Some Spring Colour

Popping in for a bit today, to wish you all more colour in your lives. How have you been?

The trees are finally in bloom here in New York. Bursts of white and pink add a dash of colour, as we zig-zag and jaywalk in a hurry. Also, the Indian Festival of Colours- Holi is still being celebrated by the Indian diaspora here spread out over several weekends.

Here's a dash of colour from my Pinterest board to celebrate sunshine + happiness...

Credit for the images in this post mostly goes to my fellow bloggers, please visit my Pinterest board here for the original sources.

The images might be a little cliched, be kind and put that down to a bout of nostalgia.

Until mid- May I will unfortunately be unable to blog regularly. However, I will still lurk and follow every post of all my favourite blogs- Addicted perhaps?

The Art of Stenciling

As all of you who've read this post, know how much I love going beyond just dabbing some color on walls. Here is some gorgeous stencil inspiration (To be specific, inspired by India pied a terre via Pinterest), that has been making me wish I didn't live in a rental.

Over the past 2 years, with great delight, I've followed Maryam setting up of her boutique hotel 'Peacock Pavilions'. I love how she has stenciled Moroccan patterns in so many innovative ways with absolutely gorgeous results.

A stenciled staircase

Ceiling and Floors

And even stenciled placemats!

Here's some more inspiration from Melanie Royals of Royal Design Studio responsible for several of the stencil projects featured above at Peacock Pavilions.

This lovely stencil design called the 'Gujarat Indian Border' was on sale the last time I checked. I need to mention that the colors used here also have lovely names- China Blue, Bengal Rose, Indian Purple and Agapanthus.

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Leaving you with one last image...

 Again via Indiapiedaterre on Pinterest

 I had a wonderful thanksgiving with family and friends. Hope yours was as good?