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Favorite Thing: A Swing Shop Skeleton

March 27, 2010 by Auntie Kate of Too Good to be Threw

Resalers could use this as a start for their swing shop.You must see this: a batch of “thrift-shop” tables, as the creator dubs them, painted glossy white, all mish-mashed together as a platform for your center-stage swing shop.

Here, they are fastened together to get the angles, but for more versatility you may want to simply nestle them together.

Pull out a drawer and fill with hairbows or bangle bracelets or napkin rings tied together with white ribbons…

A T-stand or half-mannequin or cake stand raises displays to yet another height…

a carousel of shoes arranged on a round table top…

Cup hooks on the inside of the table aprons that’ll display handbags, beads, scarves…

for-sale silk flower arrangements, or big baskets of flip-flops, nestled underneath.

Oh this would be so fun to use as the skeleton on which to build a fantastic swing shop each week!

More about Swing Shops, as one of the 10 topics in Shop Sizzle , which is a recommended Product for the THRIVING Professional Resaler.

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  1. on July 6, 2017 at 9:19 am Unknown's avatar What’s a Swing Shop and why would I need one? | Auntie Kate The Resale Expert

    […] Using those unsaleable coffee tables to make your swing shop skeleton […]


  2. on June 2, 2010 at 9:31 am Unknown's avatar Recycled store display fixtures are the bomb! « Auntie Kate The Resale Expert

    […] Sometimes they dance down the middle of your shop. […]


  3. on March 29, 2010 at 11:40 am Auntie Kate of Too Good to be Threw's avatar Auntie Kate

    @Jenni, No, a swing shop doesn’t mean a temporary sale. Take a look at our Swing Shop Page at TGtbT.com at http://www.tgtbt.com/swingshop.htm

    For the full story about what a swing shop can do for your business, see Section 7 of the 10-Section Shop Sizzle, one of our Products for the Professional Resaler.


  4. on March 29, 2010 at 10:52 am Jenni's avatar Jenni

    So a swing shop means a temporary sale? Hmmm. Another good idea:)


  5. on March 27, 2010 at 4:00 pm Jody's avatar Jody

    So simple, yet so wonderful! There are so many possibilities. And I love the drawers mixed in on the walls.

    I used to use a white painted table as a swing shop, sometimes, and other times just to house a specific item. Now I cut the legs down and use it as a kids table in my home.


  6. on March 27, 2010 at 1:23 pm Carlita's avatar Carlita

    I love this idea, I plan to use a painted white thift shop dining table as a display table for baby’s pants and onesies, thanks for sharing!


    • on March 27, 2010 at 1:30 pm Auntie Kate of Too Good to be Threw's avatar Auntie Kate

      Great! Now collect up 3 or 5 MORE side, cocktail, end tables, paint ’em all the same glossy color and nestle them, put one on top of another, make it WOM-worthy!



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