Easy Ways to Hang Decorations (For Diwali & Beyond)

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The Festival of Lights approaches and needless to say, it’s time to give the home an inviting avatar. From putting up lights, garlands, tassels to pictures of Gods, there’s always plenty to do. While everyone loves a decked up home, the very idea of hanging accessories on walls can seem a little unnerving (Will the walls eventually get damaged under the weight of the decoration? Will the accessories leave a mark?). Thankfully, there’s a solution that can take care of the problem – hooks and strips.

Experts at 3M Command throw light on a damage-free solution – to put up, remove and even swap decorations.

Easy Ways to Hang Decorations (for Diwali and Beyond)

Plan a celebratory entrance
Let your entrance have a welcoming, festive vibe. Hang a string of flowers, leaves, bells or a toran using plastic wire hooks that can hold up to 450 grams of weight. These can be easily removed without leaving a mark on the wall.

Beyond Diwali: Once the celebrations are over, you can swap the toran, leaves and bells for a more simple, minimalistic tassel or a chime to keep your entrance looking decorated. Wait a month more and you could use the hooks to hang a wreath for Christmas.

Create an auspicious and ornamental puja room
The three auspicious days of Diwali (Dhanteras, choti Diwali and Diwali) are usually spent in prayers, with the puja room looking its decorated best. Good news is that you can deck up the room without hampering the walls – stick wall rangolis, the panchang or pictures of Gods on picture hanging strips, and hang paper lamps, diyas on hooks. Keep these decorations intact post Diwali too, so your puja space is ready for festivals like Kartik Purnima and Dhanu Sankranti in December.

Beyond Diwali: Post all the festivities, use the strips to hang baskets that store all the puja room knick-knacks and samagri. These will help keep the room clutter-free. You can utilise the strips and hooks to swap pictures of Gods on walls too, without having to destroy the walls with nails.

Light up indoors and outdoors
The best part about Diwali is the way homes (and the entire city) light up. Instead of hammering nails on the walls to hold up lights or lamps, opt for fuss-free hooks that can be stuck on walls and can hold up to 450 grams-1.3 kgs of weight. These can be peeled off when not in use and are practically invisible to the eye, making the string of lights look as if floating on the exteriors and interiors.

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Think beyond the walls
Festivals call for large feasts, parties and get togethers. This is also the time for the much-awaited card parties. Jazz up your card table and other furniture (say mirrors, diwans, consoles or coffee tables) with fairy lights or small bulbs – and don’t bother using nails or industrial tape to hold up the lights. Go for cord clips. These small and handy plastic beauties blend in with the furniture also have a clear adhesive strip at the back, so when removed, do not leave a mark.

Beyond Diwali: Use the same hooks to suspend Chinese lamps, fairy lights or handi lights to add more decorative value to your interiors.

Don’t know what to do with Diwali lights post the festival? Pick any branch or a twig with an interesting shape and wrap the lights around it – suspend it over your bed or over your child’s nursery, using hooks.

More: For more festive DIY ideas and information on 3M products, click here.

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