Monday, August 29, 2011

Baby Booth... Phase One

This weekend marks the beginning of a new adventure at our house... the opening of an antique/vintage/gift booth at KT Antiques.  Mimi (my mom) and I decided on Friday (you read that right) to lease a space... and move in on Sunday.  Yep, from conception to birth in two days... ARE WE CRAZY?  

Here is how the booth looked on Friday... right before the lovely gentleman who had been the proprietor arrived to start clearing out.


I like to call this style Early Clutter.  Not exactly the vibe we are going for... and not really the vibe of most of the rest of the store either, thank goodness.

Here is our little corner of the retail world on Saturday when Dear Daughter and I stopped by to take measurements and steal  glean some set-up ideas from our fellow vendors.

Does it surprise anyone that DD has inherited the junk vintage gene?  I am going to have to keep her out of here or my profits are TOAST.  But I digress...

I should also mention that despite her occasional shopping breaks, she was a GINORMOUS help on MOVE-IN DAY... as were Mimi, Big Daddy, Handsome Hubby, and Sweet Son.   Makes me feel like bustin' out a little "It's a Family Affair"... digressing again.

My Sidekick

So here is our Baby Booth at the end of Day One... still so much to add and do, I have three boxes of goodies headed over today.  But we've got a good base, just needs to be fluffed but that's the fun part. 


I found a few blogs that offered tips and tricks to setting up this type of booth.  Tip Number One... put something in the middle to create an "aisle" for your customers to browse... CHECK.

Next I'll show you how I created our very own "vintage" price tags... stay tuned!

21 comments:

Sheryl Hastings said...

Your booth looks great! So much better than the one that was there before. I'll bet that black plate rack will go first. It's beautiful!

Duni said...

How exciting!!!
Your booth looks fabulous! Wishing you the best of luck!

Kim Mallinger said...

So cool! Congrats! I can't wait to see more!!! love ya!

Trina Prenzi said...

Congratulations! Your booth looks great and I wish you much luck!! :)

Judy El Masri said...

Very Cool!! I am excited for you, your Mom and your new venture. Now you need a marketing plan or do did you do that while you were sleeping ;)

julie cavender said...

Wishing you good luck and much success! It looks like you've got a good start.

Unknown said...

Congrats on your new venture! That's exciting :)

pasqueflower said...

You must be superwomen!! The shop looks terrific! And I'm delighted you included some vintage embroidery :).

J.Crabbit said...

Love what youve dont with the place. to quote several movies... I also love the strike text in this post, it is really funny.

Bia’s Blind Bags said...

Best of Luck!! Im sure you'll rock! xx

Melody said...

Looking good! That's great that your daughter was able to help you set up.

Paige @ Little Nostalgia said...

How fun! It looks great so far.

Tabitha said...

Wow - it looks great!! And, happy to see your daughter was such a big help:) Best of luck to you!!

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Scrappy said...

So glad I'm not the only one that jumps in with both feet!

Kristen said...

Wow! It looks so great, especially compared to what you started with. Not bad for just a few days' work. Good luck!

Stela said...

It looks so good!! I would totally shop it.

SibStudio said...

Your booth looks great!! You guys work fast !

hopeandjoyhome said...

You are off to a great start! I agree the "early clutter" makes me cringe a bit.I just got done painting my booth from a former renter's dark terracotta red (eww) to pale creamy white..it looks so much bigger and better!

Kara said...

It looks great! Good luck with your new venture!

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OnePerfectDay said...

That's wonderful!
You made it look just lovely!
Best of luck to you!!

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