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June 7, 2018

I don’t know if I can call myself a Photo nazi or whatever those terms are but I am certainly a photo enthusiast. I enjoy photographying and the process in general, I’d probably stand infront of a speeding train if I was immortal to get that perfect frame and I once hired a car from…

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At home, in the world. This is where you find how to make your space comfortable, cozy and intimate for that everyday amazing feeling. Square feet, country, budget doesnt matter!

My name is Rukmini and I am the founder, Editor & Stylist of Trumatter and designer behind TruLiving -our boutique decor shop.

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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?

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.

Update: tried out @_ashlee_white_ s tutorial with
Update: tried out @_ashlee_white_ s tutorial with crumpled aluminium foil and it holds better. No cracks. Also lighter. Please use aluminium foil. DIY clay pumpkin tutorial is now up on YouTube. I'm adding the link in my stories. Go make them this weekend. Happy Saturday. Mug: @lapanddado_official Lazy Susan: @organisewithease

Homehack Mondays: easy ways to declutter and organ
Homehack Mondays: easy ways to declutter and organize a messy drawer without buying anything. Link in my stories.

Off for the weekend 🍁🍁🍁
fab light in here
Off for the weekend 🍁🍁🍁 fab light in here today after all that thunder and lightning ⚡ and autumn (with 30 degree centigrade) is truly here.

Tiny pumpkins, brown leaves and an unchanged, dema
Tiny pumpkins, brown leaves and an unchanged, demanding 🐈 Happy fall y'all. . I love decorating the kitchen according to season. It's one place I feel really 'at home' and it cheers me up to see a bit of outside in here. Funny that for the longest time Indian kitchens were purely 'a place to cool and no more'. The concept of decorating kitchens is fairly new and one I'm pretty happy about. . Do you deck your kitchen up too? What's your fav fall element in your kitchen?

Sundays are for pajamas, good bedding and reflecti
Sundays are for pajamas, good bedding and reflections. And pointers. For example? Lilac paired with navy can make for a fabulous all round the year palette! Never worked with @reethebee s fav colour before so it made me very happy Secondly, how lovely that this bedding can be styled in more than two ways with simply a change of pillow covers. A part of @boutiquelivingindia s metamorph collection, the prints in this are crafted in such a way that you can highlight a colour palette just by folding the sheet a bit! Third, don't peel off wallpapers just because you're on the phone and that feels like... ASMR. That happened yesterday right after this shoot. Hahahahaha I can't believe this. Fourth, don't type near cat. Cat paws and posts stuff before you could finish. Haha, happy Sunday with your loved ones to you.

It's a beautiful sunny, bright, crisp day here in
It's a beautiful sunny, bright, crisp day here in Mumbai and that's how we identify fall 🍁 Over the years I have done countless styling projects where in I had to encapsulate the nuances of fall but with a local perspective. And styling is something I truly enjoy. 🍁 I have styled for almost all leading magazines including @goodhomesmagazine and it took me 10 years to finally get a chance to design it's cover. For you, it could be the year! 🍁 Take part in the #ChiefStyleOfficerHunt a fab contest hosted by @spaces_india and @goodhomesmagazine where in you get a chance to win cash prizes and also a chance to style the cover of the mag with @ronitalia and @payalsinghal Comment "interested" in the comment section 🍁 Happy fall y'all @trumatter X @goodhomesmagazine X @spaces_india

It's weekend, and it's raining incessantly here in
It's weekend, and it's raining incessantly here in Mumbai which means it's a great day to pull out those books, make a big pot of tea and hang around in your comfiest loungewear! On blog: Mostly women run, Indian brands that are acing the loungewear game and why we totally love them In this photo: @Trumatter X @koaalaco

Happy birthday my love! Every passing day I wonder
Happy birthday my love! Every passing day I wonder what have I ever done to deserve you. I mean I clean your poop, accept your dead insect gifts and all that- alright and yet, you are literally the best, prettiest cat in the whole world and you are mine. What luck! Chicken and liver coming your way.

