DecorShare is a neighborhood marketplace for Indian celebration decor in the USA. Families list the backdrops, flower garlands, stands and brass lamps they already own — and families nearby rent them for a wedding, housewarming, Arangetram ceremony, half-saree ceremony or birthday, for a fraction of decorator prices.
Search by town or ZIP and narrow by category. Everything on DecorShare is local — you collect it yourself and bring it back, so distance matters more than anything.
DecorShare has just opened and owners in the first towns are preparing their listings. There are no live listings to show yet — if you have decor stored at home from your last celebration, yours could be the first one your neighbors see.
First towns we’re opening: · · · · · — but any US town can list.
The decor Indian families in the US buy once, use for a day, and store for years. If it’s sitting in your garage or a storage bin, it belongs here.
The centerpiece of every photo. Full backdrop sets with drapes, garland walls, banana-leaf and traditional pooja backdrops, and photo-booth frames.
Common listings: marigold backdrop sets · pooja backdrops · drape-and-garland walls · welcome boards
Marigold strings, jasmine and tuberose-style strands, torans for the doorway, loose flower heads and centerpiece arrangements — the reusable kind, not fresh flowers.
Common listings: marigold garlands by the strand · door torans · centerpieces
The hardware everything hangs on: backdrop stands and crossbars, mandap frames, easels and sign stands, pillars, stages and seating for the couple.
Common listings: backdrop stand kits · mandaps · gold pillars · easels
Brass deepam lamps, samai stands, urlis for floating flowers, kalashams, lanterns and pooja plates — heavy, beautiful, and far too good to use once.
Common listings: brass lamp pairs · urlis · lanterns · pooja sets
Backdrop curtains, saree drapes used as ceiling and wall fabric, table runners and chair sashes in celebration colors.
Common listings: ivory drape sets · colored fabric lengths
God idols families keep for poojas and festivals and are happy to lend, handled with care, for a celebration or housewarming in their own town. Think brass Ganesha, Shiva Nataraja and Krishna idols — along with the brass lamps and diyas that go with them on the day.
Examples owners can list: brass Ganesha · Shiva Nataraja · Krishna idols · brass lamps & diyas for celebrations and housewarmings
Illustrations, not listings: the photos above show the kinds of idols owners can list. No god idols listed yet — if you have one at home, yours could be the first your neighbours see. List yours
Decor for an Arangetram — the classical dance debut that marks years of training. Owners can list the stage decor a family needs for that one special day: backdrops and drapes for the stage, lamps, and flowers, so the next dancer’s family in town doesn’t have to buy it all new.
Examples owners can list: classical dance debut stage decor · backdrops · lamps · flowers for Arangetram ceremonies
No shipping, no warehouses, no couriers. DecorShare rentals happen between two families in the same town, with a simple handover at both ends.
Search by town or ZIP and category. Listings show the town, the item, its size, what’s included, and the owner’s price per day or per weekend.
Message the owner with your event date. Together you fix a pickup window before the event and a drop-off window after it — times that suit both homes.
Collect from the owner’s home, or from a secure meet point the owner chooses — a community center, temple parking area or another public spot. The exact address is shared only after your booking is confirmed. Take a quick photo of the items as you receive them.
Return everything in the drop-off window, packed the way you received it. One more photo at handover, and both sides know the decor came back complete.
A public listing shows only the owner’s town and ZIP area — never a house number or street. Owners share their exact pickup address privately, only with a renter whose booking is confirmed.
Prefer not to have anyone come to your home at all? Choose a secure meet point on your listing instead.
You already paid full price for it once. A backdrop set that cost $300 and earns $75 a weekend pays for itself in four rentals — and in between, it helps another family in your town celebrate without buying everything new.
You set the price, the pickup type and the windows. Your address is never shown publicly.
List your decor
Tell us what you have, add photos of the actual item, and say where it lives. Fill this in and you’ll see exactly how your listing will look to renters — photos included, town and ZIP area only, never your address.
No — and that’s deliberate. Backdrops and stands are bulky, and shipping would cost more than the rental. Every DecorShare rental is local: the renter picks the decor up in the owner’s town and drops it back there.
No. Listings show only a town and ZIP area. You share your exact address privately, only after you’ve confirmed a booking — or you skip home pickup entirely and choose a secure meet point, like a community center or temple parking area.
DecorShare doesn’t take payments, deposits or bookings through the site yet — this is the founding version. For now, the owner and renter agree the price and settle directly with each other at pickup. Online payment is a later step, once the first towns have real rentals happening.
Both sides take a photo of the items at pickup and again at drop-off, so the condition is on record at both ends. Owners describe exactly what’s included, and renters return everything packed as received. As rentals grow, a deposit system is planned — it isn’t part of this founding version.
Any town in the USA. We’re opening first where Indian communities are concentrated — the Lehigh Valley, Edison and the NJ–NYC corridor, Houston, Dallas, Chicago and the Bay Area — because a town needs a handful of listings before renters find it useful. A listing from any other US town is just as welcome.
Add up to 6 photos of the actual item you own — not a shop or catalogue picture. Start with the full setup as a renter would use it (that becomes your cover photo), then a close-up showing colours and condition, and one of how it packs away, so renters can judge size and transport. You can remove a photo or change the cover photo before you preview your listing.
Listing is free for founding owners, and DecorShare takes no commission during the founding phase. Owners keep the full rental price they set.
