sneak peek: my new home

Hi lovely people..How are you all doing? I have moved to our new home. This home like our previous homes is close to nature.. We live on a mountain and have the view of the beautiful green mountain...There is so much greenery outside..Every morning we wake up by the chirping of the birds..It is really serene and beautiful..

The move didn't go as we had excepted ..It was a total mess by the moving company..We ended up unpacking all the boxes ourselves and since they broke our dear swiss-made bed we have to sleep on a makeshift bed on floor and go through the slow insurance process to recover our loss..:( This move has turned my 5 month old into a mommy magnet.. So we took turns to take care of him while the other one unpacked and arranged our stuff..

So this is how our apartment looked on the Day1-2-3.. I must say it was overwhelming..

I just piled up all the boxes as I unpacked in a corner..On Day 4 when the movers took away the boxes it was a great relief..The task of making this space look like "our apartment" has begun..

After 3 hours of cleaning and arranging I managed to make it the dining table look better..While organizing my stuff I found some hidden treasures.. 

The table runner is a banarasi saree table runner .. It adds the much needed color and jazz to the room..

The table coasters are from Bali.. hand painted on wood in batik style..The tea is Aveda's organic herbal tea..It is amazing..If you are a tea lover you have try this one..It has after taste of peppermint and licorice root..

 Bought the white lilies when we went for a walk in the evening..I still have to arrange the balcony and other areas!! I am focusing on my baby's nursery right now!!

Linking to party at centerpiece wednesday, Tablescape Thursday, show & tell Friday !!

Pink Summer Table

A Spring-Summer themed table setting.. My mind has been bursting with ideas..Spring ..summer ..flowers...beach..vacation..sailing!!! That's the main theme of this  table  setting!!

The huge silk pink flowers are the centerpiece!! The silk table runner is a recent buy from Penang,Malaysia. I have placed a small glass filled sea shells on the plate.

Pink is the dominant color in this setting! The color scheme fell into place after I choose the centerpiece!!!  I have placed a wooden ship on one side and pink carnations in a watering jug in the other side..tied a raffia around it!! I used it earlier Spring table decor with roses..See here!!

Top views..

I have also placed two french hens on the sides ..I have a small collection of French hens..There was a time when I was totally crazy for them.. Thats all I would think of buying any where I went..When we lived in Switzerland I had seen a adorable clay French hen in a pretty house in her garden in Basel. I looked everywhere in but couldn't find anything like that .. so settled for small ones from some places in Europe:))

The yellow with polka dots is candle (a swiss hen):) which I will never burn in this life:)) ... the other one is wooden candle holder (a German hen:)

Glittery and Shiny

Glittery and shiny is how my home has started to look slowly..

 I arranged a few things on my side table which makes it all glittery and shiny.. I was going through some old pictures of the previous Christmas we had celebrated in Europe. So I toook out some of the beautiful items we had bought from there..The masks are from Venice ..the miniature Kremlin  is from Moscow!!





The Kremlin is a music box .. It has very sweet music!! 





These ornaments from Windsor castle , England which you have seen previously in the dinning table decor .. I have kept them in a handmade dish from Budapest, Hungary.. It is made of porcelain and has a doily like pattern which makes it so delicate!! 




Thats all from me this time!!! I am party hopping over to Susan @ between naps on the porch for Table scape Thursday
!!

Red and white Holiday Table Decor

Once again it is this time of the year when starts a series of Office / Private Christmas dinner parties, Christmas BBQs, Christmas gifts and holidays!! Also its time for glim and glam colors.. get your reds, maroons, orange , greens, gold and silver out.. !! Such a jolly time!!  

For this table setting I used red on white color theme. It is simple, minimalistic and easy to do as well!! The table setting is for four..  

I made a lame attempt at making a Christmas tree from the napkin:) 

For the coaster I used a red poinsettia leaf!! On two of 4 plates I placed a ornament. They from a shop at Windsor castle, England. 

One is green and other is blue!! They look very pretty on the red & gold napkins!!

As the centerpiece I placed single dahlia flower in glass. I got this idea from German magazine Wunderweib!!

Two candle stands with red candles in the center will give  a warm romantic glow in the evening!!

Breakfast table

A great way to start your week is have a sumptuous and healthy breakfast with family.. We rarely have time to have breakfast together.. there are few days when we both have time to have breakfast together so I try to make it special..

The checkered table cloth is folded into a table runner ... it gives a feeling of picnic table!!

I have a collection of hens.. I love French hens and have looked high and low to curate them.. This one is from Villeroy and Boch.. I made a tomato topiary ..This was my first attempt .. I think second one will be better!!

Thats all for today!! Look out for a tomato topiary tutorial on this blog soon..


Linking to Tabletop Tuesday, Tablescape Thursday, Show&Tell Friday!!