tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8558799463956912149.post3391801725383872512..comments2024-01-03T10:23:05.876+05:30Comments on Time,Time..I have all the time --: Our House: Buena Vista ( Beautiful View)Rama Ananthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00962222316822524699noreply@blogger.comBlogger35125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8558799463956912149.post-67579632031383700682014-02-18T16:11:37.273+05:302014-02-18T16:11:37.273+05:30Excellent post! I must thank you for this informat...Excellent post! I must thank you for this informative read. I hope you will post again soon.<br />Kind regard <br /><a href="http://azvenrealty.com/villas/villas-near-electronic-city.html" rel="nofollow"><b><i>Villas near Electronic City</i></b></a>Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04631240048876055878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8558799463956912149.post-82599414524180229292013-06-21T00:46:02.640+05:302013-06-21T00:46:02.640+05:30Dear Rama: I wish I could see your home and meet ...Dear Rama: I wish I could see your home and meet you. I wish you could see my home and meet me. If we met, I bet we would become dear friends. Your home is such an extension of yourself, an expression of yourself, and it is truly unique and beautiful, like you. My home is different from yours. It has a lot of Japanese Style, and yet it is in North Carolina, in the US. My husband and I are very interested in architecture, and have taken our simple ranch house to a whole new level. It also is an extension or expression of our uniqueness and our tastes. We are your American counterparts. I am the dreamer and he is the doer. I design, he builds. We are middle class people with big dreams and lots of character and talents. BTW: I have a great deal of interest in China, have studied Chinese and taught writing at a university in China. I lived in China as a young woman and in middle age. I have Chinese art all through my house. The garden in the back is Japanese, and we intend to build a Chinese garden in the front. This spring, I hosted a tour of our Japanese Garden, and it was wonderful to see how surprised visitors were to find this in Raleigh, NC. Please write back to me. You can find me at ileneholmes.blogspot.com. I need to do a lot more blogging about my home, like you did. Ilene Holmeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04826145471977615981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8558799463956912149.post-23671312482479038222011-07-03T01:04:50.216+05:302011-07-03T01:04:50.216+05:30what a beautiful home you have....love everything ...what a beautiful home you have....love everything about it. home tour at pattys blog is awesome, and u write so good too. it is nice to see the beautiful house behind which there is love, labor and passion.Nayanahttp://nayanadonga.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8558799463956912149.post-50387417996826311832011-06-26T21:40:12.507+05:302011-06-26T21:40:12.507+05:30Thank you everybody for stopping by and posting su...Thank you everybody for stopping by and posting such lovely comments. Like everyone else even I can't choose the best part, for I love everyone of them, as also each part of our house has some interesting story behind it.<br />Now Serving: there are no lands for sale in our enclave although a few of them are empty, but they belong to NRIs. Welcome to my blog.<br />Tanvi: Thanks for you lovely comment. Welcome to my blog.<br /> I am really glad to see 3 new faces in my blog.Rama Ananthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00962222316822524699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8558799463956912149.post-12551082323538177492011-06-26T20:50:55.971+05:302011-06-26T20:50:55.971+05:30Oh My God! Your home is like heaven. Simply gorgeo...Oh My God! Your home is like heaven. Simply gorgeous and so tastefully done! :)<br /><br /><a href="http://www.tanvii.com" rel="nofollow">♡ from © tanvii.com</a>Tanvihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05491567577469019680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8558799463956912149.post-64783452990264488312011-06-26T19:10:15.734+05:302011-06-26T19:10:15.734+05:30your indian hacienda looks amazingly beautiful - i...your indian hacienda looks amazingly beautiful - is there any land by your property? want to buy some now!!!!