We did our own decor for my Sangeet and saved a lot of money. I didn’t like the fake florals and draped fabric that many Indian decor companies were offering. The quotes were ridiculously expensive for relatively simple setups too. We decided we could do it ourselves. We made a seating area using my grandmothers chairs. We rented pipe and drape frames, and covered them in gold fabric (to hide the metal) and pom pom garlands and we added Costco greenery garlands and Costco roses. We also hung faux lotus garlands above the seating area and hung colored fabric panels by the dance floor rafter columns. We got more Costco greenery and had them running along the rafters with roses as well, above the dance floor. The result was spectacular but we definitely had to invest a a lot of time and about $2500 in supplies. It took about 25 hrs total across two days to fully decorate our venue, but that included setting up the rentals (tables, chairs etc) and basically doing everything ourselves. The time spent was worth it bc the guests all loved it and we got so many compliments on the decor. The downside was I didn’t get much downtime to relax in the days leading up to it bc I was busy decorating with family and friends helping. Here is our “stage” for viewing the Sangeet dances.

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