And it’s the time of the year when the homes and the inmates of the home, from the elders to the youngest along with all the staffers, are excited to be dressed in their finest and take part in the Festival of Diwali by participating in the puja, illuminating thousands of diyas, bursting numerous fire…
Having graduated with M.SC in Biotechnology, I was working with CDSCO (Central Drug Standard & Control Organization), Ministry of Health, but then I resigned from my blooming career to devote my time to my family. My hobbies, which include cooking, music and dress designing, became my everyday life. Listening to music while cooking and designing…
Certain quintessential destinations have such an appeal that, as many times you visit, you are left hungry for more. Rajasthan in India is one such destination which has its mark in the history of India, where the Rana’s once lived and ruled and from where Rani Laxmibai, our woman warrior, hails from. With so much…
If you are one of those people who have spent countless precious nights of sleep tossing and turning, unable to find comfort in your own room, it is time to consider redecorating your space. Not only Vaastu or Feng Shui experts, but a growing number of design gurus around the world are of the belief…
We have always read about how important and useful recycling is. The waste materials, if we go by the definition of recycling, can be reused into making something new by consuming lesser “fresh” raw materials and also reduce air pollution (from incineration) and water pollution (from landfilling) by reducing the need for “conventional” methods of…
Today in My Beautiful Home we talk to Dhanya Menon, who is an Entrepreneur running her own human resources consultation firm. Besides looking after her 4 year old son, she is immensely talented in understanding organizational behavior of various corporates and providing them with contemporary solutions. She keeps herself updated with all the developments in the…
This is from the time I lived in Oxford in Oxfordshire, England which is a picturesque university town. “The city of the dreaming spires” as Matthew Arnold had described Oxford; it is not only famous for it’s over 800 years legacy as a home to scholars and royalty but also for its beauty, farmlands and…
Very recently a family friend moved into a new apartment which had a huge hall and normal sized bedrooms. However the bathrooms were pretty small (read our previous article on capsule bathroom décor ideas) and the so was the kitchen. At the first look of the kitchen, I was gushing on how tiny and cute…
With the real estate rates going up in India every second, the size of a standard house or flat gets continuously shrunk. When a 2BHK or 3BHK space is non-compromisable for most of us, how many of us really bother to see the size of a bathroom? Yes, bathrooms would be the last thing on…
Everything these days is just a single digital click away, like for e.g.: one doesn’t need to go to a store to shop for a particular dress or buy groceries or even window shop. One can easily do all that through the virtual world. When everything else we do is via a cyber-avatar, how can…