We have a ball at the Burton Antique Show in Burton Ohio! We prepare for the show starting the day after last year. My daughter and I are always hunting for treasures to re-do. Painting tables, planting flowers in odd items, displaying jewelry on dummies, no offense lol. We...okay...my daughter has to have things just right. When they say presentation is key to business, it's a fact!
Our booth as been tagged "The Chic Shack" by our customers. We are very lucky to have followers who can't wait to see what we have to offer. Makes for a very good show!
The photos here are from last year. I'll be sure to take photos of this year's display after it is set up and post a blog about it later.
All the furniture you see has been redone by my daughter. She paints it, she distreses it and she recovers items. I watch. The furniture sells really fast. I LOVED the pink chair she covered and it was the first piece that flew out of the booth. But, I have pictures, oh those memories!
Last year she painted several items bright colors. Pink, green, yellow, blue...oh, the sold, sold, sold. Also, she had several items shabby white and it sold sold sold. This year, you'll have to check back to see what we've been up to!
We also try to have some men things in the tent, you know, keep them busy while the wife shops. So far, it has worked. This year we have a HUGE sailfish for some man to hang in his "man-cave" and a few other goodies packed up.
Enjoy the photos as much as we enjoy doing the show!
4 comments:
Absolutely beautiful!
what a presentation! I just love that you have it set up like a little shop. It is gorgeous, you have put a lot of thought into this and it shows!
Pat
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Wow that was a lot of work! It looks beautiful though, reminds me of a traveling antiques show. How long was it up for a couple of days or a week and are you doing it again this year? Or did I miss something was this from this year?
Have a great week hugs sassy gail
We set up on Friday...last year we were premitted to set the tent up the day before. Usually though we didn't get into the show until Friday evening around 6pm, set up our tent and fill it that evening, usually getting home around midnight. The show is the next day so we would get about 4 hours sleep and drive back. The show is one day only to the public on Saturday, then we break down, pack and head home. Lots of work but well worth the effort! This year's show is this upcoming Saturday, June 12, 2010.
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