Well morning! Happy Sunday to folks on the right side of the world, happy Saturday night to those on my west: I finally got around to make a Demijohn, and if you are a nautical/beach house lover like me, you will most certainly find this of interest. Shall we get crackalackin’ then?
So you know, yesterday night when I was a couple of Teachers down and started to knot this, my husband said what exactly is this that you are making? Then of course, the real John- which is Siddhesh John- added his bit and Ankur Chugh just had to say, “This is shabby chic right” and that “Why don’t you paint my Tshirts instead {ankur: I will do it today, if you ever stumble upon this DIY home decor blog in which you are not remotely interested}. Then they collectively went ahead to assume at what price will it sell to the hipster community in Bandra {A posh place for all things great}, and all this while I wondered if at all, it will be worth explaining to them what a demijohn is.
I love these guys you know. No one else would get past me exhibiting such ill-knowledge on home decor other than these guys. I have reached a point where I am atleast happy that they learnt shabby-chic well. I feel like a mother with toddlers who just learnt to identify grass and trees, and I know that their inability to appreciate these things are genuine. Just like my inability to appreciate wastage of bandwidth on “violent moshpits of all time”.
Now, for those of you who don’t know what a Demijohn is: A demijohn or a carboy is a glass bottle typically used to carry and transport liquid- either chemicals or water or wine. The term Demijohn is an old term for a carboy, which actually means a glass bottle with a narrow neck, usually covered with wickerwork. According to The Oxford English Dictionary the word comes from the French dame-jeanne, literally “Lady Jane”, as a popular appellation.
So, anyway, coming back to the point, I finally made a Demijohn and can I tell you that I am happpyyyy with the result. I had a bottle from Sikkim Distillery, which I carefully smuggled from the hills to Mumbai and took care of like I would a baby, and it fit perfectly in its new role.
The first time I came across a Demijohn is in Kim’s blog {Kim blogs at savvysouthernstyle.com and her house screams southern decor with a french twist} and I wanted one since. Unfortunately, in India you only get it in boutique shops which charge you an obnoxious amount of money {hence the Bandra reference} or you get it in chor bazar {Thief’s market: A place where all things stolen are sold! Yeah, pretty cool right} which is very, very far from my home and I do not think it provides for a girl to walk in alone looking for vintage. Infact have 3 boys to go with you. So obviously, that option is out. Then there is that one option which I have always retorted to: It’s called DIY.
I chanced upon Cameo Cottage Designs who did a lovely knockoff of the Ballard design Demijohn and I found it exceptionally easy to follow. Here is how it’s done and I did the exact same steps. Thought it would be only righteous to give her the full credit for the lovely tutorial:
http://www.savvysouthernstyle.net/2015/06/wow-us-wednesdays-226.html
btw, Did you all see the lamp I bought from Amazon? Ah! You should! If you love vintage, you will lurveeee this!