Been all over town , :) ... I'm hardware shopping ... but mind you this time round its all about ... the ME ... MY ... MYSELF ... And I have checked out the sizeable range of 'fancy schmancy' ... hardware. But for some reason it wasn't me ... and then ... there was this nagging thought to check out the antique stores in the local Delhi market that I soooo ... 'LOVE' to find a reason to pop over to ... :)
I have been seeing these knobs for God knows how many years ... just wasn't sure.But this time ... I am designing some very colonial look wardrobes ... walked up to those stores that make you all cookoo in the head ... with the kind of stuff hidden behind ... all those goodies you can see and then there is still some thing interesting peeking through ... ahhh ... yep one of those kind of stores ...
You'll find them displayed like tomatoes and potatoes at the grocery stores ... in these big urns ... that are calling you to pick them up and then ... pick some of those and Ah! may be a few of those ... Gosh they are so reasonable ... that you convince yourself without guilt ... that you'll find plenty of use for all these treasures ... ;)
These are very typical ethnic Indian, ceramic knobs and the cream colored (flowershaped) ones that you see in the pictures are actually made of camel bones ... completely ignored by us Indian Designers ... well ! for the simple reason that we see them all the time and for most clients ... ahem! you know ... very few takers for the old style stuff ... been there done that ... Grandma's home, had it all the time ... what's new ... :)
Well there's a certain look that blends them in just right ... and at the moment I am using these for some of the pieces that I am designing for our home ...
It was an amazing experience looking at the colours ... designs ... shapes and sizes you get them in ... it was one of those my kind of fun trips to the antique market. And believe me, the loot ... I am soooo loving it ... hope you'll come back when I share some pictures of all the sanity that I hope to get out of absolute insane mess right now at our place ... :)
Look forward to your comments ... and its as wonderful to hear OOOH! I sooo ... love them comments as it is to hear ... yeah! seen them ... what ever ;)