THERE is no Christmas like a Guyanese Christmas. This adage is usually referred to the hustle and bustle Guyanese take into making their Christmas the ideal one, even if it means doing the same thing all year round. Most of the fuss and fight is placed in home décor and food. A Guyanese home celebrating Christmas must have new curtains, new ornaments, new floral and all the additives.
To add season to salt, Guyanese décor must be colour themed; the toilet set should be matching the bedroom blind. These detailed preparations are what makes Guyanese Christmas uncompetitive, not only in the Caribbean but around the world.
Giving home décor a local flair and making it affordable enough to suit the pockets of everyone, is Linden designer Sonia Sanchara. Sanchara has embarked on a project that is putting a touch of finesse into the living rooms or any other room of choice of her clients with her homemade decorated table bottles and other unique ornaments.
These are made from recycled wine and champagne bottles that are transformed into beautiful ornaments that would have any person running wild. Her neutral choice of colours allows them to fit in with the already purchased curtains and florals. In fact, these classy table bottles revolutionise floral decorations and bring that exquisite and elegant touch to one’s home. Sanchara related that she started the bottle designs last year as a trial and error after realising she has this talent in her hands. She gained a few clients at first but with practice throughout the year, she perfected her skills and came bang on with her designs this Christmas, thus gaining an overwhelming number of clients.
It may be very surprising to know that most of the materials used to decorate the bottles are sourced right in her home. She spray paints the bottles then designs them with marbles, decorative stones, ribbons, beaded chains, flowers, sticks, Christmas balls and the seed of our National Flower. She said she feels happy bringing a touch of class to the homes of her clients this holiday and more so doing it for those on a limited budget.
