Ah! the things novice do ... ;) my old work pictures ...

...sooooo, incase you are giggling at the pictures ... come on ... I was only 23 ... a yr. out of design school.and this was one of my first projects ... it taught me a lot ... including the fact that when s#@* hits the ceiling  ... its still gotta be you whose going to clean up  ... yep! in lot of ways made me grow up ...

... a picture that'll stay in my mind for as long as I live  ... the very first terrace I designed ... sure I was just the junior designer ... but the big guys at work helped me out in crisis and let me walk away with all the accolades ... ( so I was the baby of the office) got away with a lot stuff that could have other wise got me fired ... ;) ... Ah!and did I mention this terrace was on the 5th floor ...

... this was the area opening up to the terrace garden ... please don't ask me why that dining  ... the client freaked out over wanting a low table and the photograper discovered the  new addition of the chairs ... ;) ... well !  ... :):)

... would you believe me, painting that entrance door red and designing those  iron grills  was a lesson for me ... 'sweetheart ... no free hand sketches when dealing with guy who'll be making your pieces... design ... measure and specify ... or be ready for goof ups' ... courtsey my architect/designer friend ... sure she's reading this and gloating ... ;) ...

... my boss one day took me to the stinkiest slum ever and introduced me to a guy who carved out grinding stones (our kitchen variety)  ... his words ... "oh! you have those stepping stones planned out in that water body ... and that water fall ... well ! I found you the perfect solution ... use the stones this guy carves ,tell him what you want  and you'll be fine with that design concept of yours  ...  " , 'who MEEEE !!! tell him ... you kiddin' I have no clue what to do MYSELF' ... after getting out of there ... throwing up a few times ... crying my eyes red and puffy ... and still no more help coming forth my way ... I did it... :) ... couldn't locate the picture of that waterfall we managed out of the grinding stones ... but you can see the stepping stones ... which refused to set in cement ... ;);)

... after the project was ready to be handed over ... this window was my fav. spot  ... it looked on to that lil' pond out side ... lined with gorgeous petunia and palms ... and two waterfalls making that sound we all fall in love with ... :):)

Sure when you look back at the projects you did a couple of years ago ... and you go ... eeeeks ! I couldn't have done that ... (I do that all the time) ... but now I realise ... what I am today is all because of what I got to do all those years ago... sure I'll be yikes! ... and eeeks!  in afew years ... about a lot of things I do today... :):)... but its all fun cause I still love doing this stuff  ...

Hope you enjoyed a peek into my novice days ... sure go ahead you are free to eek ! and yike ... ;):)