Category: inspiration

  • Spiritual Self

    Spiritual Self

    Your surroundings reflect who you are and what you aspire to be! Uplift the look and feel of your home by creating a spiritual space within your house that will soothe your eyes and calm your soul. Indulge in a wide range of elegant décor pieces, rare collectibles, accessories, jewelry and books to match your…

  • 7 Indian Women of Style & Substance

    7 Indian Women of Style & Substance

    These legendary women represent the quintessentially Indian sense of style by pairing handcrafted sarees with elegant accessories in their unique way…read on! 1. MS Subbulakshmi Image Courtesy: The Hindu & karpuramanjari.blogspot.in A renowned Carnatic vocalist and the first Indian singer to receive the Bharat Ratna Award, the divine voice of MS Subbulakshmi is an inspiration…

  • 5 Perfect Father’s Day Gifting Ideas For Every Type of Dad

    5 Perfect Father’s Day Gifting Ideas For Every Type of Dad

    A compulsive reader, a disturb-me-not-on-a-Sunday-soul, a fashion conscious trend-setter, or a culinary expert… Whatever the type, this Father’s Day, we’ve put together a gifting guide that keeps you covered for any type of dad! The Raving Reader Dad Is your dad a book lover? Is a mug of coffee in one hand and a book…

  • Katna’s Kantha: Crafting Lives in Murshidabad, Bengal

    Katna’s Kantha: Crafting Lives in Murshidabad, Bengal

    Slowly one stitches together the layers of frayed fabric Slowly, step by step, does one tread the path Slowly and steadily one scales the mountain – Sanskrit shloka; oral tradition Kantha embroidery is a distinct style applied to the creation of coverlets. Traditionally the Lep kantha of old, involved poor village women sewing together layers…

  • India Inspires Global Design!

    India Inspires Global Design!

    When elements from India find their way into the homes of top designers, artists and tastemakers across the world, it not just makes for a beautiful picture, but also makes you smile for the world finally takes notice of the immense beauty held in our subcontinent! Tell us which one you enjoyed the most! Australian…

  • 5 Celebrities Gone Traditional at #CannesFilmFestival

    5 Celebrities Gone Traditional at #CannesFilmFestival

    Who says the Red Carpet on the French Riviera can’t go traditional? These leading ladies of Hindi cinema prove that India’s colors, embroideries and the saree’s grace can redefine what dressing for Cannes Film Festival means! Who do you think wore it best? Borrow a leaf from their style diaries for gorgeous sarees, stunning jewelry…

  • Guest Post: 5 Great Ways to Add Color to Your Home

    Guest Post: 5 Great Ways to Add Color to Your Home

    Author: Jacquin Milhouse-Headen, Interiors by Jacquin blog Hi! My name is Jacquin and I am the owner and editor of the Interiors by Jacquin interior design business and home décor blog. I am glad to be a guest author for Jaypore today. Thanks for tuning in! When it comes to spending time at home, you want your…

  • #LivingWithNature

    #LivingWithNature

    It is like living in a painting with sun-kissed corners and shadows playing. In rustic rooms that bring nature indoors For simple pleasures and to stay forever bathed in Earth’s glowing light… Not so long ago, we lived in harmony with nature, one with the outdoors. But our modern lifestyle has taken us away from…

  • Home Diaries: A Life in Color

    Nothing ordinary can lie behind a green and purple door. When we were led in through the enchanted gate at this Delhi home, it was a window into another world. We were still in the dusty capital city, it was still a sunny Saturday morning, with its sounds floating in the air, somewhere in the…

  • A Date with Design and More at Windmill Design Festival 2015

    Over the last few years, the studios of Windmill Interiors and Pradeep Sachdeva Design Associates (PSDA) at Aya Nagar on the Delhi-Haryana border have become the focus of a creative community that often drops in to share an idea, collaborate or simply talk over a cup of coffee. The Windmill Festival celebrates this friendship and…