Restoration Hardware Pit Stop

Made a pit stop at Restoration Hardware - nothing here is affordable but you get some great ideas for styling and recreating. When I am rolling in millions all my furniture will be from here, until then I will just pose and take out pics of everything !

Loved the light colored round tables as I am looking for one big round one right now for my living room but D has assured me he is making me one out of skateboards ! Don't ask me more - its all happening in his head !

The girls absolutely bored and lounging in the sofa section

This chain link chandelier.............incredibly cool and different

Eeek ! I spot a Swedish mirror ! and a Venetian one too ! 

Pining for a wood chandelier - they lend so much organic texture to a space

D in a Faberge chair............is it not the coolest chair ever ! 

Their furniture is designed so well with the utmost workmanship and quality. By far some of the best furniture in the market. Those are all the pics guys, now I'm off to dream of my millions and how I will spend it !

Hugs
Lynda

A Stain in the Glass

I have been, since the past 6 years, moving around three stained glass panels. These were shipped to Dubai  from Bombay, then to Bahrain and finally to Canada. They are the last remaining fragments of what was once 'Carl Villa' - the house that my grandmother lived and passed away in. The house was a family property that sheltered four families. My grandmother lived on the ground level facing North. The house holds a special place for me as I lived there with my grandparents for a couple of years as a child. After that we (my brother & I) passed by every morning on the way to school to greet my grandparents and stopped by after school for lunch before journeying onward to Bandra and home.

When the house was finally sold to developers and the building was being demolished, I convinced my mother to save the stained glass panels for me. It took a lot of doing, but the carpenter managed to get them out in one piece.

We decided not to have the units refinished as they so have much history. Every layer of paint probably contains volumes of stories about the good and bad times in Carl Villa. It also probably contains lead!!!!

So. They've been sitting in our crawl space, while we've tried to figure out the best place for them to go. This evening Lynda played around with some newspaper templates and we agreed on a suitable location. On account of the weight of the panel, I had to go with a sturdier method of hanging it on the wall than just D hooks or wire.

I ripped a piece of 3/4" ply and ripped it again down the center at a 35 degree angle. The angle was not so important, I just needed a mating pair.

Here in pictures is the process and outcome.

The template on the wall

Stained Glass panel on the table

1st part of the bracket on the wall

 Mating unit and spacer at the bottom affixed to the panel

 This is how the wall part looks when affixed to the wall

Mating part fixed to the panel

 And dropped in place

 The panel on the wall

Close Up

Dhiraj

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Stuff that I've Done Part II

This is my Grandmother's Showcase.

Did a lot of work on this piece.

I had the wooden shelves retired, replaced by glass ones. Removed the wooden shelf supports and put adjustable brass rails.

The bevelled mirrors in the recessed panels at the rear really made this unit pop.

Pride of place still goes to my Grandfather's books which my mother kindly gave for me to pass on to future generations.

I have a picture of the full showcase somewhere. Will post it later

Stuff that I've Done Part I

This is a Prie-Dieu (Pray to God - in French) salvaged from Mount Mary's Basilica in Bandra, Mumbai.

It was being thrown out before U. H saved it for me. It is circa 1905.

Was is a terrible state when I got it, but saw it's potential and rightly enough.

It sits below our Altar Box holding one of Lynda's painting books.

I just love ecclesiastical furniture

Shout out here to Vinod - My carpenter, who interprets my madness for perfection down to the letter.