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Beat the heat with these beautiful sun-blocking facade ideas

Scorching summers? Interior design expert reveals the secret to a cooler, chicer home with these decor tricks to block the heat.

Terracotta jaalis to living walls: Home interior designer reveal summer’s hottest cool-down trend.(Image by Lampros)
Updated on May 06, 2025 02:24 PM IST
By, New Delhi

Best black sunglasses for every style and budget; Top 10 picks to beat the heat

Discover the top 10 black sunglasses for men and women, featuring a range of styles and budgets. Find the perfect pair to suit your needs and preferences.

Black sungalasses are a timeless fashion statement. Get a pair that suits your style.(Pexels)
Published on Mar 09, 2025 09:00 AM IST
ByAffiliate Desk

Goodness, is that the time: A look at how languages name hours, colours, numbers

In parts of the world, the day is divided into slabs. Words for hues are limited to just a handful. And directions include realms above and below.

The Hausa (above) and Zarma tribes of West Africa are not known for punctuality, so the day was traditionally simply broken up into chunks. Through recent centuries, amid the rise of Islam here, these chunks came to be linked to the nearest Islamic prayer time. (Africulture / Shutterstock)
Updated on Jun 22, 2024 05:23 PM IST
ByAdam Jacot de Boinod

Do or dye: How humans chased colour and found it

A new book explores how dyes were created through millennia, and the economic and social contexts of the hues that shade our world.

Albrecht Durer’s The Madonna with the Iris (1508), painted with vermillion made from the Kermes vermilio insect. Cardinal Agostino Pallavicini, in robes painted with cochineal, by Anthony van Dyck (c. 1621). (Bridgeman Images; Getty Museum Collection)
Updated on Feb 16, 2024 09:02 PM IST
ByNatasha Rego

Home interior decor tips: Colour shades to adapt while decorating your house

Should we opt for neutral colour shades to match new design fads and seasons or go for geometric or floral patterns to uplift a dull corner and highlight the way our house looks? Home interior decor experts share tips on colour shades to adapt while decorating your house

Home interior decor tips: Colour shades to adapt while decorating your house (Ron Lach)
Updated on Jul 04, 2022 04:54 PM IST
ByZarafshan Shiraz, Delhi
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