbckDkFHk_XWKohnVyISqNdq7N0P7Esv85wPGvsZSAaInEUzcTlSlGtVXGox6ygzQLEVoayKa1pYDsnuT3NUzDrKbfWJbG/s1600/1_imq.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="424" j6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix2wvUO5e_izMfJyarePPgcOZkwWhLP_hssgxD_VpWau99NpFbckDkFHk_XWKohnVyISqNdq7N0P7Esv85wPGvsZSAaInEUzcTlSlGtVXGox6ygzQLEVoayKa1pYDsnuT3NUzDrKbfWJbG/s640/1_imq.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Kitchen of Serenity has a <span style="font-size: x-large;">very limited palette</span> of white, pale grey and charcoal. So restful and gentle.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">{L:O:V:E those pendants.}</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEGkai5qCatDPdCRyR_0k-H-OHVvfBbrR783gIgyfHlgs4w9DCg-Dg-RVxEukT4gsAtXeLtEKd71zcxaPMnlUtYQdTpzd5rUUBtdUg-YESW4e_QJhr64vUwPdjjU2vrfc1t0bt8hfjQm4w/s1600/5_imq.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" j6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEGkai5qCatDPdCRyR_0k-H-OHVvfBbrR783gIgyfHlgs4w9DCg-Dg-RVxEukT4gsAtXeLtEKd71zcxaPMnlUtYQdTpzd5rUUBtdUg-YESW4e_QJhr64vUwPdjjU2vrfc1t0bt8hfjQm4w/s640/5_imq.jpg" width="424" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Kitchen of Serenity is spacious and airy. No clutter at all, apart from carefully placed <span style="font-size: x-large;">objet de gorgeousness</span>, as I like to call them, in an unbelievably pretentious fashion.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFYmkkm2utdIJBi7ubXiPdNwe50yPVVSOie7qrVTEBYHAs-zWvscBV18qylIHjOkAzGXyZ20_GvHz7XucZb-zPgNdvzqY0tczw-tuunCW0sg-gYE9UdvF72p3w8fzWBaM7dgfTgl_ge-dB/s1600/4_imq.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" j6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFYmkkm2utdIJBi7ubXiPdNwe50yPVVSOie7qrVTEBYHAs-zWvscBV18qylIHjOkAzGXyZ20_GvHz7XucZb-zPgNdvzqY0tczw-tuunCW0sg-gYE9UdvF72p3w8fzWBaM7dgfTgl_ge-dB/s640/4_imq.jpg" width="424" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">But, <span style="font-size: x-large;">for reality's sake</span>, I feel I have to ask 'Where's the kettle and the toaster?'</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Is it a little bit *too* clean and clinical? </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSmVDIixS1zGOeeLyO9f347HW4MiJt8Sf5Za-umL81whTMLnRvvtWwN91AOJfhbA6qHifLmi5wkbZVJ83Qe7tqBtQIWSWX9xDQ0AKNWVURJsBJwD0hJDT6uhRKUCfsSC7hM-F-rX8btZjy/s1600/3_imq.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" j6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSmVDIixS1zGOeeLyO9f347HW4MiJt8Sf5Za-umL81whTMLnRvvtWwN91AOJfhbA6qHifLmi5wkbZVJ83Qe7tqBtQIWSWX9xDQ0AKNWVURJsBJwD0hJDT6uhRKUCfsSC7hM-F-rX8btZjy/s640/3_imq.jpg" width="424" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">A bit *too* lacking in any colour or personality?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-size: x-large;">{What do *<span style="color: magenta;">you</span>* think?}</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin4WRJxFWjUWmr5NhWJxa_BVPYP_Txq7AyvRbcZ9i7DaPzS8HryjxnS0Ly5aSZEZVyNNGdDKzpsZK1d21zXHeTIUSv5Sq3O45Lkaq6lB5pp2or1x5ljRG9anH0T3ggQsp0prJyO7P5LfCj/s1600/911BDF1E66C2C8003D62774447FCC1C0.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXGsnEZO3GhgFcJH8lzT93Y_u2Hk-yYUt6ZOUdJHKihzHATnbrCCd4sjQ3hVv_rjY_iCtPUHAteeVkK9snTeiSFWHaw1wAeBfL-CGojKeaNxTeZkr_VkVUmYWnwHYrtyv3lA8ReeJn5qLx/s1600/2052BBEDE343AF4A73F6A61C3820B007.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;">Images via Plain English</span></div>

Kitchen of Serenity

First, let me apologise for my husband's disgraceful behaviour. Hijacking my blog? Who does that rascal think he is? ♥ ♥ *swoon* ♥ ♥ I f...

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Valentine's Day Part Two.

Er....<br /><br />Hello - is anybody there....?<br /><br />This is the occasionally referred to Mr Modern Country speaking.<br /><br />It is Valentine's day and this is the closest that I could get to shouting from the rooftops.<br /><br />Mrs Modern Country:<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><b>I LOVE YOU!</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;">Not so secretly, your adoring husband.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">PS, please forgive me for resetting your password and ruining your lovely blog with a lack of arty pictures. XXXo</div>

Valentine's Day Part Two.

Er.... Hello - is anybody there....? This is the occasionally referred to Mr Modern Country speaking. It is Valentine's day and this is ...

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