Or as Sri Lankans like to call it, the "sitting room"! This is where guests are received and entertained, so it's usually the...

Even though most Sri Lankans eat at a kitchen table, like the one I showed before, in large estate homes like this there's usually a la...

Here are some photos of one of the many bedrooms in my husband's uncle's estate house in Balagalla. I was just over-the-moon to see...

My husband's late mother's family hails from Balagalla, a tiny village near the town of Divulapitiya on the southwest of Sri Lanka...

One of the most prominent features of mid century Sri Lankan architecture is the use of breeze blocks, or concrete masonry blocks that allo...

I just loved seeing all the little mid century details in Sri Lankan homes! They were everywhere, like little whispers from the past.  H...

Unlike Americans, Sri Lankans tend to hold on to antiques passed down from family or friends. Thus, it's not uncommon to see modern hom...