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Comfort Decorating

Or, as we call it- TrumatterStyle! A decor style that involves decorating with things and collectibles that cocoons you in a blanket of familiarity; Delights yo

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My boy Muzu and I are purveyor of all things decor and design and in here, you’ll find fresh updates on everything you want from the decor world. Sometime

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Easy DIY Decor Ideas that are doable, requires very little time and instills in your home a sense of comfort- effortlessly! I promise it requires stuff you will

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How to tackle Storage in a Small Rental Apartment

March 17, 2020

Hello! How you doin’? God, I so want to talk about small space storage solutions and get to the point right away but I can’t help wonder how is it going at yours. And I honestly hope it’s looking okay-ish wherever you are; and you are tucked in safe and sound in your home. What…

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I'm a lyadhkhor bangali. On top, they give me thes
I'm a lyadhkhor bangali. On top, they give me these brilliant crochet border, soft floofy bedding. The shoot that could have ended at 8, ended at 12 because I was playing with cats and cozying up in this setting. But can you blame me? Please look at this gorgeous bedding by @7petalshome and it's so affordable you won't believe me at all. If you want a little primp in your bedroom, go check them out.

Twinkly lights, cool days, can we then say that th
Twinkly lights, cool days, can we then say that the best time of the year is here?

A little before and after today showing how light
A little before and after today showing how light source can change the entire vibe of a room. Also thats a bay leaf plant! Decorating with edibles is my thing I think. Hashtag #trubhajiwali

Wants to chill. But also wants to see what's happe
Wants to chill. But also wants to see what's happening.

How to refresh your workstation in under 2 minutes
How to refresh your workstation in under 2 minutes. Excuse my pajama, I'm (literally) at home. Feat. @bevintagedecor Flowers: @bloombombs P.s. this is also my first video from my phone. I use a @realmeindia

A simple IKEA lamp upgrade with cane webbing! I li
A simple IKEA lamp upgrade with cane webbing! I literally just stuck it on the shade because it was kinda dotted with blue paint! But ideally, you'll want to open the shade, snip the fabric open and then stick it with strong glue around the frame. It's really that simple! . @rohankadam85 is also camouflaging and sleeping haha...poor boy woke up at 4.

A snippet from our shoot this morning and its a wr
A snippet from our shoot this morning and its a wrap. I have just one single item to photograph and we are all set! Btw, just so you might know, this magazine that I put out is a one woman magazine. I have no help except for really cool brands who trust us and helps us with their beautiful products. So next time you read our emag, it's my heart on pdf!

Quite a few questions about our fireplace. More so
Quite a few questions about our fireplace. More so because I live in Mumbai. I want to tell you all that it's real and I enjoy being roasted alive in some twisted Hansel Gretel plot where I step out alive- burning- and light the world on fire but it's just a simulated fireplace. No heat, no sound just visual delight. P.s. don't ask again. I'll kill you if you do. P.s.s. it's from @amazondotin

Kash phool + dried wheat + dried rice paddy. All f
Kash phool + dried wheat + dried rice paddy. All from our Indian fields, adding odles of farmhouse fall charm to our home🍁 But then again, using dried paddy or rather hanging them on the wall and front door is said to bring in prosperity specially during the festive season. Kash phool is an integral part of Durga Puja and when you spot these swaying against an azure sky you know Durga Puja is here. Working a lovely piece for our magazine's festive issue and well, though there is a blip in the regular, we will hold through. Flower courtesy: my one and only trusted @bloombombs

Mood feat. @freedomtreehome
Gorgeous rusts, deep
Mood feat. @freedomtreehome Gorgeous rusts, deep blues and aqua whips up the most clement colour palette in freedom trees earth song collection- one that celebrates the beat of changing seasons! And I love how it instantly adds cheer without being over. . P.s. special love for this duvet in the softest shade of sea foam and I'm now devising ways to tell myself it's ok to have another duvet.

