Name A Chameleon Contest... ;) ... no seriously ... :)

 So we are working hard at giving the Adams family a run for their money ... things we do are getting a lil' beyond weird and whacky ...;)
He ... ah! may be ... She ... well! never mind ... the story is ... this beautiful creature (???) ... of God! entered our lives quite like the dinosaurs out of Jurassic park.Took a fancy for one of our Juniper trees and thats just where its been ,10 months and still counting...
Initially, we shared mutual fright of each other ... each time we encountered each other in the garden ... he'd change colors and dash for the fence and I'd do a mad dash across the lawn and indoors... like I just saw and survived a T-Rex.Well! the strong hearted fella has over come fear of me ... and I haven't... :(

... see how cool he is ... I was clicking away and he sat there ... and then ..click...click ... weee... all he does is check me out with crack opened ...one eye ... :)

O.ky-doky ... Sam and I have decided ... since he is going no where ... and we practicly look out for him all the while including how much weight he has lost this winter ... while hibernating on this branch.Honestly, we've even stopped spraying water on this tree ... least he catch a cold in this frosty-chilly winter  ...:)

Oh! Did I mention we were contemplating carring him with us in case we ever move home ... :):)

Soooooooooooo ... now that he is sooo part of our garden living ... we've decided to give him a name ... and not just think of him as the guy on the tree ...

And you are sure to see him in the background everytime I do a gardening post ... :)

And here goes ... suggests a name for our new entry to the brood and you get a chance at ...

1. Winning yourself a  free sponsor space on this blog  (in case you are a bussiness owner) for 1 month.

           

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2. A feature post  ... incase you are a blogger.  

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3. Full bragging rights to naming a Chameleon sitting on a Juniper tree in India ...  :)  ... ( could consider visitation rights ... though conditions may apply )

... you are allowed to be funny ...cutie ...  serious ... and just about anything under the sun ... as long as we mean nothing rude or hurt anyones sentiments ... remember this is a family scene ... :):)
So , go right ahead leave us a comment with your suggestion ... there's no limit to the no. of suggestions you can make ...
We pick a name ... 6th of Feb. ... you get to hear of the winner ... following day ... :):):)
So ... hope to hear from all my readers and many more ... Guys, there's a  nameless Chameleon,sitting on a juniper tree ... waiting for a nice name ... :) What do you suggest we call him ...

A lil' pep to some things sooooo ...mundane ... ;)

 Tissue's ... weeee ...  formal entertaining faux pas ... ??? ... well! normally speaking ... just plain ol' boring ... thrown in ... stacked up in a bunch ...they are like ... just there ...

 ... after many years of ... a lot of phoo -phoo ... I do get into situations ... when I haaaaaaaaave ... (grrrr) ... to get them out ...  ;) ... so o.k, Rajee wake up 'n' smell the coffee ... ;)

  ... well ! then  ... the coffee smells great and no more .. crib-crib ...whine-whine ... ;) ... think up of ways ... make it look cute ... cool and its all done and quite fine ...

...dealt with the plain ... mundane tissue issue ... now lets move on to other fun things in life ... ( gosh! you have to see my husband rolling his eyes ... when he figures what I am writting about ...) ... :):) ... well! then what do you say ... tissue- issue bothers you too or are you  with Sam, rolling your eyes ... ;) ... o.k go ahead ... shoot it out ... share it here ... what you got working in your mind ... ;) :) 

Glaming up working from home ... Inspiration ... :)

                                                                                 via lauradayliving.com

If you work from home ... then you are sure to understand and feel for ... what I am blabbering about in this post.I am honestly tired of sitting in a corner balancing my tea and laptop and I am completely missing a work area. A pen and notepad would mean, I need to be a talented juggler ... ;) haha ... :)

I want to do up my working space ... and in case you are feeling any of the thingies I am listing below ... just jump on board ...

 ... I want my workspace to have  that awesomeness to pull me ...

... I want it to inspire me ....

 ... I want to get organised ...

 ... and honestly I want to have a great place to make all those office going people  ... like...as in absolutely ... Super J ... ;):)

 ...( the cheeky me would love that bit ... and please read ,victim intented... my husband ... Oh! I soooo want to make him Super-Duper J) .... ;);)
 This picture of Tamara Mellon  sitting at her Maison Jenson  desk is sure inspiring me ...

     source unknown

... this very contemporary office space feels fun to ... I actually liked this picture 'cause for quite sometime I have been thinking about this style of tables ... and love the colors too ... like the table lamp ... curtains ... aa..aahhhh ... :)

                                                                                                         Aerin Lauder's Office Space
... I love the black and white picture across ... and that the upholstery (of the two chairs on the left ) adds to the room ... in non glam talk I'd say ... it looks nice and light and bright ... now I don't have any particular leaning towards cream  (in this particular home office case)... but I like how this room looks ...

