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This is news I'm sooo excited to share with you :) A brand new fashion & decor store called Bliss is now open in Versova, Andheri, Mumbai. And you can actually buy artnlight products from there. It all started as soon as I uploaded the pics of the trays and boxes here on this blog. Mallika Desai Thakker from Vibe design wrote to me and Riddhi and said she is launching a store and would love to keep our products. She was the 1st person to contact us and we were really thrilled. Over the past month and a couple of meetings what struck me was what an amazingly easy person Mallika is to work with. And apart from being an oasis of calm, she has great taste & this you can see in every part of the gorgeous store she has put together. So here we go on a visual tour of brand new BLISS. (I'm so happy to be the 1st to cover them - ye, ye ye!!!)

The wooden gate has Bliss's pretty lotus signage on it.

Bougainvilleas on the balconies on top are waiting to grow and spill pink into the compound.

Wood panelling & sculptures are an interesting contrast to the blue door.

If the exterior was bright and airy, the interiors have the understated elegance of an exclusive boutique .The walls are dressed in beautifully upholstered fabric.

Bliss retails well known fashion brands
And super elegant accessories

The textured wall painted in luminous gold is spot lit to create drama.

Elegant party accessories & purses.

Fancy clutches and purses in metallic weaves

I loved the way gold and wood dress this beautiful stairway that leads up to the decor section.

And along the stairs on the walls are my wall art.

I never knew it could look quite this good :)

You must excuse this bit of self indulgence

At the head of the stairs is an elegant white single seater with a paper lamp hanging over it.

This is the sight that you see as soon as you walk up the stairs. The Blue wall is a beautiful backdrop for the engraved marble top dining table & has lovely display windows

My trays- Ye! :) I love the way she's kept the cuttle fish trays against the blue wall. This works :) And aren't those table mats beautiful?

The pristine white sofa stands out against sheer pink curtains and the blue wall.

Elegant cushions are strewn tasefully on the sofa.

This is an interesting wall where Mallika has displayed precious stones that can be used to dress parts of your walls. (My trays are perched on top of the blocks- next to the clocks)

My vintage Rose trays
And Riddhi Desai's books :)

This huge silver wall clock is my MOST favorite thing in BLISS. What a gorgeous piece of work it is.

Pretty cushions line this stylish grey sofa

I love the way this yellow wall catches the light from all the chrome pieces displayed along it.

Pretty glass and chrome candle holders

Glasses and tableware

Shiny stylish cutlery

My boxes line the top shelf along with vases

Thats my peacock tray :)

I loved this elegant set of tables with inlay work

This is a post I'm surprised I'm making. I was as usual looking at homes tours in Apartment Therapy and found myself hooked onto pictures of this home. The surprising bit for me is that the colours, style and the tone of this home though completely beautiful is so not me. But here's to openness, here's to celebration a of grey, neutrals and how you can create drama with them.

Brad & Kendra's South End Boston home with its dramatic and old world fireplace.

What I found so unbelievable about this home is that it is an 820 sq feet home & the look & feel is clearly of a larger, much larger space.

Elegant detailing makes this place

This bedroom is such a masterstroke. I love the way the yellow just perks up everything.

The art and artifact corner

Love the flooring

Any home that can create such an interesting frame always gets my vote

Drama with black. I love the wall graphic and the way the door is treated- with love.

If you want to see more pictures of this stunning home click here.

Today is the day I get to breathe between two spells of super hectic activity. I'm learning a new way to live- where I used to do twenty things in a day, life has suddenly decided I must do 42. Well. I ranted, complained, and then decided all of that is a waste of good time and energy & my new tactic is just to quietly do do do do. Oh, so now I need to do 62 and not 42? no, I'm not scared, bring it on. And I will DO.
In the same spirit, I have decided that I will blog irrespective of my crazy job list and I hope the powers that be are listening. Today I feature Eduardo Recife from misprintedtype.com. His layered, many patterned work strewn with hand-drawn squiggles has completely caught my fancy and his FAQs in the 'about' section of his site makes for really interesting reading :)

Map of the interior world. I love the juxtaposition of shapes, geometry, pattern and visual.

What Recife says about his site : "Misprinted Type is online since 1998. It is my playground! It started at first as a way to simple distribute the fonts I was creating back then. Later on I decided to also put some collages and drawings... Today Misprinted Type is where I put my ideas together, either in the form of a simple text, a collage, a drawing or a typeface. Everything you see here is my personal works and projects, there is no client, no brief, nothing... Call it design, illustration, art or a waste of time, for me its a theraphy, a hobby and what makes me happy."

Give to get back

Secret

Bright Side

Truth

Dream

Where did hope go?

For NewYork Times: Generation OMG

His drawings are to die for.

Heal

Nada

Queen of hearts

Destiny