A Fall vignette sans orange or should we say in si
A Fall vignette sans orange or should we say in signature trumatter style! Also, I really wanted to show you all these blown glass luminaries from @_glass_forest_ that are all kinds of beautiful. I worked with the lovely guys in July and since then I have been a major fan of what they do and how beautiful their glass products are. If you are doing a little pre diwali shopping, you absolutely have to check them out. Just sayin P.s. these are available with a brass plate too. I chose the ones without. I'm linking it for y'all in my stories.

Out of all the things that are there in our garage
Out of all the things that are there in our garage, the scooty is our favourite. Haha, and we love roaming around aimlessly in narrow lanes. Woke up today, felt like Monday so we went to stop and smell the flowers. A little Monday motivation for y'all...the world is still pretty so don't let things big you down

Basket + flowers + a nice little blue flowery slid
Basket + flowers + a nice little blue flowery slider. I woke up with a heavy heart thinking about hills- that we grew up going to- been flattened for buildings and friends who have suddenly disappeared from life and the world in general without nmsa ka uncle who knows I have gin and tonic so I don't have to order! . But soon, I saw two new birds (in my story) who waited outside the net in our balcony for a while but found a way through to get to my new marigolds. Then the flowers that these lovely guys sent greeted me with all their brilliant colours and I spent half the morning making boquets for the house. Annndddd... I now have a plethora of baskets (if not friends) to do the lot and one can't complain from a place like this . In short, just make sure you have enough baskets, flowers and little birds and bees around you and life will be just fine

Do dark colours make your room look smaller? The a
Do dark colours make your room look smaller? The answer is no. If done right darker shades can bring in as much illusion of space as lighter shades. 🍁🍁🍁 It all depends on which wall, what tone of dark (warm dark, cool dark) and what finish (matte, satin, glossy) are you choosing. I chose matte in a greyish green blue and added it to a wall that gets light from one side. Which means I'm in for drama! Lots of it. The shade of blue changes with light throughout the day and it's lovely! 🍂🍂🍂 Also, note: once you have painted your dark wall, wait for a week to actually let the colour dry and shine in all its glory. The first coat may break your heart and the final may make it feel like a wrong decision but wait. Give it time! The colour will reveal itself. Did a little foofing today and decked the hall for fall! 🌽🌽🌽 Thought you'd like to know about the above heebeejeebee

Love wreaths? Here's how to make a beautiful fall
Love wreaths? Here's how to make a beautiful fall wreath at home. A. You'll need a vine wreath. Or a thermocol wreath. Or even a few rounds of wire will do. B. Add a boxwood garland on top and secure with twine or twine. You'll tie the garland to the wreath. C. Add fall elements. I used a sprig or two of faux wheat 🌾 or wheat-grain looking flowers. For sanity's sake, let's say wheat. If you are using faux flowers, you can stick the wire in and secure. If using fresh flowers, use thin wires to secure them in place. D. Add a centerpiece. I had ivory foam pumpkins so I added a wire and stuck it in. What you do is stick the pumpkin at one end of the wire and the free end you twist around the wreath holding the pumpkins firmly in place. You can use anything that feels like autumn to you. E. Hang it up with a S hook on your wall or front door! Tada!

Trucrafts: How to make Air-drying clay fruit bowls
Trucrafts: How to make Air-drying clay fruit bowls and ashtray. Find instructions below 🍐 1. Knead air-drying clay to a pliable dough. 2. Roll-out evenly- I'd prefer 1/3rd of an inch. By any means it should not be thinner than 1/4th inch. 3. With a skewer poke holes. Don't make them too close. 4. Invert a plate over it and cut it in round shape. Or any shape you'd prefer. 5. Invert a bowl and keep the clay on the inverted bowl. Very gently press it to lend the shape of the bowl to your clay. 6. Dry for 24 hours. 7. At soft leather stage, fix any cracks that it might develop. How? With the blunt knife score over the crack. Clay has memory of all cracks so if you fill the crack, it'll crack again. So score it and then smoothen it. 8. Dry another 24 hours. At this point, your clay is at hard leather stage. Trim excess and sand. 9. Spray it with lacquer or paint before that so seal the clay 10. Use to keep your fruits! Tada 🍐 Similarly, make ashtray but don't poke holes. Also keep the edges rough and roll the clay slightly thicker incase you want to rest your cigarette 🍐 I really wanted to do the video but my tripods gone bust. So please follow instructions here and make them. It's kinda easy!

