RE-SHAPE YOUR LIFE from what you do, to where and how you live, to who you spend your time with. READ MORE….
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Ten minutes in the bathroom.
Fifteen to get the coffee going.
An hour to get ready altogether, with emails, showers, breakfast of champions, high heels, and makeup, then all covered by colour-coordinated mask.
It is said that in moments of crisis some fold and some flourish. I would say that we at Dochia have definitely flourished!!
From international awards and recognition to a 300% increase in our followers across all social platforms, from accolade development projects to luxurious residences, we’ve had a prolific and accomplished design year!
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“With the emergence of new and updated technologies to support the transformation in the industry, the concept of interior design has been redefined to inspire positivity. With this article, we are presenting 30 such interior designs who are constantly enriching the industry with their expert skills and ideas.” read more..
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What is personal? What is not? This past year has been challenging at drawing the line between the two and, made everything, even the bites that were not, personal.
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It is unimaginable to think of luxury and third-world poverty in the same brain space. Yet they have no problem coexisting together in the real world. Grouping things in certain buckets often tends to shed meaning otherwise invisible.
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Resolutions work for me! I suggest you try it out! In the first 49 years of my life, I kept none. As my 49th year started, I decided to make a few and guess what! it worked out.
started, I decided to make a few and guess what! it worked out.
Does that mean that I have not accomplished anything in the years past? Of course not. But out of the few reasonable and decent resolutions that I've proposed to myself last year, some have come to fruition in a nice and satisfying way. And that's enough.
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As the year ends, join me, and let’s revisit some of the best, most read, and most liked of My 2 cents on design blog posts of 2021!
I have to say I’m very proud of myself. It is not an easy feat to keep a weekly blog. It is hard work and frankly, without a passion for writing you will not succeed. Many thanks to Jessica that has taken on the hard task of helping with the uploads and without which there would’ve been way less posts for you to read!
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There is a lot to be said about the concoction of emotions that one feels when one feels grateful. Contentment, relaxation, happiness, pleasure. As much as we don't all know the mechanics of emotion and we never think of them as we experience them, what differentiates gratitude from other positive emotions is that more often than not, we can pinpoint the source of it with extreme preciseness.
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Health above all else is what shaped pretty much everything this past year.
As much as this is a fact at any point in life for anyone and in every century, this year we've been globally reminded of our own mortality. The solidarity that ensued, even with its systemic flaws here and there, stood proof of humanity's power to direct itself as species. Independent of you agreeing or not with local policies, the psychological impact that this global lifestyle catastrophe has generated has touched and will continue to touch all aspects of life.
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Read about our winning entry in the BLT Awards 👉 This renovation curates through design a balanced personal space expressed through movement and cinematic perception. In an era where private space is important, this home was created to allow for family gatherings as much as for discreet separation in a manner that is mindful of how the building occupies its site. Read more HERE and register for the live ceremony this Saturday, 13th of October 2021
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Breaking news!! I am thrilled to share that Dochia interior design has won an Honourable Mention in the first ever BLT Awards programme! Details soon to follow!
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Aside from Cleaning Day or, more specifically, the day after when everything is perfect and a pleasure to look at, we don't really spend time looking at our homes as if we are a visitor in a museum or flipping through a design magazine. We just go about the day and do what we normally do.
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If you don't have time, you make time. Yes, it is that easy. We mistakenly think that time is something you have to get. Like there is a place where you go buy it. But think of how often we say that if we had the time we would do this and that and look at you now, during pandemic and as we're getting out of it. Think about, it, when does this ever happen? That life goes on hold and you have time handed to you without making an effort to make it? Never!
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“A prisoner should know that there are thousands of imprisoned freemen living in this world...jailed in their own society, handcuffed by duties..”
― Munia Khan
Not a year like another, we say. Isn't that true though about every year?
Does it matter that this one was filled with disease, loneliness, solitude and more loneliness? Does it matter that it was a crippling one? Yes it does.
From small grooming rituals to the pleasure of enjoying water on our skin, to the five minutes of peace and quiet away from a busy household, bathrooms can give it to you all. This expected convenience of modern living offers easy body hygiene maintenance and, if done right, serenity and mood correction to last you throughout the day.
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Cleanses, weights-lifting, yoga classes, detox, purging and facials are just some of the perfect fixes for an adult crappy day. And for the lucky some, reading nooks just may do the same.
That is, if you're into reading. It does not need to be a book. It can be a tablet. Should you be into reading? Heck yes!
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There is nothing like a deep breath of air in that sea-surrounded country. You can almost see the molecules, swirling happily around your nose in a pleasant, olfactory dance so beautiful that it renders all your senses mesmerized.
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