In my previous avatar i.e. my life prior to Secondsguru, I used to spend hours looking at video tutorials and reading blogs on magical DIY transformations that seemingly regular people do and thought I could do them too. The result– bottles and bottles of decoupage mediums, spray paints of various colors, lacquer in spray and liquid versions, acrylic paints of all shapes and sizes, ah …[Read more]
Read the latest from our “Drab to Fab” series. This DIY project has been undertaken by Radhika and Jeff, who have saved up wine corks over the years- from the days they drank wine as friends, to those days when they shared a bottle as a couple and then from the special bottles they had after they got married. Both being travel buffs makes the variety of wine corks even wider. They drew inspiration from Pinterest and got together to create this innovative upcycled cork board. You know how …[Read more]
The smell of old books – if only they could bottle that in a perfume! I still remember where I inhaled the strongest smell of sepia I’ve ever encountered. It was at my college library’s mezzanine floor. The upper and lower floors of our library catered to academicians and serious commerce students. Unknown to me, in a makeshift floor betwixt, lay a lost world tucked away from well-thumbed curriculum guides. Its only connection to the …[Read more]
Gong Xi Fa Cai! Wishing you a wonderful year ahead, and I hope you all have already managed to appease the Kitchen God, spring clean the house, plan out family get-togethers and – importantly for parents of young kids – thought of activities to fill up the holidays! (If not, this post should help!) The year of the monkey begins, and what better way to start it than on a playful note with this fun …[Read more]
