Stories

Guides to dressing, craft, care, the table and gifting, written in our Ahmedabad studio.

Hands holding a speckled stoneware plate and a fine gold-rimmed bone china plate side by side to compare weight and thickness

Home & Table

Ceramic, Stoneware, Porcelain or Bone China? What Works Best for Indian Food

A material guide for Indian kitchens: how earthenware, stoneware, porcelain and bone china handle turmeric, hot gravies, oil, microwaves and daily washing — and which pieces are worth making in...

8 minute read
Open House of Falguni welcome hamper waiting on a hotel bed in morning light with the room door ajar

Gifting

Wedding Welcome Gifts for Hotel Guests: A Room-Drop Checklist for Indian Weddings

A room-drop operations guide for Indian weddings: what belongs in a hotel welcome hamper, how to count rooms rather than guests, budget per room, working with the hotel, drop timing...

7 minute read
House of Falguni botanical gift box with tissue wrapping, maker card and thank-you note in warm natural light

Inside House of Falguni Packaging: The Parcel Before the Piece

A closer look at how House of Falguni wraps handcrafted pieces: protective tissue, gift boxes, cotton pouches, maker notes and what to expect when your order arrives.

9 minute read
House of Falguni gift packaging with a botanical box tied in branded ribbon, a cotton drawstring pouch, a carry bag and jewellery cards

Gifting

Wedding Return Gifts in India: A Planner by Guest List and Budget

How many to order, what each piece costs and how long it takes to arrive: a planner for wedding return gifts people keep, from ₹599 a piece, ordered 10 at...

9 minute read
Blue Chandbali earrings with ghungroo laid on cream cloth beside a navy block-printed drape in a brown leather bag

Dressing & Styling

Earrings for a Saree: How to Choose by Neckline, Fabric and Weight

Choose earrings for a saree by blouse neckline, fabric and weight, with the gram weight and drop length of every pair we make.

10 minute read
An Indian dinner table set with hand-painted blue ceramic plates and bowls of khichdi, curry, dal and roti, wildflowers in a stoneware vase, warm evening light — how to host an Indian dinner party, House of Falguni

Home & Table

How to Host an Indian Dinner Party at Home: A Calm, Practical Guide

A calm, practical guide to hosting an Indian dinner at home: menu structure, prep timeline, serving flow, table layout, guest comfort and the move from dinner to chai.

9 minute read
Hands holding a diary wrapped in ivory cloth, tied with twine with a dried sprig and a handwritten For you tag, is a diary a good gift, House of Falguni

Gifting

A Diary as a Gift: Who It Suits, and What to Write on the First Page

A diary is one of the few gifts that improves after you give it. Who it genuinely suits, who it does not, the occasions it works for in India, how...

8 minute read
Hands writing a short entry in a fabric diary on a train crossing the Rann of Kutch with salt flats through the window, how to keep a travel journal, House of Falguni

How to Keep a Travel Journal: A Method That Survives the Trip

Most travel journals are kept for three days. The standard idea, sitting down each evening to write up the day, competes with the trip itself and the trip wins. A...

8 minute read
Dye-stained hand-carved wooden printing block held above block-printed cotton, showing the floral pattern cut in relief, how block printing is done, House of Falguni

Materials & Craft

What Is a Block-Print Fabric Diary? How the Cover Is Made, and Why No Two Are Alike

You can buy a fabric-covered diary for two hundred rupees or two thousand, and they look identical in a photograph. The difference is in how the cloth was printed, and...

9 minute read
Four Katha Fabric Diaries in blue, magenta, olive and coral block-print cotton covers tied with red thread, House of Falguni

How to Choose a Diary: Size, Paper, Binding and Cover, Explained

Most diaries are chosen by the cover and abandoned by February. Five decisions settle whether you actually use one: size, ruling, paper, binding and cover. A plain guide to each,...

9 minute read
Lined fabric diary open on a wooden desk with a dated handwritten entry, reading glasses and a cup of chai, what to write in a diary, House of Falguni

What to Write in a Diary: 40 Things Worth Recording

Most journal prompts ask you to interrogate yourself, which is why so many diaries stop after eleven days. What survives rereading is detail: prices, weather, what someone said. Forty things...

9 minute read
Two ivory kurtas on the same rail, one in textured hand-spun khadi and one in smooth mill-woven cotton, shown side by side for comparison

Materials & Craft

Khadi vs Cotton: What Actually Separates Them, and Which One to Buy

Khadi is hand-spun as well as handwoven, and that first step is what separates it from every other cotton on the rail. What khadi actually is, how it behaves through...

8 minute read
Raw fibre sources laid out on linen: dried flax stalks with seed pods, a hank of combed hemp fibre, wood chips for pulp, and a length of bamboo cane

Sustainable Fabrics Beyond Cotton: Linen, Hemp, Tencel, Modal and Bamboo, Compared

Linen, hemp, Tencel, modal and bamboo are all sold as sustainable alternatives to cotton. Some earn it and some do not. What each fibre is made from, how it behaves...

9 minute read