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08737522307176103617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8558799463956912149.post-5978009938363123872011-06-25T08:23:46.598+05:302011-06-25T08:23:46.598+05:30thank you so much for sharing this with us. its tr...thank you so much for sharing this with us. its truly inspiring. Makes me believe I can make my dream home come true, someday. <br />Loved all the pics, and the way you have written about it. a lot of love has gone into the house, and lives in it too now. that is what makes it all the more special. <br />Which is my favorite? I have seen your garden before in some pics, and thought nothing could beat that. but your hall is so inviting. And those bedrooms!! enticing. And I keep thinking of that bell on the terrace. lovely!Pinpakshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01957359018116796426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8558799463956912149.post-40488627954141587072011-06-24T23:25:24.744+05:302011-06-24T23:25:24.744+05:30beautiful house you got there!!!! looks very relax...beautiful house you got there!!!! looks very relaxing!Linhyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04118830186067043342noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8558799463956912149.post-2547880913964819062011-06-23T17:47:13.541+05:302011-06-23T17:47:13.541+05:30Your house is gorgeous.....loved the 1st, 2nd &...Your house is gorgeous.....loved the 1st, 2nd & the mirror pic and the bell...actually all are them are beautiful but since u asked us to choose, so...:-)Nancyhttp://www.konnotation.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8558799463956912149.post-32562564902926924792011-06-23T11:11:05.271+05:302011-06-23T11:11:05.271+05:30wow !every time I see your house it is wowerful!:)...wow !every time I see your house it is wowerful!:)This time seeing and imagining the efforts you have put for every fine details of your house,I appreciate it even more.I am not much aware of the spanish style,but I can say tht ur house is really elegant .rajihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18095103429113436115noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8558799463956912149.post-53440753962868911592011-06-22T22:13:45.232+05:302011-06-22T22:13:45.232+05:30Your home is gorgeous.. and so are you!!! I simply...Your home is gorgeous.. and so are you!!! I simply cant get enough of seeing images of your home.. Its wow!! wow!! :-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8558799463956912149.post-86683938776993429942011-06-22T17:14:35.005+05:302011-06-22T17:14:35.005+05:30Wooooooow. Beautiful. Awesome. Excellent house.
...Wooooooow. Beautiful. Awesome. Excellent house. <br /><br />Designing is one aspect and then decorating is another. Both done tastefully. Very very nice. I will show the pictures to my wife tonight. She loves to see decorated beautiful houses.Amrithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16023510703283897521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8558799463956912149.post-86078027778844395582011-06-22T11:50:14.135+05:302011-06-22T11:50:14.135+05:30Rama, left a comment on the design enthusiast as w...Rama, left a comment on the design enthusiast as well.. Forgot to add that I enjoyed your garden very muchpadmajahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18297562916603110230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8558799463956912149.post-54577646831316951882011-06-22T09:00:45.375+05:302011-06-22T09:00:45.375+05:30KP, and Emreen, Thanks.
Emreen, saw your comment t...KP, and Emreen, Thanks.<br />Emreen, saw your comment there too, thanks a lot.Rama Ananthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00962222316822524699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8558799463956912149.post-69486118732822128242011-06-22T08:48:59.503+05:302011-06-22T08:48:59.503+05:30Beautiful home Rama....Your garden is something th...Beautiful home Rama....Your garden is something that I would love to see again and again......in any number of posts... !!! Loved the Home Tour... Congrats on the feature in Design Enthusiasist.. !!! Have a great week ahead !!Emreenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14508743497995261621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8558799463956912149.post-72795964554645595132011-06-22T04:11:34.790+05:302011-06-22T04:11:34.790+05:30Fabulous indeed.It reveals the meticulous care for...Fabulous indeed.It reveals the meticulous care for details and aesthetics.Must be most satisfying experience to live in such a beautiful home.It is difficult to single out any one for praise when each one is inviting your appreciation.KParthasarathihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02189924874350906456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8558799463956912149.post-39759828620901189762011-06-21T21:41:08.493+05:302011-06-21T21:41:08.493+05:30Sudha, Thank you,I wrote this blog just for you.
