This post is authored by Bhavna – a corporate consultant from Gurgaon, India who is equally passionate about Indian decor.  She blogs at An Indian Summer, helping her readers draw inspiration from “design, decor, creative talent, art and craft, that is global in its appeal, and is inspired by the color and vibrancy of India.”

As an ardent admirer of traditional art and crafts from India, nothing pleases me more than to see them being appreciated and celebrated all over the world.  From design enthusiasts to big décor stores to the global home maker, there is a renewed interest in handmade products and textiles from India.  Global appeal of Indian craft traditions has also encouraged more and more indie designers within India to work with grass root artisans and save many a dying craft tradition and skills.  And going by 2012 home décor trends and forecasts, it looks like India and inspired by India are going to be hot favourites again this year. Hurray for that!

Here’s taking a look at a few of my favourite stores and their pick of India inspired home collection:

Anthropologie

Banarasi/Jamdani fabric covered journal indigo block print style table linen

Knobs from Rajasthan and dhurrie cushions

Plumo

Painted wooden horse and spice boxes from Saharanpur

The cutest owl hooks, wooden boxes and the ever popular fabric elephant

Pottery Barn

Kantha throws and kilim dhurrie

Block printed table linen

© 2012 An Indian Summer
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4 Responses to “Inspired by India :: From Here to There”

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   February 23rd, 2012 at 10:11 am

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4. Burl Wozny Says:
   November 5th, 2012 at 2:39 am

   An impressive share! I’ve just forwarded this onto a colleague who was conducting a little research on this. And he actually bought me dinner simply because I found it for him… lol. So allow me to reword this…. Thank YOU for the meal!! But yeah, thanx for spending some time to talk about this matter here on your blog.

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