December 21, 2006
Dreaming of a home makeover? "home décor" sounding like a distant dream? Renovate your home with items suiting your taste, convenience and pocket…eBay India presents the eBay DreamHouse - a transformation of an empty space from DRAB to DYNAMIC using just an internet enabled laptop and a unique marketplace!
Compiled and designed by the versatile Mandira Bedi, watch her revolutionize three empty rooms from bare to buzzing with contemporary and eclectic styles in just two weeks.
Gone are the days when decorating your house was a tedious process which required intensive planning, scouting tens of shops for the right match and a frustrated budget watch… With a twist of creativity and the limitless options in Home, Décor & furnishing category of eBay India (www.ebay.in) the job is not only easy and convenient it's also refreshingly different and fun!
Mandira Bedi - model-turned-actress-turned-celebrity TV sports anchor decorated all rooms of her own brand-new house on St. Anne's Road, Bandra with items bought only from the eBay India site and virtually turned it into the eBay DreamHouse.
The eBay DreamHouse created by Mandira flaunts themes that vary from contemporary plush in the living room to minimalist elegance in the bedroom to dark wood opulence for the study. 103 items were bought on eBay India from 28 sellers located in 15 cities across the length and breadth of the country.
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Said Mandira, "Your home is an extension of your personality, built on memories and the objects that you love and desire. While decorating a house I tend to look for items that suit my taste and make me feel happy… I never knew eBay had such great home décor items… once I discovered the choices and started shopping I just couldn't stop…My housewife tendencies came out and I was very excited about completing all the shopping at home, in a budget and in a limited time span of 2 weeks! "
Log on to www.ebay.in/dreamhouse * to tour the eBay DreamHouse.
eBay DreamHouse - Room Wise descriptions
Living Room
The living room is a space which attracts the most attention and is the judgment room. According to Mandira - It is the only room most strangers see and every person entering into your home is a visitor and a spectator into your life through the living room.
"In the dream house I have used a Mediterranean feel and used natural colors such as the turquoise blue of the sea.. the dark browns and the whites of the sand… "
White and brown is a probably common combination and most Indian homes would have it…. but by adding a touch of bold turquoise blue, whether it be the curtain straps or cushions or even a wall hanging which is actually a framed saree fabric, Mandira has lightened up the room and made it homely.
Mediterranean style homes have symmetry and elegance- With a sofa set which has low seating with straight lines, Mandira has tried to make the room conducive to intimate conversations
"The wonderful thing about my Mediterranean living room is that it can run the gamut between purely functional and elegantly formal."
Bed Room
For the bedroom Mandira went with her favorite color - Blue which makes her feel nice and serene and reminds her of the skies and the sea.
Mandira is of the opinion that blue is a calming, soothing color, with a connotation of tranquility and stability. She has used shades of blue in the room to give it a deep peaceful atmosphere. "I believe after a day's work the place where you relax and be one with yourself is the bedroom."
I feel most youngsters will agree with me that watching TV is a relaxing exercise. I have bought a nice 29" plasma TV for my blue dream bedroom as most of my TV watching activity is done at night.
A true lover of frames Mandira has filled the corridors of the eBay DreamHouse with frames and snaps of her family and people that matter. But that's not all , she went one step further by putting framed old coins in various shapes and sizes to create a unique yet alluring effect.
eBay DreamHouse blue bedroom will have a pleasing cosy effect on anyone who enters it…" she says
Study - SOHO
The study or the Small Office Home Office, is a place where Mandira is energized and slips into her action mood, whether it's discussing cricket or planning about work from home.
The vibrancy of Red complimented with white and creams seems more radical, but at the same time lively and exciting.
Mandira has chosen a beautiful wooden Seig bed in walnut brown, which she calls the Sigmund Freud bed to help her understand work problems, discuss and solve work issues.
With a desk and chair set in one corner, the SOHO adds the spice and the excitement of the idea of working from home.
To add some more glamour to the SOHO , Mandira has very creatively used sari's to create curtains for this room.
While shopping, I saw this pretty antique phone on ebay and loved it so much that I had to put in my SOHO.
A sense of coziness enters this room through the variety of shapes, sizes and amount of cushions.
Cushion add the missing color to your room.. I have used the family color of red such as pinks, oranges, maroons, deeps reds, to give the entire look and feel of comfort.
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