N...Sudha, Thank you,I wrote this blog just for you.<br />Neha, Bikram, SM, SV, Cloud nine, Sanghmitra, Ambika,and Sarmista: Thanks for your lovely comments.<br />Jerry you are right, one step at a time that is how we did it.<br />Yes Haddock, Bamboo is cheap and so beautiful, more and more designers should encourage people to use it instead of wasting hard earned money on wood, where it can be avoided. I am so glad it took you back to the good old days of Bombay.<br />Rachna those lights were used for decorating the house for the diwali last year. Actually we wanted to put some lights only for the outside, but the light fellow got so excited, that, he insisted that we allow him to light the inside also, for no extra cost. In fact it didn't cost much at all. I think we were lighting up our house after 10 years.<br />You must have seen some of these pictures in my Diwali blog.<br />Thanks a lot everybody.Rama Ananthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00962222316822524699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8558799463956912149.post-13884891334596856012011-06-21T20:37:08.594+05:302011-06-21T20:37:08.594+05:30Rama , thanks so much for leaving me a note , that...Rama , thanks so much for leaving me a note , that's how I discovered you and this wonderul home and eventually this simply awesome blog ! :)I love Tuscan design.This year on a visit to grand canyon as we were passing thru , I saw some Spanish style villas to die for.your house looks just like that......beautiful , beautiful and simply beautiful.A labor of love :) I have so many interesting reads ahead .My time will be well spend reading your blog:) I am signing up to follow you:)Sarmisthahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07702700747223535286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8558799463956912149.post-73591543405890166742011-06-21T19:18:00.324+05:302011-06-21T19:18:00.324+05:30Beautiful! Rama, you have painstaking put together...Beautiful! Rama, you have painstaking put together a home which looks gorgeous and yet has such a cozy and warm feel to it. I love the greenery the most. Just one question, why are there light bulbs in some pictures? Was it decoration for some festival?Rachnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02275266551382931603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8558799463956912149.post-11819328996027000872011-06-21T09:44:08.121+05:302011-06-21T09:44:08.121+05:30Awesomeness Rama! What a beautiful space, there ar...Awesomeness Rama! What a beautiful space, there are just too many things I liked to put them down here. A tasteful and warm house!A Sunny Yellow Windowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09011088717120088152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8558799463956912149.post-83924541394379761722011-06-21T09:43:00.383+05:302011-06-21T09:43:00.383+05:30Hi Rama!
Beautiful pics of your stunning home as ...Hi Rama! <br />Beautiful pics of your stunning home as always! Just loved everything about your Spanish villa..so tasteful :)<br /><br />Sanghamitra.Sanghamitra Bhattacherjee(Mukherjee)https://www.blogger.com/profile/15562389471638205613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8558799463956912149.post-48543237507311165112011-06-21T02:10:58.626+05:302011-06-21T02:10:58.626+05:30Beautiful, Rama! One step at a time, brick upon b...Beautiful, Rama! One step at a time, brick upon brick and anything can get done!Jerry Carlinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10024087888949143035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8558799463956912149.post-18023547768778879932011-06-20T23:27:49.890+05:302011-06-20T23:27:49.890+05:30Hi Rama...just am,amazing! This is the first time ...Hi Rama...just am,amazing! This is the first time i am looking at your house and the glimpse is just stunning, i must say! Such tasteful and artistic couple you are:)Cloud Ninehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02382499546129406231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8558799463956912149.post-5287143072471849652011-06-20T23:18:51.263+05:302011-06-20T23:18:51.263+05:30I liked the story of how you built this sweet home...I liked the story of how you built this sweet home.Loved every part of your home.SVhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10349848147416261563noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8558799463956912149.post-17613419727758489112011-06-20T22:49:29.798+05:302011-06-20T22:49:29.798+05:30Which part did I enjoy the most?
Now that is a to...Which part did I enjoy the most? <br />Now that is a tough question......<br />Take the last picture first...... those greatly slanting roofs are not to be seen anywhere now a days.(except in ancient homes)<br />Those curved tiles...... saw them last maybe 50 years ago, but then it was in Bombay where we were staying in my Dad's qrts(and obviuosly made by the British)<br />Bamboo rafters..... what a wonderful idea.<br />I always used to wonder why do designers not make more use of Bamboo..... such a cost effective alternative.<br />Maybe one day we will drop in for tea :-)Haddockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11573906991666088642noreply@blogger.com