The Moody Couple's MoodBoards #1

There has been lots going on lately guys, in terms of stocking up utilities and goodies for the PRH, Aanya's growing-up hysterics and anticipations of impending road trips. Me and the Miss are temporarily absent on site and are using the away-time for planning, stocking and chalking out a fun plan o'action.

Workwise I'am down to tackling two jobs right now which are;
1. Planning initial design ideas to avoid hotch-potch later.
2. Collecting what I easily find here at Bhubaneswar to go with what I have in mind for home.

Speaking of the first, I introduce you to something I recently learned about.
MOOD BOARDS!!
They are very simply, a visual journal of what catches your fancy for home and fits in with the theme and colors you want to use. They are organized in terms of color-schemes and objects of desire that add jazz to unchangeable elements of interiors. Do not look for practicality here. Use Moodboards as a frame of reference for shopping, acquiring goodies or just playing around with placing of furniture and knick-knacks.

I started with my Living room or what is popularly called the Drawing room, for what insane reason I dunno.
I chose two themes while capturing the basics I want i.e
Rug/Carpet
An unfinished bench
Cushions
Ornaments for table tops or lighting
Wall art

So here goes: The Color-me-pink Theme

Looks nice no?!! I love it.

But the standard color of walls and the horrendous sofas in the house which I can't change immediately, forced me to think of an alternative without losing the dramatic look I want. That is why I thought of putting a lot of earthy pastel shades with bright colors on walls or extras. That brings us to....

The Earthy-Neutral Theme 

At the risk of being called conventional I must mention that traditional Indian homes fit well with neutral and earthy but cozy decor which is possibly easier to get-done.

I love the addition of a magazine bin that lets me put in my reading junk within easy reach without being an eyesore.

The idea of Moodboards, I'am loving right now and feeling like a creative candy for that.

The second task which I mentioned earlier is in the process of actioning and all collected junk shall deserve a blog-post all to themselves. I shall be able to show you a few places I love to shop around in Bhubaneswar when I'am at Mom-Dads with cute pics if you haven't been here. So do watch out for a clicksy next post.

In all this makeover business I did shop and sneaked in a giftie for the Mr. which is as yet unopened since its a surprise and a small lamp which shall go home with us for Aanya's bed-side or my work table. See ahead how fascinated she is with it.

Here is the giftie...

Aanya in a thoughtful/contemplative frame. Do check out the old glass jar I love.

How I get any work done, just imagine!!

On that funny note, adios my friends. Thank you for reading me. Keep the love alive. Lots of love from us at PRH. :-)

Finally our spanking new breezy beach(y!!) hilltop(y!!) Casa del Amor ;)

For starters, we are the cliche, much stereotyped nomadic fauji couple my friends.
Well yeah. Four house shiftings in less than 2 years in the same city. Blame it on us. Blame it on the Gods.I can actually pack-up to go in my sleep.(Not kidding!!)  I can bubble wrap faster than putting on my make-up. Story of my life.
(Big audible sigh here.)

For now we are on a breather. It's not like our regular "here today, gone tomorrow " scene. We are actually planning on doing-up the house, thinking of discovering and working our hands on the garden patch, seeing our daughter get used to the terrain and the neighbors etc Undiscovered joys await us, not yet experienced in 5 years of marriage. To give you an idea about our approximate location, here it is....

Follow the yellow pointy. Thats where we are at. This is a very romantic twilight click of the hill from the beach road in Visakhapatnam. The hill actually has a name (for non-vizag'ites who may not be aware) - Dolphin hill. The name takes after the very obvious looks of it.

So yes we are thrilled to bits, have put on our thinking caps and are raring to go forward on our Good Home project.
For my non-Navy friends..... yes you are right its a Defence Officer's Quarter. Common to most of these in-famously famous housing wonders with something slightly different, it is.....
Inconspicuous (now) in a colony of similar houses.
Quaint('ish)
Super-functional( read, convinient)
Huuuuuuge!!
Very breezy, windy whatever you might say.

For you guys reading this and interested....
1. Come home if you havent. If you have already, keep coming. Much happiness guys.
2. We will update what we do and how we do with our pet project. So watch out for us.

3. Give suggestions that shall may be make our work easier, better or tidier or just give critical appraisal.

Thank you.Tons of love.

PS: Much ado about this house is because of our daughter Aanya whose hyper-energetic gimmicks take up lots of space. Secondly, in town it's the address du jour to be at. Its fashionable! It's exclusive! It's on a freaking hill top dude! And it's ours. Yaaaaay.