T D K Furniland

Down on Am Road in Nellikuzhi, that’s where you’ll find T D K Furniland. It’s a big space because furniture takes up a lot of room, as you can imagine. We spend most of our time moving chairs and tables around to make space for new arrivals. Kothamangalam is a busy area, so there’s always noise from the traffic outside coming through the windows. We’ve got wood dust in some corners and the smell of polish is always in the air. It’s just a regular local business. We don’t have those fancy showrooms you see in the city. Here, things are a bit more piled up, but we know where everything is if you ask. Some days are quiet and we just spend them dusting off the headboards or tightening screws on the display pieces. Then there are days when it feels like everyone in Nellikuzhi needs a new cupboard at once. We handle the lifting ourselves mostly. It keeps us moving and awake during the long afternoons. People around here know us by name, and we know which house they live in when we send stuff out. It’s a straightforward way to earn a living. We aren’t trying to be anything we aren’t. We just have a lot of furniture and a shop on the main road that stays open until the sun goes down, even when the rain starts pouring and the street gets muddy.