

The August morning that saved us
Also published on Huff Post http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tanushree-ghosh/postpartum_b_7883422.html On a bright and unusually crispy August morning in Phoenix Arizona, the garage door to our beautiful home was open for outsiders to catch glimpses of my spouse somberly strapping our baby into the car seat, who appeared to be a little less spirited than her usual ebullient self. But no one could see me, thanks to the shielding walls and drawn shades, shaking in uncontrollable s


Black and White DIYs to tie a home together
When I started designing my home, like most home owners, I had two boundary conditions and one wish - budget and individual expression, and a high end cohesive end result. We travel a lot, and my interest is towards ethnic exotic handicrafts, possibly inherited with my own ethnicity, and those inherently are brilliantly colorful. So as I incorporated them into my husband's minimalist taste, seeking the end result above - I had to devise crafty ways to tie them together. I dec