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Appartment Entrance Kitchen and Dining Kitchen and Lounge View from balcony Bedroom

Our first house in Sydney. A very helping Indian lady agreed to take us as house guests on the request of a friend of my cousin's. Long trail really. It's amazing how you find people and develop new friends. The Living area The House   Kitchen and Dining Bedroom    Backyard

Added few new plants to my little terrace garden ... a Tulsi, a hibiscus and a money plant ...  was lucky to come by a hard drink (not mine ... ;)) bottle .... dark green in color and an interesting shape. So used it for the money plant. Money plant can survive in only water like in this case or you can plant it in a pot as well ... but its a home plant so you can not place it in direct sunlight. you need to keep it in a shady place. I've placed it in my front room. The Tulsi n hibiscus adorn my terrace. And the hibiscus is in its full glory. Simply love the color of its flowers ... not much of a fragrance though ...  so thinking of getting a rose or 'Mogra' for its fragrant flowers ... :)  

My little terrace garden is in full blooms ... :) Consistency in watering the plants, shoveling the planters and occasional clean up has resulted good yields. I can now allow myself some expansion plans. Will get roses, hibiscus and some such real plants this time.

Finally I've been able to create my little terrace garden ... nothing extravagant ... just a couple of planters placed on an old shoe rack in the terrace. But it looks amazing. Surprisingly both me and hubz have become really responsible. We take turns to water the plants and weekends I've actually taken time to clean and shovel the planters water them. This weekend I was able to plant a few seeds. But they are yet to grow. Hoping my enthusiasm stays for long ... :) Check out my little terrace garden below ...

Welcome to my decked up nest now ... Let me show you around .. :)  As you come in the door ....  <-- The living room -->  Living room view  - as seen from  the kitchen. check out my TV unit ... :) <-- Kitchen and dining .... loved the vibrant green structure .. it came with the flat ... -->                     Bedroom one ...                                          Bedroom two ..

Ok so its out .. :) check my implementations for the ideas I had been toying with for last few days ..      The empty glass jar filled with shells in the bottom and fresh flowers ... gives a welcome at my door My TV unit has indeed turned out to be really great. Wall mounted it with 2 simple glass pieces below it which  take care of my several gadgets. Less space .. less mess ... and amazingly less budget (excluding the TV afcourse) .. :) The jars with spoons and other kitchen stuff is one of my favorite arrangements ever. Loved it  Be back with some house snaps ... which is ready for its launch .. :)

Green is my favorite color. I've always loved being in green surroundings, like the hills and forts surrounding pune - specially after rains. Its awesome ... :) And what better way than a 'house garden' to get bit of this 'slice of paradise' at home ... :) Luckily, I've got a nice little terrace to my house where I can manage to create a small home garden. Nothing extravagant, but just a few potted plants which will give that 'green' feel to my home. Stumbelled upon some amazing deco ideas for house gardens. Sharing some pics here.  Colored pots make a huge impact. You can manage to get earthen pots in all shapes and sizes in the market. And they are very simple to color.   This white pot with 'grass like' plant - sorry I'm a beginner in this field so I've no clue what these plants are called - is such a nice option to place by the door. Simply loved this idea of placing rocks in the planters. And check this simple...

People usually dont acknowledge it, but clean and big washing area makes a huge difference in our lives. Obviously since thats the very first place in the house you see after getting up each morning .. :) Thankfully I'm not much pressed on space in my new place and I'm planing to get a nice big wash basin with a huge mirror fitted there. My usual approach, answer to all my questions .. :D. The internet afcourse. Have come across some amazing designs in there. Check out the amazing spiral design below. But my favorite is the amoeba style colorful design. How I wish I can manage to get that amoeba from somewhere .. :)       But my visit to neighbourhood stores had been disappointing. They do not have any such unusual designs. I'm not losing hopes though. Trying to figure out same way to get something similar. For above pictures, courtesy- http://walyou.com/washbasin-design/ http://weburbanist.com/2008/11/17/creative-modern-sinks-wash-basin-designs/

These days I'm into complete research mode ... :D dont get me wrong .. nothing sci-fi. Research for decorating my little space with some easy options. And this time my focus is my TV area. Got a nice LCD already, now just need some good way to put it up in my living room. I'm not too good at keeping showcases - TV units where you set up some decorative items as well behind glass doors. So I've decided to go with wall mounting the TV and having some manageable unit below it to place the tata sky unit, dvd and speaker unit. As always, my search on net has ended up with this few simple options. Also gives me a great idea to get my Tv wall painted or to get some attractive wall paper on it.    But I'm not sure from where I can manage to get all this stuff. May be need to think some more and as always go through the stuff already available with me. More than usual such exercise gives you loads of ideas.

Whoa! .. having a furnished kitchen helps a lot. I've already done setting it up with all basic stuff in place and am able to make a decent meal out of what ever I've assembled so far. so that's good enough .. :) Searching for some good options to organize it now. Came across loads of ideas, but 2 of them have really come out to be very effective - easy to implement + looks good +cheap . What more can I ask for? .. :) Take a look at these pics from the net to see how amazingly easy it is to organize your kitchen space. Holders for spoons, spatulas, kitchen scissors and all things prone to be lost so easily. Baskets - great and cheap option to place things like fruits/veggies. Hanging baskets can be great way to stash away all those papers/bills/receipts which get collected on top of the fridge. Baskets can also be placed in open shelves to store food items or empty cans/utensils which otherwise clutter the counter/shelves.