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Turquoise Peach

The passion for travel and entrepreneurship brought the two sisters behind Turquoise Peach to India. Working with the local artisans, they have sourced unique products for you and your home, which they showcase and sell via exclusive trunk shows, events and their online shop. Turquoise Peach's collections can be viewed on their webshop and on facebook. An Indian Summer readers can avail a special discount of 30% on all featured products by using the code anindiansummer, valid for two weeks from now.

LetterNote

LetterNote is a product design brand focused on work and play tools. LetterNote's range of fine stationery products are designed to be simple, functional and minimalist and feature an eclectic mix of beautifully crafted designs. LetterNote would like to offer An Indian Summer's fabulous readers a 15% discount on all it's products. The discount code to use is SUMMER15 (in caps), and this would be valid till June 25th. 

Happy Shopping folks! And thank you Lindsay and Anisha for these lovely offers!

Tips I learned from this year's Kips Bay Decorator Show House

I was able to walk the Kips Bay Decorator Show house for a few hours and took a lot of it mentally and in photos.  There is always something new to see for the first time and tones of inspiration to get from show houses.  This year there was a lot of interesting details too good to not share them.  When I looked at Thom Filicia's space the first thought I had was that he had set up his shop in the middle of Kips Bay Show house, although none the less beautiful.  His space (above) called "The Gallery" was a walkway between the dining room, living room, entrance and hallway and every piece of furniture in it belongs to one of Thom's many furniture lines.  The space had only two small walls of about 3 to 5 feet and two other even smaller ones.  Magically Thom made it feel like a room.  My conclusions of how he nailed it!

Painting the ceiling the same color as the walls not only make the space bigger by (blending the boundaries but at the same time it encloses it by making the space feel more like one whole space and giving the fifth wall (the ceiling) a more important roll.  The high gloss walls bring movement.   

A Light and airy chandelier instead of a closed one or a shaded one helps open up the space.  

A black painting brings depth to a small space.  The curtains help make the walls feel bigger.

Secure your runner in a stylish way.  By Charlotte Moss. 

Add a cool wallpaper to baseboard for a touch of whimsy.  By Charlotte Moss.

Wrinkle-looking curtains for kids rooms is a brilliant idea. Very appropriate and fun.  By Laura Bohn.

all images by Julie Yenicag for Belle Vivir