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On Gardening: Christmas cactus is a national treasure

It seems as though every year since I graduated from Texas A&M, I have been asked how to get poinsettias to rebloom. It doesn’t take long into the discussion before the gardener knows the task is more than formidable. On the other hand, the

Where is the future of home appliances heading?

We have superseded them,” says the interior designer. “Theirs was a very basic 1960’s interpretation of the future. Today, technology is so much more advanced than we could have predicted.” We may not have Rosie the Robot on-call, but thanks to advanced technology, we

Dave Gorman confirms the end of Modern Life is Goodish

We have some baddish (well actually very bad) news. Dave Gorman has called time on his stand-up comedy show Modern Life is Goodish. But in a blog announcing his decision, Gorman has explained there’s no hard feelings – the workload was just too crazily intense

Honor 6X, Honor 8 Pro Get Limited Period Discounts on Amazon India

HIGHLIGHTS Amazon.in will offer the discounts until December 19 Honor 6X is available for an as low price as Rs. 9,999 Honor 8 Pro is priced at Rs. 25,999 under the discount offer Huawei’s Honor brand has announced limited period discounts on the purchase

Panasonic Eluga I9 With 13-Megapixel Camera, Seflie Flash Launched in India: Price, Specifications

HIGHLIGHTS Panasonic Eluga I9 comes with a price tag of Rs. 7,499 Eluga I9 features a 5-inch HD IPS display It bears a 5-megapixel front camera with flash Panasonic on Wednesday widened its smartphone portfolio in India with the launch of the Eluga I9. The new

The World’s Best Interior Designers Hot List

We bring you the world’s best interior designers who’ve been making headlines thanks to their lust-worthy residential designs sure to give you some home décor inspiration. Martyn Lawrence-Bullard Background: Design allowed the 50-year-old British decorator’s dream of living in Los Angeles to come true. His

Interior design startup HomeLane raises $10 M in Series-C funding from Sequoia, others

L to R: Yangchen Lachungpa-Sr VP Growth, Srikanth Iyer- Co-Founder & CEO, Tanuj Choudhry- Chief Business Officer, Vivek Seetharaman- Chief Product & Technology Officer. Bengaluru-based online home interior design startup HomeLane has raised $10 million from Accel Partners, Sequoia Capital and RB Investments in

6 Firms Honored in Fantini Design Competition

Fantini Rubinetti invited architects, interior designers, and building developers throughout North America to submit residential and commercial projects to the brand’s inaugural design competition, and the results are in. The winning firms are Adam Becker Design, Centaur Interiors, Robert Kahn Architect, La Firme Design, NICOLEHOLLIS, and FNDA Architecture. The designs, selected

Sequoia Capital-backed kitchen appliances maker Stovekraft looks to go public

Sequoia Capital-backed kitchen appliances maker Stovekraft Pvt. Ltd has hired investment banks for a planned public listing, two people aware of the development said. Stovekraft makes and sells a wide range of kitchen products including pressure cookers, non-stick cookware, gas and induction cooktops, mixer-grinders

Tate Modern unveils artworks tackling migration and sexual brutality

 has unveiled two immersive and highly political artworks about forced migration and sexual brutality in its subterranean Tanks space. The large installations by the Nigerian artist Emeka Ogboh and India’s Amar Kanwar were opened to the public on Monday and both will enter Tate’s