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i like these kind of jars - the cheapest i can go is -

buy a 2.50$ candle from one of those craft shops - burn them out - clean them up ( easy peasy ) and use them.

charming and stylish and warm

this house is not even a remote representation of indian homes. it is only located in india. having said that from the eyes of another indian this is how i feel

the kitchen looks great, but it is not a "working kitchen".

the toilet - now that is plugging away from reality ! water problems in india is a common phenomenon - western toilets ain't work !

Accessories - amazing - great taste.

floor - fabulous - great for hot and humid climate.

the sink - looks like an old iron bucket - NOT practical - looks great.

LOOKS like a great PROP.. the architect has style - i will definitely call him for window design, a movie set. but he ain't realistic !

these indians are so called "sophisticated globe trotting kind" ( 0.0001% )of the population - london today, newyork tomorrow and india day before yesterday. not the ordinary middle class indians - not the usual target audience of AT.

for someone who is not used to eating with hands it will be odd. before the fork and the spoon came everybody ate with hands.
And if you must know when you eat with your hands you eat less, because you feel the food - it is not a foreign body getting inside your body. you eat with all your senses - touch (eating with hands ) smell (herbs, spices), visual (color ) etc etc.
if it is a soup you slurp it down.. one is supposed to enjoy food - not consider it foreign ( as if eating with a fork and a spoon)
the britishers came up with some kind of etiquette and every body seems to be following it.

And you should be washing your hands very well before you eat your food.

well...i can keep talking about it..

I grew up without a hot water pipe. So when we had to take a bath.. it was time to boil water. Good for us and the hair..the chemicals in the water would settle and there was pure water..no damage to the hair nor the skin

this design is "SO" copied. people in kerala use Oil bottles covered with Jute coir so that it does not slip from their hand.

greening does not happen with " buying more" green products,

but reducing consumption
recycling
reusing

consumerism in any form is barbarism

i often get "looks" when 'friends' come home because i have a very decluttered home - i have art work etc, but it is very paired down - just the essentials. i love good things but the thought of that clamouring my small space makes me ask the question -

do i want it or need it.
so if it is need i'll buy otherwise thankfully i enjoy window shopping and leave it there. it is a discipline that i have learnt having to spend money on things that i need. there are always yard sales and shops , they are never going away, so i 'll put away the shopping for later.. and the later never comes because i forget what i want !!

drooling...drooling...drooling

..the floor - SIGH!

the floor, the wall, the white dishes, the plain glass, the ladder with books

and the paintings... OH ...MY GOD ..

and the ceilings..All so White and yet so colorful.. the rugs.. OH MY and the ART work... OH MY MY...

tomorrow i'll be in chinatown and will be looking out

i am thinking asia means japan means small spaces = lots to learn and do and harness space.

My mother did everything by hand, until the grinder came. And for the pesto - nothing better than a stone mortar and pestle to add the flavor that a machine made one lacks.
Are earth methods - cooking in clay pots, grilling on fire ( not the fall electric thingy) tasty.
Isn't slow cooking flavorful than the microwaved one ?

Of course do we have the patience for it even if we had the time ?