Happy to announce that we will now have 2 sections
Happy to announce that we will now have 2 sections in our shop called curated and rental. In curated, we will stock products which resonate with our aesthetics and in rental...well... If you are in bombay, your props are sorted! . In my years of shooting for clients I have gone through hell and heaven looking for the right kind of prop and I'd often buy things because well...one can't go to Chor bazar all the time. But I think it's time to put an end to this misery. Haha, yeah I'm talking to you my photographer friends . We will be listing new items tonight in both categories. Hope you find it useful.

A snippet from yesterday's shoot and one of my fav
A snippet from yesterday's shoot and one of my favourite frames! Tap the image for details. I have also done a video on the fundamentals of styling and it will be up soon. I really want to sit down in here and eat pasta and do nothing. You?

Happy first day of fall! Here on, the days get sho
Happy first day of fall! Here on, the days get shorter, the nights longer and the coffee mugs taller. I do dabble with decor but it's never just the sight but sight, sound, smell and touch is what truly adds up to an experience. You want to know how I celebrate autumn? Here we go: 🍁🍁🍁 A bowl of gooseberries, some pumpkins and some rust for the house Some cinnamon and mace candles. Hearty food that celebrates winter veggies- love oven roasted carrots A textured throw that begs you to tuck your feet in A warm cat (complimentary in all season) A little bit of gold or copper Some dried leaves if I can get hold of them Checkered pajamas. 🍁🍁🍁 What's your signature autumn sight and smell? Tell me

Got the light fixed, it looks so nice and it's a n
Got the light fixed, it looks so nice and it's a nice cool evening in here. Not in the best of my mood but I'm not going to brood on it one minute. Brooding is the worst thing in the world. A habit I also got for free. And for years I nurtured it. I would take time off to brood and feel either ecstatic or really bad about something when the most pragmatic approach to a situation would be to accept it as "fact" and move on. Now I do just that. Accept and move on! No matter how horrible it is. Matlab aur kya karoge. If not this.


