Ideally, your consignment, resale or thrift shop is easy to see all at once: one big area. In reality, though, you may have areas suited for selling but not as readily visible: a back room, side room, even a room down a hallway. How can you lure shoppers in there?
Somehow, this type of display just doesn’t really do it:
So let me show you some ideas that are a bit more tempting to browsers:
Sometimes, just some rope lighting is enough (plus a contrasting wall color and face-out display tempting them in…)
And sometimes, a bold side curtain is plenty (wouldn’t it be fun to change these for each season?)
This wall looks extravagant but look again: some molding from the lumber yard… and are those windows, or well-lit display cases on either side?
An extravagantly flamboyant entryway could be just the thing for baby clothes, prom/wedding/formal, or even (in hot tropical colors?) a resort “department”!
If your business branding is boho, retro or eco, repurposing a vintage crochet tablecloth or bed covering into a portal adornment might be just the thing…
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More decor ideas for resale on the Too Good to be Threw Pinterest boards.
Interested in learning more about luring shoppers into your “extra” selling spaces? Read a past blog entry…
Auntie Kate The Resale Expert 
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I have an open stairway directly in front of the front door of my store. How do I get people down there? A fate blocks it as we are a children’s store, but the gate and railing are painted a bright green, and we have signs. Yet no one goes down.
Hi Betsy, thanks for stopping by! It’s hard to give meaningful advice when we can’t actually see what you’re describing, but some ideas might be: Increase the lighting; have something visible at the bottom so they know what’s down there (yes, even if you have signage); make sure whatever’s down there is “worth the trip”. If your shoppers are bargain hunters, maybe that’s where the deals are? I’m afraid that since your shoppers are accompanied, I assume, by small children, the flight of stairs is simply too much work without the promise of a VAST reward…
All of them are beautiful!! Gave me some ideas for my home too!!
Thanks Kate!!