A nostalgic story tour of my mama’s home in Islamabad

A few years ago I shared this story tour of my mama’s home while visiting her in Islamabad. The photos were just for stories and the quality & resolution is terrible, but this tour struck a chord with so many people. I thought I’d share this here as well to save it! (I’m adding a…

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Dining Room Art Wall : a photo story

If you’ve been here a long time, you might remember the art wall in our old house (here’s an old post about that). It was one of my favorite parts in that house. When we moved here, that wall kind of turned into this one with a few additions. This is one of those parts…

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from the archives: tips on small space entertaining + dining room update

Okay, this post should show how much I had still to be shared from AGES ago but I’m not going to overthink that too much right now. For those that don’t know, this used to be our dining area in our old house (this one about that little house of ours / this about this…

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The story of an Eid table

Another Eid spent in this pandemic quarantine life and I have to say this one was my favorite (of the two). Last Eid did not feel like one spent at home because a huge portion of our day ended up being spent in delivering the Eid boxes (you can see that one here), so this…

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5 simple ways to celebrate and document your Eid at home

This year as all of us are going to be staying home for Eid (even if lockdowns are easing down it doesn’t mean infections aren’t happening – so taking precautions for the vulnerable and those in healthcare is still as important), it’s for sure going to feel very different. For us, those routine things that…

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