Interiors

Cleaning your home is a mandatory exercise and must be regularly undertaken. If not your home will resemble a pig sty and this is not a pleasant thing. This is very often seen in bachelor homes and sometimes in homes of working couples. The cleaning job very often is looked ...

Recently, a friend sent me some gorgeous pictures of his vertical garden. He used the sunny wall side of his garage to put up a basic metal trellis on which he suspended some flower pots by means of nuts and bolts. He experimented with a number of plants, many of ...

“Let food be thy medicine, and medicine be thy food,” so said Hippocrates, the ancient Greek physician who actually used to prescribe garlic to treat a variety of medical conditions. Garlic is an immune-boosting food and is widely used in cooking. Garlic is a species in the onion genus Allium ...

“Only mad dogs and Englishmen go out in the midday sun,” said Rudyard Kipling in Gunga Din, more than a century ago but, most Indians do go out in the midday sun, mainly out of necessity. The heat of the sun peaks midday and the attended risks of exposure to ...

Okay, you miscalculated. You planned to redecorate in 2017 and now with the cash crunch, you are wondering if you should go ahead with your plans. Then again, your living room does look a bit ratty, the children’s rooms are a disaster and less said about the bathroom the better. ...

These days it can be quite difficult when you have guests staying over. It is especially so, if both partners are working, if there are school going children and if there is no domestic help. So in these difficult times, you can choose to be a good, bad host or ...

Automation seems to be the buzz word that is gaining currency in today’s world. Many jobs which hitherto have been done by humans are now being done by robots. This is generally truer in factories but it is being extended to homes of those who can afford it now. Of ...

Everyone takes pride in keeping their homes tidy and attractive unless you are a hobo. Who does not like their homes to be clean and alluring? Even many bachelors try and keep their residences neat and tidy. What makes a house attractive and alluring? Is it the décor or the ...

All of us want to put our favourite pictures up on the wall. But for some it turns out to be awesome while for other it turns out to be a bit awkward. Follow these tips to the T and you will not only create an amazing space in your ...

Carpet is a floor covering that is used for a variety of purposes. It adds decor to the room, it is comfortable to laze on, prevents kids from getting hurt when they fall, and insulates your bare feet from the coldness of the floor. It comes in many colours and ...