How to Design a Country Store
Creating a country store is a fun and enjoyable choice to have made. Decorating your country store can be very easy if you use your imagination and some of your very own merchandise. Utilize the basic country ideas, like wooden carvings, handmade clothes and homemade groceries. Does this Spark an idea?
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Things You'll Need
- Red and white paint
- Door handles and hinges
- Shelves
- Display tables
- Chairs
- Trinkets, candles or flowers in a vase
- optional: door bell and mailbox
Instructions
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Backgrounds
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Begin by painting the walls a bold red. This color represents the traditional country style and goes with most any piece of decoration.
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Paint the trim a solid white that is bright and not offset. This white will complement the red and outline the interior walls beautifully.
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Door handles and hinges should be uniform. A solid gold tone will blend nicely with the red and white design, bringing attention to the details you take great care of.
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If you have a door knocker, door bell or mailbox outside, be sure to match them in the same gold tone as the handles and hinges. A uniform store will appear more professional and will give customers the impression you are well put together, thus your product must be as well.
Pertaining to Merchandise
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Your product should be on display. If you sell candles, place them around on shelves and the main counter. Use candle holders made of carved wood or glass with floral patterns etched within.
If you sell flowers, place a few vases of your favorite flowers around the room for show. Use vases that are glass with pretty scroll or weaving designs on them.
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If you sell groceries, allow a sampler for customers to experience an item or two. Use napkins with a red and white plaid design, and a serving tray that has a similar color pattern. Either a solid white or solid red plate, possibly even use a wicker basket for items that are already wrapped and not in danger of damage.
Try to sample things like muffins, home made candies or local honey with stone-ground wheat crackers.
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If you sell hand carved items like frames or shelves, try to place them across the wall at eye level. Use bold pictures of rolling meadows and mountain regions to grab attention to your work. On the shelves you can easily place candles or flowers.
You can also fill space with trinkets. Try to find trinkets that resemble the older ways of America. Little butter churns, knitting needles and yarn, covered wagons, tractors and one room school houses.
Final Details
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Use curtains that resemble a plaid pattern of red and white. Tie them back with ribbon or a thick piece of material from a solid red fabric.
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Little lamps can be used on the counter and other tables. Use lamps with wood bases and a pictorial shade. Something that would depict a deer or elk in the wilderness. Or perhaps a snowy mountain view or valley by a lake.
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Complete the look with furniture. An Adirondack rocker chair with a high back instantly says country. Accent tables with hand carved legs that bow out and curve into feet are perfectly suitable for a country store. White wicker chairs, dark rustic desks and lattice style benches add to the flare of country living.
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Tips & Warnings
You can easily change up the color scheme to suit your own needs. Red and white were chosen in this article for their prominence that many people admire. Other good combinations are blue and white, blue and yellow, green and yellow, or purple and white. Depending on what you sell, your choice of detailed decor items are endless. Be creative with baskets filled with flowers, candy or handmade jewelry. If you design furniture, be sure to display it with hand made blankets, a wreath or even collector's bears.
