Using Saris For Your Home Decor Projects

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Over the years of garage sale and flea market searching,

I have a small collection of beautiful Indian saris.

I love the vibrancy of the colors and textures and

in my white home decor, a sari gives me

a wonderful hit of color.

Last week, I used my bright yellow and pink flowered

sari as a tablecloth on my dining table.

I incorporated dollar store pastel tea light holders,

my vintage pink flowered French china and a

vase of pretty yellow roses.

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On the napkins, I placed old vintage Christmas gift tags

that had a pretty red rose to pick up the roses in

the china.  I used them as table place cards.

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Last summer I attended the Indian Festival in Toronto

and what a wonderful sight it was to see the gorgeous Indian women 

in their beautiful saris. 

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The tables at the Festival were covered in lovely saris and clothing

with more colorful jewelry to add even more bling to the dress.

Many of the saris have beautiful gold threaded designs running

through them with jewels which would be beautiful

in a home as decor accents.

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I love using my saris as drapes.

I use the clip curtain rings so that I have no sewing

and can use the saris in other places when I

want a change.  

Sometimes I just love a sari thrown over the

bottom of a bed like a throw for 

a little color and texture.

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Or as we see them in the above picture

as a canopy for your bed.

Notice the sari covered cushions...

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Nothing more beautiful to me than 

red and pink saris in a bedroom.

I would feel like an Indian princess.

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Just a lovely stack of Indian saris

would be lovely in any setting.

I wish I had this group of blue and lavender saris.

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A couple of my saris have been ripped

either from a previous owner or my own mistakes

but they would be perfect candidates for cutting them

up into quilt sized pieces to make cushions.

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Or, as a long pillow like the one above.

Have you ever used a sari as part of your own decor?

Most large cities have Indian neighborhoods where you can

find stores carrying thousands of gorgeous saris.  

Toronto has two Little India neighborhoods and it is so much

fun to go shopping in the area for wonderful buys

and then have a delicious lunch at an Indian restaurant.


Affordable Splendor Shop

Here's a lovely vintage brooch 
I have for sale in my 
Affordable Splendor Etsy Shop.
This would be just the right piece
to showcase with your Indian sari decor.
See it here.