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I'm a lyadhkhor bangali. On top, they give me thes I'm a lyadhkhor bangali. On top, they give me these brilliant crochet border, soft floofy bedding. The shoot that could have ended at 8, ended at 12 because I was playing with cats and cozying up in this setting. But can you blame me? Please look at this gorgeous bedding by @7petalshome and it's so affordable you won't believe me at all. If you want a little primp in your bedroom, go check them out.
Twinkly lights, cool days, can we then say that th Twinkly lights, cool days, can we then say that the best time of the year is here?
A little before and after today showing how light A little before and after today showing how light source can change the entire vibe of a room. Also thats a bay leaf plant! Decorating with edibles is my thing I think. Hashtag #trubhajiwali
Wants to chill. But also wants to see what's happe Wants to chill. But also wants to see what's happening.
How to refresh your workstation in under 2 minutes How to refresh your workstation in under 2 minutes. Excuse my pajama, I'm (literally) at home. Feat. @bevintagedecor Flowers: @bloombombs P.s. this is also my first video from my phone. I use a @realmeindia
A simple IKEA lamp upgrade with cane webbing! I li A simple IKEA lamp upgrade with cane webbing! I literally just stuck it on the shade because it was kinda dotted with blue paint! But ideally, you'll want to open the shade, snip the fabric open and then stick it with strong glue around the frame. It's really that simple! . @rohankadam85 is also camouflaging and sleeping haha...poor boy woke up at 4.
A snippet from our shoot this morning and its a wr A snippet from our shoot this morning and its a wrap. I have just one single item to photograph and we are all set! Btw, just so you might know, this magazine that I put out is a one woman magazine. I have no help except for really cool brands who trust us and helps us with their beautiful products. So next time you read our emag, it's my heart on pdf!
Quite a few questions about our fireplace. More so Quite a few questions about our fireplace. More so because I live in Mumbai. I want to tell you all that it's real and I enjoy being roasted alive in some twisted Hansel Gretel plot where I step out alive- burning- and light the world on fire but it's just a simulated fireplace. No heat, no sound just visual delight. P.s. don't ask again. I'll kill you if you do. P.s.s. it's from @amazondotin
Kash phool + dried wheat + dried rice paddy. All f Kash phool + dried wheat + dried rice paddy. All from our Indian fields, adding odles of farmhouse fall charm to our home🍁 But then again, using dried paddy or rather hanging them on the wall and front door is said to bring in prosperity specially during the festive season. Kash phool is an integral part of Durga Puja and when you spot these swaying against an azure sky you know Durga Puja is here. Working a lovely piece for our magazine's festive issue and well, though there is a blip in the regular, we will hold through. Flower courtesy: my one and only trusted @bloombombs
Mood feat. @freedomtreehome Gorgeous rusts, deep Mood feat. @freedomtreehome Gorgeous rusts, deep blues and aqua whips up the most clement colour palette in freedom trees earth song collection- one that celebrates the beat of changing seasons! And I love how it instantly adds cheer without being over. . P.s. special love for this duvet in the softest shade of sea foam and I'm now devising ways to tell myself it's ok to have another duvet.
A Fall vignette sans orange or should we say in si A Fall vignette sans orange or should we say in signature trumatter style! Also, I really wanted to show you all these blown glass luminaries from @_glass_forest_ that are all kinds of beautiful. I worked with the lovely guys in July and since then I have been a major fan of what they do and how beautiful their glass products are. If you are doing a little pre diwali shopping, you absolutely have to check them out. Just sayin P.s. these are available with a brass plate too. I chose the ones without. I'm linking it for y'all in my stories.
Out of all the things that are there in our garage Out of all the things that are there in our garage, the scooty is our favourite. Haha, and we love roaming around aimlessly in narrow lanes. Woke up today, felt like Monday so we went to stop and smell the flowers. A little Monday motivation for y'all...the world is still pretty so don't let things big you down
Basket + flowers + a nice little blue flowery slid Basket + flowers + a nice little blue flowery slider. I woke up with a heavy heart thinking about hills- that we grew up going to- been flattened for buildings and friends who have suddenly disappeared from life and the world in general without nmsa ka uncle who knows I have gin and tonic so I don't have to order! . But soon, I saw two new birds (in my story) who waited outside the net in our balcony for a while but found a way through to get to my new marigolds. Then the flowers that these lovely guys sent greeted me with all their brilliant colours and I spent half the morning making boquets for the house. Annndddd... I now have a plethora of baskets (if not friends) to do the lot and one can't complain from a place like this . In short, just make sure you have enough baskets, flowers and little birds and bees around you and life will be just fine
