I don't have any design ideas however, I would be real leery about putting up shelving so high (with a step for reaching) that might be a hazard.

Have you walked around to the other vendor sites and taken a look at what they have done? Have you talked to the owner of the store about your plans?

I have looked at the other vendors booths and there are many different approaches that people take. I also have spoken to the owner and there is no limitation on how or what I do with the space. Anything on higher shelves would not be fragile and Probably reachable for most people,

I thought of something last night that might work. IF I used doors, securred together and attached shelving tracks to them, so that the shelves I put on them would be adjustable. This might be a simple easy solution.

Jam-packed booths don't appeal to me. Use it as a showplace for your larger booth elsewhere, like a boutique window.

Make it clear in your brochures that you have another location: "Bunny Foo-Foo's at Westlands Mall and Southlands Mall"

Instead of "overflow furniture", make vignettes of your best small scale stuff, with a backdrop of a short (6-foot) bookcase or display cabinet to hold accessories. Hang flat things such as pictures or rugs on the side walls

If I can't reach it, I won't buy it, and if I have to dodge things like overhanging shelving (tall people HATE those head-bangers) I won't even enter a booth.

How about one or two pieces of furniture with a lamp and a few items arranged on the top, almost like a vignette in a furniture show room..and a sign as someone suggested "Selections from rjinga also located at..."

I'm with lazygardens in that I walk by the really jammed booths - they are overwhelming and instead of feeling excited by the possibilities, I walk away. The crowded booths I DO enter, more often than not prove to be sensory overload - I don't know where to look or focus my attention and feel physically jittery trying to sort things visually.

That said..... if I read a sign saying other items by the same vendor are available at another location, it would be highly unlikely that I'd make an intentional trip to see it. Part of that is because I'm in a large urban area and there are many of these types of 'malls' that traveling to a specific one for a specific vendor is unnecessary.

For me (that's my disclaimer) I like to see a nicely arranged stall, interesting layout of larger pieces and vignettes of smaller pieces that inspire me. If they inspire me enough, THAT'S when I'm likely to make a purchase. It's rare that I go to these types of places with a specific item that I'm looking for - usually it's more general browsing.

I appreciate the feedback, and because this space is small, it's going to be key to organize it so that it DOES NOT appear crowded or jam packed, yet the space is maximized.

I guess "overflow" was not really the right terminology to use. All of my furniture is going to be worthwhile (not biased or anything ;), and of course the much bigger pieces like the armoires etc. will have to go into the bigger booth.

I also think it's important to visually separate my space from my 3 neighors. Otherwise, my stuff and theirs just blends together.

I can also make a separation with fabric walls, so that might be what I do for part of the booth.

I was hoping to get some ideas for creative items to use to create walls and shelving.

rjinga - have you fixed up the cedar chest yet? I've been hoping to see a finished picture of it! :) I agree with other posters that said not to overload this booth. I also will not step in a booth, if I'm afraid my purse or elbow will knock something off.

What you see is the approximate space on my rug :) I have tried to block off the back end so you can see the true use of the space. The furniture (black table and chair are just at the front edge of the space) Imagine a wall (back wall) of shelves 12 inches deep, And then on the side where the bench is imagine being able to hang the 2 chairs on a wall just above the bench.

The red tape below the bench is the approximate size of any of the dressers that I have to sell.

When the bench and chairs sell, a dresser can come in, where the chairs are now in front (after they are hung on the wall above the bench) another small round table can go there. When the 2 end tables sell, another dresser can go there. Even if there is shelving across the whole back wall, I would only display items in the section that is exposed, for easy access. IF there are no furniture items to display, the shelving can all be used. If the furniture that IS displayed in low small things, like the benches and the side tables, etc. then there could be shelves above them for easy access and within reach.

Even with this mock up layout, there is plenty of room to go in turn around etc. The breakable items will go on shelfs, in and around the furniture, in an orderly manner could go other small things, like baskets or pots or whatever. There is 26 inches between the outtermost part of the red taped dressser space and the stacked endtables. 28 inches across everywhere else.

What do you think, can you see it working? It's really amazing how small this space is, and as I was marking it off, I'm thinking there is no way things will fit in here. But after stepping back, well you can see for yourself.

RUTHY1, I am JUST about done with the cedar chest, and I will post a follow up pic of it. painting has been a booger with our weather. It's not in my dining room, and the seat cushion is finished and it's been primed and painted, now I just need to put on some decorative iron pieces and it's ready.

