Garden
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5 things to keep in mind for kitchen garden
Anchor: Relin Hedly Photographs: Shutterstock Kitchen garden is an area consisting of vegetables, herbs, flowers and some fruits grown together. Harpreet Ahluwalia, founder and principal designer, Earthly Creations helps you figure out the factor...
Harpreet Ahluwalia
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12 tips to attract butterflies to your garden
Anchor: Relin Hedly Photographs: Earthly Creations Butterfly garden is pleasing to the eyes and takes you one step closer to nature. Nectar – filled flowers attract butterfly to fly down to your garden and suck in the nectar and beautify your g...
Harpreet Ahluwalia
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10 tips to highlight your courtyard
Anchor: Priya Arya Photograph: Shutterstock Interior courtyards were traditionally design elements of houses for hot and humid climate. They helped to cool down the temperature within the house and promote air movement necessary in a humid enviro...
Mrunmayi Wadwekar
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Green by design
Text & photographs: Aruna Rathod Landscape designer Ranu Kapoor takes her passion for gardening to the next level and tends to plants and flowers with a personal touch. She adds an extra element of interest with artefacts, adding a striking ch...
Ranu Kapoor
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14 storage options to get rid of clutter
Text: Deeksha Khatree Photograph: Shutterstock There are different ways to store things in a house. When stored in an organized manner, it gives you easy access to things. Interior designer Deeksha Khatree lists simple storage tips to make life ...
Deeksha Khatree
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10 ways to ensure a safe environment for your pet
Text: Priya Arya Photographs: iStock Today, more and more families have started including four-legged members as loyal parts of the pack. But keeping animals in enclosed environments has its own set of dos and don'ts. Vishnu Dutt Tripathi, se...
Vishnu Dutt Tripathi
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11 tips that ensure that your garden is feng shui-correct
Anchor: Aroon Ajmera Photograph: iStock Feng Shui literally means wind and water and it is a way of living in harmony with nature. It brings together earth’s essential elements and universal invisible energy called the ‘chi’ which affects o...
Aroon Ajmera
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7 basic points for a vastu-correct garden
Text: Priya Arya 3D image: iStock Whether you live in your own house or a rented one, a flat or a stand-alone bungalow, plants play a prominent role in your prosperity at your home according to vaastu. However you need to make sure that the plant...
S.K Mehta
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6 external paving materials decoded
Text: Priya Arya Photographs: iStock Paving material falls under what is known as the 'hardscape' of your garden space. That is, portions that are not covered by the greens. Architect Mrunmayi Wadwekar lists out the various material optio...
Mrunmayi Wadwekar
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5 tips for selecting paving material for your home
Anchor: Priya Arya Photograph: iStock A paver or paving material is technically the material used as a surface outside the house which is not covered by green spaces. While there are various materials for paving, your selection will depend on the...
Mrunmayi Wadwekar
Exteriors
