You know I am crazy about easy DIY projects (Do It Yourself) and enjoy tinkering with stuff. My folks think I can repair anything and in fact, over the years, I’ve proved it by my restoration skills. It is a habit born from having to be thrifty and get the maximum…
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Or what my kitchen sink taught me about patience. I am big on DIY projects I love to experiment. (Which accounts for the phone numbers of numerous reliable skilled people in my phone book). I grew up with my Uncles who enjoyed tinkering with stuff. Come Sunday, and post-lunch, we’d be…
Or – how to have a lot of fun with wall stickers and give your room an instant makeover. Two weeks back, I was browsing Priti’s blog and drooling over the wall decals – in fact, one in particular – a beautiful jet black tree with a pair of orange love…
Approaching the wrap up stage of my spring cleaning, and my urge to purge, I was browsing home furnishings online thinking that a little more closed storage in the form of a couple of well-placed bookshelves is what we need, what with my son’s growing book collection. Dusting is such a…
I’ve had a lovely hectic week where I’ve shot way past the #NaNoWriMo word count, but have not finished the draft of my “Health Guide for Women” so I am yet to “validate my book:” The creative juices, I am glad to say, are in full flow, though. I got a…
Over at The Zen Mama’s blog I read a beautiful post today that took me right back to my childhood days and those lazy summer vacations. Kalyani paati, my great grandmother and my mother’s mother was an amazing woman who ruled her roost and brood with the proverbial iron hand in…