Pooja mandapam by my husband

Advitha:
Really...I am impressed with the job your hubby has accomplished. What a lovely addition to your home.

My family has a lot of woodworking so I would strongly suggest you finish the wood in some manner before it gets dirty and then you have to do a lot of sanding in order to finish. I think combos of wood and paint can be really beautiful. I also had an idea: why don't you put cork panels in the back inside vertical surfaces. It will then be easy to hang or tack pics, pin up small items etc and you can arrange without just leaning them. You can get them (I think there are self adhesive ones) at like Lowe's and you trim and attach. In my religious space I put up black velvet like material in the back so that statues would be highlighted...just a thought.

Really looking forward to seeing your additions/improvements.

 

Dear Uma,

Your hubby has done a very good job with the mandapam. We have converted a corner linen closet with three shelves and doors opening individually into swami shelf. On the outside of the cabinet, I have hung lotus electric light string from Target.
My hubby is also quite a handy man. He has tiled the floor of the cabinets with white 4 by 4 tiles and the center where I keep the lamp with flowered tiles. It is easy to clean the tiles with soap and water even when oil, kumkum or chandan falls without making a mess.
Do finish with a stain.

 

Uma:
The cork tiling is handy as you can pin up items with tacks or pushpins. You could hang up items in any arrangement you like.

Here is a listing of assorted types just so you know hwat I am talking about:
Wall Tiles : Cork Wall Covering : Parquet Tile : Wallcoverings : Amcork.com

You can find simple type in Office Max, etc. Some are adhesive back just trim and adhere.

 

Tina

I have seen the square cork tiles that come in a package. I have used them for pinning light weight items, but I doubt whether they will hold framed pictures which are slightly heavier.

 

Sundarusha:
Yes...you have a point...it depends on the weight. You can get cork strips for hanging stuff but thats probably overkill and also little too office oriented. Uma will have to judge what will work and let us know.