Lounge room.
At last, the apartment is looking bright and cheerful. Here’s the lounge room, with traditional low to the floor Indian seating. You can also just see that there’s a huge chandelier hanging from the ceiling.
We found the other fabulous light from a small shop on Link Road, Malad, for 1000 rupees ($30). The mat and striped yellow cushion cover (we have a door curtain to match it) came from Home Stop, in Shopper’s Stop, InOrbit Mall, Malad. The other traditional cushion covers we got from an “exhibition cum sale” of handicrafts in Bandra. They cost 150 rupees ($5) each.
Bedroom.
This is the bedroom. The wall hanging we got from a roadside vendor near Juhu. It cost 250 rupees. The cushions were from Home Stop. The lamp, from the small lighting shop. It cost 500 rupees. The palms we got from a nursery in Borivali.
Kitchen.
This is our typical looking Indian kitchen, with a three burner gas cook top. Modular kitchens are only a relatively new luxury concept in India, so sadly we don’t have one.
Courtyard and garden view.
This is the view of the apartment complex courtyard from our lounge room window. I really love the tranquil green outlook into the garden.
The nicely decorated inside of our apartment is quite an exception to most apartments in India. People really don’t put much effort into decorating their homes in India. They have plain walls, fluorescent tube lighting, and minimal furniture. I guess it’s because people believe the money could be better spent on day to day living.
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hie, i stumbled across your website thru someone mentioning about it in ht blogs, i must say your a real sweetheart !!! i hardly know you
but your blogs are so simple and beautifully penned !!! and your a real sweet girl at hear too………clearly yu live in a different world and are very happy in it too. and trust me tht makes me happy as well……. you have seen a life in Mumbai and Kolkata…… i hv lived in Mumbai too all along and got married to a guy in Delhi.
People here in delhi are real show offers and only spending money whereas mumbai is more realistic and simple esp the maharastrians and catholics…….. they really dont beleive in spending a lot on the interiors of the house as well….. take in a peek into one of the lives of delhi and you ll know what the difference is.
this is just the start and am gonna be in touch with you thru this blog and wld love to know u better !!!
tk cr girl !!!
Hi Shalini, so happy to meet you here….and thank you for all the positive feedback. My blog is still a work in progress. I’ve got lots of updating to do from the past year or so. I just started the blog last week, so I’m surprised people are reading it already! Thanks so much for sharing your perspective on things too. How interesting that you got married and moved cities (gosh, what a contrast Delhi seems). It sounds like we’ve got quite a bit in common. I look forward to getting to know you too and hearing more about your life. Wishing you the best….
I wonder if you live in Mumbai or in Navi Mumbai like Vashi or some place!
Kandivali West actually. It’s outer north western suburbs!
Wow! Your apartment is really nice. Not at all what I expected to see. I meet a girl online who is currently dating an Indian from Chennani and she flew to meet him and took pictures of his apartment. Wow, it is night and day compare to yours.
Thanks Chrisitna.
I must admit, I have tried to show it at its best angles. In some places there is paint coming off the walls! The landlord refuses to repaint it, saying it’s unnecessary. Most Indian apartments aren’t very well decorated at all. Every time an Indian person comes into our apartment for a look around, they always “oooh” and “aaah”. It makes me laugh because by western standards, our apartment isn’t that nice at all!
I mist say, for an apartment in Mumbai, that is spacious
Really it’s not! It’s only a 500 sq ft (is that what apartments are measured in here?) one bedroom apartment. I’m longing to live somewhere more spacious!
You are in the world’s most crowded city, and space comes at a premium
I loved da lamps & cushion covers!Ur color choice is mindblowing!