Budding home stylists, this one's for you! And to
Budding home stylists, this one's for you! And to enter all you have to do is comment here with 'interested'!!! Girl, grab it. Cuz we didn't have this opportunity when we started off! SPACES presents The Hunt for its next Chief Style Officer - a chance to make your dreams come true. Get mentored by the masters of decor and become the CSO for SPACES! Win cash prizes up to Rs 4 lakhs and style a cover for GoodHomes, India’s leading decor magazine. So you want to take part and win? Drop a comment saying ‘interested’ below and our team will reach out to you via DM. @trumatter X @goodhomesmagazine X @spaces_india

On blog today: 5 reasons why these wicker baskets
On blog today: 5 reasons why these wicker baskets are wicked good feat. @daisylife.in One of the main reason and my fav reason however is simply the fact that when you buy from @daisylife.in you will be buying from a family run business that was started in the 70s and directly from the makers. And that is awesome. Go check, the link is in my stories

On blog: These space saving hacks will make your k
On blog: These space saving hacks will make your kitchen look organized and beautiful. Even if you stay on rent! Trust us, we live on rent and this is our kitchen. Plus, links to everything in our kitchen. Link in stories

Let's agree, I don't understand high fashion. But
Let's agree, I don't understand high fashion. But what I do understand is homely comfort and thereby- pajamas. 🍁🍁🍁 You can argue that a pair of faded shorts and boyfriend's old t-shirt can just do the trick and that'd be just fine! But that's not my jam. My jam are jammies because frankly A. Your home deserves to see you in good clothes too! Especially now when our home is everything to us! B. As @streakhuefall rightly pointed out these could be very well styled outside of your home- perhaps just a lovely tan jacket to go with it? And a bit of gold bling? They are totally versatile. 🍁🍁🍁 Bringing back the love for nightsuits that you can also lounge in all day with @sweetslumberstore today whose kafjamas are all sorts of comfortable. Made in softest cotton, a kafjama is a pajama with a kaftan top that you can tie at the waist when you are lounging and loosen when you've had a nice big Sunday lunch. And! Drumrolls please!!!! They are available in nice large arse sizes so you don't have to squeeze yourself in just because you like the design 🍁🍁🍁 Spearheaded by the lovely Bhanu, whom people lovingly call 🐝, @sweetslumberstore is your place to go to for comfortable, beautiful, cotton loungewear and they are in our list of 5 best homegrown brands who are acing the loungewear game. Thank you @saffrontrail For your vote of confidence in them. Always loved your reccos. 🍁🍁🍁 Happy Sunday!

Climbed up the hill yesterday with my picnic baske
Climbed up the hill yesterday with my picnic basket, camera, water and grapes and realized how little it takes in life to be happy like a child. Got drenched, saw the clouds barge in with heavy rains, picked plants (with roots) said hi to my four legged friends, debated on whether those sqirmy creatures were leech or earthworms, had grapes and spread those seeds all around. All thanks to a very enthusiastic husband and this gorgeous picnic wicker basket by @daisylife.in Also that's your place to buy all things bamboo, wicker and hyacinth. @daisylife.in is real deal and you have to check her gorgeous store out. I'll do a blog on this soon.

The kitchen is now done! And yes it's rental. That
The kitchen is now done! And yes it's rental. That's how much you can do in a rental kitchen without anything permanent and it's 0 compromise. You can tap the image for the pots and pans and shelf and elf details! Happy Friday to you. This weekend take out some time and organize. It'll save you so much time and frustration. It's taking me a bit of time to pen the blog down but the how to do it all and where did I start from will all be in my fav long format. Hopefully by tomorrow morning! Ciao!

Decolourising today. Got out my neutrals and brown
Decolourising today. Got out my neutrals and browns and all that trumatterstyle stuff!

What does it take to feel like a princess? I say i
What does it take to feel like a princess? I say it's the freedom to decide what you want to do with your time. Its curling up in a soft bedsheet with a stack of books (which I will read at snails pace) and playing with my michiko who will graciously either hold the pages for me or well, tear them and hop in the basket- perhaps in hope of escaping punishment that awaits her in the imaginary dungeon. Welcome to our fort where we reign supreme, spend all day in bed and make life at home beautiful with little things . Now that the best part of the year is upon us, I partnered with @boutiquelivingindia to bring to you a series of beautiful bedding that are perfect to call in fall-festive-winter! . In frame: My muse today, in an elegant selection of subtle greys and beiges, is the Her Highness Collection that capture the carvings and sculptural details of palaces in prettiest motifs, and I love how very graceful they are . Order from www.boutiquelivingindia.com and I'm linking this piece to my story as well. . Long live..well..all of us


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