Home improvement

Already, the balcony seems like the favorite place for everyone at home. It has turned out to be a superb idea. Nice place to sit and read The Hindu and sip coffee! Admittedly, it will look better after the French door and a few potted plants are added. Stand here, and you can hear a large umber of birds chirping, perched on the huge tree right in front of our place. It is a very pleasant experience...

As an aside, I vividly remember seeing Ramakrishna Hegde standing in front of the brown gate, when he visited the Hegdes who live in front of our place. I was a young kid, and seeing a celebrity/politician in the flesh was a big deal then.

Another cool idea is the skylight. Half done, it looks like this. I especially like the eclipsed Sun effect from the inside, thanks in part to the Motorola Razr's simple camera. Too bad that tiling and painting will take a while more to complete. The architect took us around the first floor and explained what kinds of paint would do good. Was pleasantly surprised to hear about the scientific choices he suggested. Small rooms with less light will look good with bright colors. If you want to draw attention to a wall(say to highlight a painting on it), paint it a different, rather dark color. And so on.

How I wish my trip had lasted longer!