Do dark colours make your room look smaller? The a Do dark colours make your room look smaller? The answer is no. If done right darker shades can bring in as much illusion of space as lighter shades. 🍁🍁🍁 It all depends on which wall, what tone of dark (warm dark, cool dark) and what finish (matte, satin, glossy) are you choosing. I chose matte in a greyish green blue and added it to a wall that gets light from one side. Which means I'm in for drama! Lots of it. The shade of blue changes with light throughout the day and it's lovely! 🍂🍂🍂 Also, note: once you have painted your dark wall, wait for a week to actually let the colour dry and shine in all its glory. The first coat may break your heart and the final may make it feel like a wrong decision but wait. Give it time! The colour will reveal itself. Did a little foofing today and decked the hall for fall! 🌽🌽🌽 Thought you'd like to know about the above heebeejeebee
Love wreaths? Here's how to make a beautiful fall Love wreaths? Here's how to make a beautiful fall wreath at home. A. You'll need a vine wreath. Or a thermocol wreath. Or even a few rounds of wire will do. B. Add a boxwood garland on top and secure with twine or twine. You'll tie the garland to the wreath. C. Add fall elements. I used a sprig or two of faux wheat 🌾 or wheat-grain looking flowers. For sanity's sake, let's say wheat. If you are using faux flowers, you can stick the wire in and secure. If using fresh flowers, use thin wires to secure them in place. D. Add a centerpiece. I had ivory foam pumpkins so I added a wire and stuck it in. What you do is stick the pumpkin at one end of the wire and the free end you twist around the wreath holding the pumpkins firmly in place. You can use anything that feels like autumn to you. E. Hang it up with a S hook on your wall or front door! Tada!
Trucrafts: How to make Air-drying clay fruit bowls Trucrafts: How to make Air-drying clay fruit bowls and ashtray. Find instructions below 🍐 1. Knead air-drying clay to a pliable dough. 2. Roll-out evenly- I'd prefer 1/3rd of an inch. By any means it should not be thinner than 1/4th inch. 3. With a skewer poke holes. Don't make them too close. 4. Invert a plate over it and cut it in round shape. Or any shape you'd prefer. 5. Invert a bowl and keep the clay on the inverted bowl. Very gently press it to lend the shape of the bowl to your clay. 6. Dry for 24 hours. 7. At soft leather stage, fix any cracks that it might develop. How? With the blunt knife score over the crack. Clay has memory of all cracks so if you fill the crack, it'll crack again. So score it and then smoothen it. 8. Dry another 24 hours. At this point, your clay is at hard leather stage. Trim excess and sand. 9. Spray it with lacquer or paint before that so seal the clay 10. Use to keep your fruits! Tada 🍐 Similarly, make ashtray but don't poke holes. Also keep the edges rough and roll the clay slightly thicker incase you want to rest your cigarette 🍐 I really wanted to do the video but my tripods gone bust. So please follow instructions here and make them. It's kinda easy!
Happy to announce that we will now have 2 sections Happy to announce that we will now have 2 sections in our shop called curated and rental. In curated, we will stock products which resonate with our aesthetics and in rental...well... If you are in bombay, your props are sorted! . In my years of shooting for clients I have gone through hell and heaven looking for the right kind of prop and I'd often buy things because well...one can't go to Chor bazar all the time. But I think it's time to put an end to this misery. Haha, yeah I'm talking to you my photographer friends . We will be listing new items tonight in both categories. Hope you find it useful.
A snippet from yesterday's shoot and one of my fav A snippet from yesterday's shoot and one of my favourite frames! Tap the image for details. I have also done a video on the fundamentals of styling and it will be up soon. I really want to sit down in here and eat pasta and do nothing. You?
Happy first day of fall! Here on, the days get sho Happy first day of fall! Here on, the days get shorter, the nights longer and the coffee mugs taller. I do dabble with decor but it's never just the sight but sight, sound, smell and touch is what truly adds up to an experience. You want to know how I celebrate autumn? Here we go: 🍁🍁🍁 A bowl of gooseberries, some pumpkins and some rust for the house Some cinnamon and mace candles. Hearty food that celebrates winter veggies- love oven roasted carrots A textured throw that begs you to tuck your feet in A warm cat (complimentary in all season) A little bit of gold or copper Some dried leaves if I can get hold of them Checkered pajamas. 🍁🍁🍁 What's your signature autumn sight and smell? Tell me
Got the light fixed, it looks so nice and it's a n Got the light fixed, it looks so nice and it's a nice cool evening in here. Not in the best of my mood but I'm not going to brood on it one minute. Brooding is the worst thing in the world. A habit I also got for free. And for years I nurtured it. I would take time off to brood and feel either ecstatic or really bad about something when the most pragmatic approach to a situation would be to accept it as "fact" and move on. Now I do just that. Accept and move on! No matter how horrible it is. Matlab aur kya karoge. If not this.
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