Apothecary meets Star Trek

One of the quandaries facing us in the next two months is how to create a space that reflects our personality and the personality of our store. A great compliment from someone who walked in-curious about what we do-said that our store reminded him of the apothecary shops in Germany. That was a very cool compliment! Unfortunately, the new location already has floor to ceiling, wall to wall shelving that is shiny, upscale, and modern. The color scheme is brown and pink with a pink painted metal ceiling (yes, yikes!). The wall behind the central desk is brown with pastel polka dots--so painting is definitely in order and the one thing that will bring the greatest change in looks. As shelving goes, the ones in the store are beautiful and very expensive, but their trendy look sends a different message than what we intend. Therefore, we are considering options that changes the shiny exterior to one more weathered.

We are thinking of fronting the shelves with rough wood or metal strips--again, it is something that we cannot really visualize until we can get into the store for a long enough time to really look at the layout. Although we love the grey concrete floors, we want to soften the look with either area rugs or carpet. I scour Craigslist for possible materials that might serve as functional display and fabric. As we wait for the contract (it does take the property a long time to do this) all we can do is come up with ideas and eliminate them once we discuss practicality and cost. This post seems a little disjointed, but as I get my thoughts down, the ideas are coming together and I will call the property manager to get into the new store to take pictures. Thanks blog! :)