Hey Rhonda, I didn't realize just how small your new place would be until I see it laid out with furniture in it. I do like the idea of hanging the chairs above the bench. Great use of space. How would you do that though? If I'm not mistaken you have to build the sides. If so what about doing them in heavy duty pegboard? If you built it so the three sides attached to each other and then have a couple braces across the top, one being at the front, my guess is it would be pretty sturdy.
Here's an idea I had how how to lay out things too. And if you did use the pegboard you'd have the ability to change things to fit what you have in there. Depends on what type of hooks you can find in your area.

The front of the booth in on the bottom of the drawing with two larger pieces angled at the back since they probably wouldn't fit side by side.
You could also have corner shelves above the large pieces for non-breakables.
The two long narrow pieces on each side are shelves for smaller item's. Again if using pegboard you could leave the shelves on the lower half of the walls and place smaller pieces of furniture like the bench and chairs or even the end tables.
Oh, each square is three inches on the drawing.

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Peg board is a good idea and I'm not really sure what kind of hooks are out there either, so I'd have to look into it further. I looked at pegboard today, the very heavy duty ones are kinda spendy for a 4 x 8 sheet. I'd probably go with the 1/8 inch material and reinforce with a 2x4 frame.

I had actually considered using wooden doors securred together. I found a bunch of louvered bifold doors today at a local salvage place. (habitat for humanity resale store)and I thought I could attach a shelving track to the doors for adjustable shelves. So where the chairs would go, I could use some type of utility hook screwed into the door.

I think even though the space is small that with creative use of space and organization of the items in there, it should work. Keeping in mind that this is a trial run and I can always take a bigger space if need be.

I'm not sure about using the thinner pegboard if you are planning on adding shelves. It might be worth the extra bucks to get the heavy duty even if you can only do one section at a time. Not sure how you'd secure it since I don't know what the place has or allows you to attach to. I hope you find it worth getting a bigger space!

Just thought of how a free standing wall might work. Use the two by fours to frame it (which is what I meant when I first mentioned pegboard) and make feet for it with angled pieces holding them at the right angle. You'd have to brace them front and back though. Well unless you started with two four by eight sheets and braced them across the top to each other. Check the materials board on CL for building supplies. Or the restore. Did you buy those doors? How much were they? They would make a cute back drop.

No, the store was closed, but the admn guy let me go into the warehouse to look, didnt' realize they were only open wed-sat.

So tomorrow, I'll go and see what I can find that matches or looks good together. Meanwhile I did find 2 sets of white paneled bifold doors on CL for $7 a set. So I'll probably get those too.

I think either pegboard or shelve brackets securred to the doors on the 2 side sections of the booth, could work fine. This way I could take a 4x8 sheet and cut it sections to fit.

You could use a digital photo frame to show what's available at the other location. Or have photos on your website. I think you've really got to consider having an online presence--a blog costs nothing to set up, and you can showcase the pieces and the stories behind them there, as well as sell online at Etsy, etc.

Oh my what a great deal on by folds! I would love to find some for that price. You can make corner cabinets with them.

Love the digital frame idea, very clever. And yes justgotabme, I have seen some neat corner cabinets made with bifolds too. Very cute. What I figured out is that I'll need 5 30 inch doors and 2 18 inch bifold doors.

2 30 inch doors on each side. the bifolds in the back corners and then one door in between them on the back wall. should be a perfect fit.

I've also considered doors with glass windows, or french doors etc. which might make it appear more open. This is my primary concern that it might seem like a small closed in box. Well, I'll give it a go and see what happens.

I will need the doors though because I have a whole bunch of old frames and mirrors and vintage pictures, wall sconces etc. that I will need to put in that booth too. I can hang them on the doors using picture hanging hardware.

I really like the idea of doors as walls Rhonda. It will different than any other booth I've ever seen so I'd assume it would be so in that mall too. I don't think it would look closed in if you paint the doors a light color, but I love the idea of adding doors with windows in it too. This is going to be the most awesome little booth anywhere!!

Well girls, here it is, 4 hours of labor putting up the doors etc. Then painting, it still needs fabric in both the gaps at the back end, took my fabric/curtain choices there today to see what looked best, but I did not decide yet. The louvered doors need to be painted, the plan was black, but now that I have stuff in there, I may live with brown. the floor is a bamboo outdoor rug, trimmed in chocolate brown. I have several of the pieces I'd been working on, but I ended up not taking the marble top end tables, I am still working them over to get them just right.

I still need to add in some smaller items, china dishes/teacups etc and a few more decor things.

so here's the photo gallery. thanks for all your help!!

I think it looks awesome and I forgot to mention in my email, but I'd leave the louvers brown. They look great and are a nice accent to the pretty shade of green you chose for the walls. You did good girlfriend!