A home in Islamabad built with pride and love. I don’t know about you, but I’ve always loved interior design magazines, and books. More than that, one loves visiting beautiful homes of friends and acquaintances. It just makes you feel great. As you know, I’ve been writing on different homes in Islamabad. You can …
The upholstery project
Hello Everyone! You gave me such a wonderful response to my previous blog post on how I revamped my parents’ room here. I was flooded with questions about it afterwards. Yes, I get most on my Facebook and Instagram accounts where I share the blog posts also, as well as on WhatsApp with various groups. …
Reboot yourself by re-upholstering.
Salaams to all. This one is more about getting yourself back to normal after a difficult spell in life. It maybe a personal tragedy, or just a terribly busy spell in life. When you come back to your own life, you find that almost everything has changed. Nothing is as it used to be. So, …
Creating and living with beauty in your home.
It is all about managing to bring beauty into your home. We are surrounded with art and beauty in nature. Nature is an artists’ greatest inspiration. It is only natural to want to bring this beauty inside our homes as well. I’ve shared some beautiful homes with you, and have lined up some more …
Café Garage – a refreshing addition.
– A perfect place to hangout for the youthful among you. ‘ Cafe Garage, is a new place in E-11, which is quite interesting. It has a garage look and is called ‘garage’ too!’ My daughter mentioned it to me, some time back. I made a note, to check it out, and forgot about it. …
An Elegant Home – Part II
After my last blog post on this Elegant home in Islamabad, many people wanted me to do more posts like it. (Actually 87% of you!) So, here is the rest of my friend Munazza’s home. In case you missed the last post Here it is. A beautiful home is probably everyone’s dream. We all would love …
An Elegant Home in Islamabad.
Truly, I cherish my friends. Especially the ones whom I’ve known for a long time. Maintaining these friendships is my greatest happiness and joy. AVM Qasim and Munazza have been known to my husband and myself since 1992. (I’m sure my husband has known bhai for a much longer time.) But I met him …
My friend Unzila’s home
Unzila has a lovely home in Islamabad. I often drop in at her place and feel like sharing what I see. So, this time I thought I better go ahead with it. We both enjoyed ourselves, as I sipped the tasty lemon grass green tea. Hurriedly, I snapped away with my mobile phone’s camera and …
How I built a Studio apartment in my house.
– The synergy factor! Sometimes, you are faced with a situation which feels overwhelming, and quite impossible. But the fun part comes, when you end up doing something even more ‘impossible’ due to it. A synergy takes place, and you come up with an idea, which is completely new and thrilling. That is what happened …