above: THIS is the lobby of my ENT doctor’s building.
Makes a medical visit feel like raiding an Aztec tomb!
And what could one expect to find in the garage?
Tag Archives: decorating
The Tomato Plant that Ate My Balcony
I think it aspires to be a shade tree.
Rats! (and Mice)
Ikea sells some charmingly weird stuffed animals, including the rats above.
And mice:
…which I had to add to the family because the white one is clearly the result of a genetics experiment gone wrong; I think his father was Gonzo from the Muppet Show.
A rat also found its way into my office:
Balcony Garden
All edible: nasturtiums, two kinds of sage, tomatoes (gift from @bubbva), parsley, bell pepper, serrano pepper, rosemary, thyme basil and (in front) variegated pineapple mint from Jeffrey and John – and it really does smell like pineapple! Will have to experiment making some tropical drinks with that. Let’s see, I have cachaça and mango juice…
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Living, Room
I think I can call the living room area finished now. Ikea had this lovely and comfortable armchair on sale. Add a couple of end tables for party drinks and nibbles, and we’re done. I’ve already had a few sets of dinner guests over, and all pronounce the daybed/sofa very comfortable.
The painting on the left, by the way, is by Bombay artist Rashmi Dogra; the one on the right is by my daughter, Rossella.
The dining area is now spiffied up with a piece of ikat material bought on one of my trips to Delhi, and I hung a red and black Madras cotton scarf (actually from Madras, probably, but purchased at Fabindia) over the floor lamp to camouflage its ugly wires.
The entryway was simply too dark, especially as I propose to fill it with photographs. That was easily solved with a $5 strand of twinkle lights, long enough to string along the ceiling from an outlet in the kitchen.