                                                    source unknown, though I remember seeing this in Architectural Digest
... this look is a little too serious for me right now ... but it gets into the inspiration file anyways for some reason unknown ... :)

 ... uuuuh! I completely fell for that soft board ... I always wanted to get one of those Saharanpur carving frames to do a soft board for myself ... though a bare no fabric one was in my mind ... this one with the fabric on, makes me like this too. Been toying with the idea of the teal blue color on my walls ... but I sleep over it and chicken out by morning  ... only to start thinking about it again by evening and repeat history ... :)

 ...  I am loving the colors in this picture too ... the lovely play of tone on tone with the curtains ... walls ... carpet ... and the table adds that glam ...

                                                                            Pamel Skaist Levy's Desk
 ... loads  of glam out here ... I guess ... :)

                                                                                                 Mary McDonald
... the whole teal ... turquiose  ... thingy happening in my head started when I saw this beautiful room designed by Mary McDonald ... if you are ever wondering what colors go with this blue  ... this would be a awesome source to inspire you ... I liked the tree painted on the wall behind the frames ... so you kind of go beyond the frames ... love the Pagoda shades on the lamps ... the table ... the chair ... :)

 ... the colors  ... the tones ... in this picture ...are quite like what's happening in my house. I added this in,  for those moments when I am having doubts about pairing colors  and textures ... yep ... working on your own space is one of the most challenging things ... and everytime I read the blogs of some  amazing designers  ... it is very reassuring that they all feel the same ...

,,, wooo ! to be surrounded with all my collections ... dream like work space ... ??? ... how about fun space ...

 ... mixmatch and I am in love ... the not the same chairs had me completely here ...

... I am quite excited  to get cracking on this project ... I have furniture that I actually need to keep in mind ... its not going to be a bare canvas ... but I  have prior commitments to make me keep staring and waiting ...

but non the less it was a fun thought to share some inspirational rooms with you all ... incase you too may be in my shoes ... or incase you weren't ...well! how about it ... a whole new revamped home office ... how does that sound to you ...

And if you never heard of it ... here it is a designing - homeoffice- support group .... :) ...if you got a story to share ... we got ears for you ... so go right ahead and tell us your story ... ;):)

Blogadda ... A big Thankyou ... it was fun ...:)

A big thankyou to Harish Krishnan at Blogadda ... it was good fun, figuring my way with all those questions. Incase you'd love to catch up on what all Harish quized me about ... pop over to  http://blog.blogadda.com/2011/01/13/rajee-sood-indian-interior-designer-blogger-interview .

And incase, it stirs up any questions you'd like to ask me ... drop me a line ... would love to hear from you... :)

Ah! for the love of antique roses ... and a Happy New Year, to all abrakophiles... :)

Its a lovely feeling ... the beginning of a New Year ... loads of new thingies happening around ... ;) ... well ! how about some new collecting bug to pass around ... Now I am not talking about the viral and flu kinda bug ... but viciously infectious never the less ... :):) Hahah ... what fun ...

... In the west there are people reviving their love in the old varieties of roses ... its lovely to call them antique roses ... Me the romantic thinks its awesome... :). But here in India, its terribly fallen out of favour.Who ever thinks of the ol' fella Gulab ... your florist will think you are nuts if you ask hime if he's got stocks ... the nursery man ... aaaaah! he doesn't think its a profitable option. So you are very likely not to happen to have seen ol' fella Gulab ( Rosa moschata )... for a while now ... me too ...:)

... tell me they don't remind you of mummy's ol' garden ... may be nani's ... ??? ... :) and sure, there were oh ! soooo many flower arranging pictures from old English magazines ... that had them looking all pretty with pots of Tea and those floral embroidered tea cozies ...

... just last week in a nursery bursting with all the seasonal flowers ... I spotted these two pink Gulab rose plants ... talk about being out of favour and fashion ... thinny skinny and completely gangly looking ... but they were the prettiest shade of pink ... bringing back a flood of memories and tons of love ... Ladies and Gentlemen I have found myself a new love ... ;):) ... I've caught a bug ... a new bug for a new year ... do I get to pass it on to you ... ???

In case your nose it twitching a weeee bitty and you think the antique rose bug may be getting you ... you might enjoy these websites ... ton loads of info for people like us ...

http://www.roseinfo.com/  and http://www.rdrop.com/ 

And so , for this New Year have yourself a lovely new Gulab plant ... but which one is it giong to be ... a shrub ... a climber ... a crepper ... :) Oh! let me not get started about the color and petals ... :):) ... wooo did I hear an Aaaaaachooo ... bless you Abrakophile ... ;)