Mahalaxmi Furniture Mart

You’ll find Mahalaxmi Furniture Mart over at Plot No. 7/1 in the Gidc. It’s a place that always smells like fresh-cut wood and sawdust. We’ve got our workshop set up there, with different areas for cutting, sanding, and putting things together. It isn’t a fancy showroom with bright lights and mirrors. Instead, it’s a working space where you can see the wood shavings on the floor and tools hanging on the walls. We spend most of our time at the workbenches, making sure the joints are tight and the surfaces are smooth. The Gidc can be quite noisy with all the other factories around, but inside our plot, we just focus on the piece of furniture in front of us. We have a few finished items sitting near the front for people to see, but a lot of what we do is made to order. Sometimes the sawdust gets everywhere, including on our clothes and in our hair, but that's part of the trade. We have a big sliding metal door that we keep open to let the air circulate, otherwise, it gets too dusty. There’s a small desk in the corner where we keep our sketches and a few catalogs, but we’re usually too busy with the saw or the hammer to spend much time there. It’s just us doing what we’ve done for years, making things that people can actually use in their homes. No big fuss, just honest work at Plot No. 7/1.