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Newly Vintage - the repurposing of old materials into new retail display props

8/23/2016

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Often when I design props for store displays or fixtures for merchandising they are purely from my imagination.  The challenge lies in bringing those ideas to life.  I recently proposed a farmhouse chic style trim for one of my apparel boutiques.  In my mind I saw old water/wind mills, old barn doors and abandoned relics.
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 To create vintage look props its easiest to find old wood and supplies to build them out of.  One of my local haunts, The Rebuilding Center serves me well.  There I can find treasures to build my ideas from.  For this particular trim I came across old packing crate supports, degraded galvanized flashing and oddities, old cast wheels and a ton of reclaimed  bits of wood.

Staring at the items in my checkout cart I decided to build a windmill out of the flashing, an old hoe and the packing crate supports which were rich with rusty character.

The wheels, some old mahogany wheelbarrow handles, old galvanized  channel and 2 x 12's  would become a vintage look florists  or fruit vendors merchandising cart.

Random chair parts, old wood, part of a tv roof antennae and miscellaneous bits of hardware would become an abandoned swift bird house.

A faux vintage birdhouse created from reclaimed wood and oddities by Aaron Christensen.  The piece becomes a focal point in a retail boutique's store window.
Old furniture parts, odds and ends, and reclaimed wood are transformed into a birdhouse. One that would be stationed by a field crop to be occupied by swifts or bluebirds. Weathered paint techniques and distressing turn the new piece into something that looks decades old.
Reclaimed metal flashing, old packing crate parts, a garden hoe and scrap metal are transformed into a vintage look windmill by Aaron Christensen.  The piece serves as a window display pieces for an apparel boutique.
Old rolled flashing is reworked into windmill blades. An old garden hoe, miscellaneous metal pieces and packing crate supports are used to create the functioning windmill. Distressing and weathered paint techniques age out the newly made piece.
Cut up metal channel, rusty metal railing, old wood, wheelbarrel handles and wheels are reworked and transformed into a mechandising cart, like those use by vendors.  The piece by Aaron Christensen was designed to serve as a seasonal store fixture for an apparel boutique.  The painted chalkboard sign reads
Reclaimed wood, old metal channel, a piece of metal railing and oxidized wheels become a rolling merchandising cart like a florist or fruit vendor would use.
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Penny @ Vintageworks
12/8/2016 02:27:35 pm

Hi Aaron, I know you often sell your props. Are these available? I didn't see them listed. Thanks, Penny

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