Antique Booth Update - Moving to a Larger Space

20 June

I have a space at a local antique mall where I sell my vintage and upcycled/repurposed finds.

This weekend I got to move to a larger space at the antique mall!

You can see my first booth here: Decorating an Antique Booth

Today I'm sharing my new space!

Antique Booth Update - Moving to a Larger Space!

Not long after I moved into the tiny corner space that I first started with, I discovered that it was too small!!!

I didn't have enough room for everything I wanted to ~~cram~~, ~~shove~~, artfully display in my booth. I don't know what I was so worried about at the beginning of this adventure... not enough to keep it full... pfffffft!!!

So, I told the mall owner that I'd be interested in the next size up if one were to come available in the future.

I was so surprised when only about 2 weeks after that conversation she emailed me to tell me one of their vendors was moving out and they were dividing her large space into two smaller ones.

Of course, I grabbed one of those new spaces up immediately! We are allowed to paint our spaces as long as it's not some crazy color. Here is the space before I started painting.

It's about 8' wide x 10' deep and then we can come out into the pathway another couple of feet too!

Here it is after painting. I was so excited when she said I could paint the back wall with chalkboard paint!

The sides are a mix of leftover "Swiss Coffee" from my small booth and some grey that I found in my garage. It turned out to be a very, very light grey color.

I used some old, weathered 2x4s that were in my wood scrap pile to go across the top of my booth so that I could make a fun sign.

I used paper mache letters from Hobby Lobby and spray-painted them white. They are secured with poster tack.

I reused the polka-dot burlap banner that I made for my other space along the edge and tacked up some white Christmas lights behind the banner.

Then my mom and I spent almost all day today moving my stuff (thankfully it's only about 2 spaces over).

The chalkboard wall is by far my favorite part, the white pieces we hung on it really pop and we can write the price on the wall.

I put up the DIY Peeling Wallpaper Door again too.

Even though this space is only about 3 feet wider than my last one, just that small amount of space along with another wall really made a difference (my last one was on a corner so I only had two walls)!

I was able to bring in the green microwave cart that I made over here: Microwave Cart Makeover, it's been sitting in my garage just waiting!

And I brought in this metal cabinet. I found it at the Habitat store and it's also been sitting in my garage. I knew it would look really cute with all the vintage tablecloths that my mom has for sale along with some kitchen-themed items.

Someone already asked about buying it but I don't really want to sell it just yet. I want to use it for a while so I put a ridiculously high price on it... if it sells then yippee for getting that price for it... if not then I can use and enjoy it until I'm ready to let it go for a lower price.

What do you think? I'm really hoping that table and chair set goes soon because I have such an awesome plan for that back wall after it does!

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UnknownJune 20, 2015
OMGosh Tania, you're living my dream! ;)
I love your booth, if you were closer I would so shop there!
It's a great size and everything is put together so beautifully!
Good luck!! :)
Kim@Snug HarborJune 21, 2015
That chalkboard wall is genius - love that you can write prices on it.

And the green cart is my favorite.
Thrifty Mom In BoiseJune 21, 2015
Oh my gosh Tania I love it! Lots of hard work but it is perfect. I hope your new space is very successful for you. How could it not be? It is absolutely fantastic. You have such wonderful stuff in there. :)
NancyJune 21, 2015
Yes, it was fun----but exhausting! I came home and crashed---well, after fixing dinner, doing a load of laundry, cooking a rack of rib bones for the dogs-----------!!!
It looks really good, i think---more like a room than the other one!
Mom
ShirleeJune 21, 2015
I love your new booth space. You and your Mom did a great job putting it together and the chalkboard wall is a great idea.
An antique mall recently opened where I live and although it's fun to poke around, there aren't divided booth spaces so stuff is everywhere plus it's dark. I like how your mall is well lit so you can actually see everything.
Wishing you lots of success with your booth! I can't believe no one has bought the desk with the inkwells on it. I love that piece

AnonymousJune 22, 2015
Your booth looks AMAZING! I love the black wall, and it's so cool that you write the prices on the wall! I love it!

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EilisJune 24, 2015
It looks wonderful! I just opened a booth June 1. I am already finding that it is small but waiting to see if sales remain good before biting off a bigger monthly rent....
Eilis@MyHeartLivesHere
MariaJuly 06, 2015
love your vintage booth, stop by this Thursday night for Fabulous Friday to share more stuff. Hugs
Maria