Twentieth Wife

I have joined Just books and have been reading a lot. Recently I came across Indu Sudarsan's Twentieth wife. I am really glad that I have read this book. Indu Sudersan has a way with words, she paints a beautiful and colourful pictures with her words. Though the book goes a little too slow to my liking, I couldn't stop reading it. I could tell you how she researched for the material, how historical the book is, but I will not go into it, because I am here as a regular reader and not a critic. To me the book appealed so much because Indu Sudarsan is such a good narrator. She has transformed my bedroom into those colorful and vibrant zenanas with her vivid description. I could actually see the extravagance of the ladies of the zenana. I could actually feel for those people who lived and died so many years ago. She brought those historical figures to life and gave them character. I am truly amazed and inspired by her, cannot wait to read her other books...

Paint it...

We recently purchased a 2 BHK apt in Banglore and since then I have been doing a lot of research on the web. I wanted to paint my home with colors that are soothing and yet the cheerful as my own disposition.

http://www.asianpaints.com/

is a good website to start with. It has lot of different pages which let you choose colors and match with the appropriate patterns or designs.

If you take the 'A World of colours' option, I particularly like looking at the signature walls option.

'Colour Spectra' option is one of the one you could really use. I wanted to paint my bedroom blue, so here I choose blue then it gives you similar shades and the best combination for those shades. All you have to do is note down the name and number of the finalized color and ask the painter to paint those particular colors. The colors I choose are these

I know there are too many pinks and yellows but hey what do you expect I am a women and my husband gave me a free rein over all things...

So this is how it turned out...

There are also other few combinations that I really liked that I got from the web. I hate to see all that research go to waste, so I am publishing those here ...

May be you can use them.