Thursday, October 29, 2009

Getting Attention!



You have about thirty seconds to get a potential clients attention as they walk down Jobs Lane in Southampton - so the display window is very important. I have to admit that I am sure other stores plan windows months in advance but that is not how it works for me. I need to be inspired and then I work very quickly to put it together. During my daily blog reading over at Willow Decor/ http://www.willowdecor.blogspot.com/ - I discover the beautiful grain sack pillows from 3 Fine Grains/ http://www.3finegrains.com/ - I contact Kymberley and before I know it we are doing a trunk show together at the shop! This window shows her unique pillows. Of course I put my favorite stork pillow on the chair. Another favorite piece is the vintage English zinc top garden table shown with her large rectangular pillow resting on top of it. Kymberley uses wonderful pillow stuffers in each of her pillows - they are full and soft. Remember to click on any photo to see the details. Any advice on how to shoot through glass would be much appreciated!




Quickly I put the next window together after the trunk show is over using the same basic layout switching and adding a few pieces literally in about twenty minutes. English florals are not my current favorite, however this window brought many people into the store. Having said that, I do love that Bennison print on the pillow on the chair which is backed with another Bennison soft taupe large scale damask. I like this as an accent in a room full of cream linen. Pure elegance....





This was the favorite window of the summer. Although blue and white is a favorite color combination out here in the Hamptons, I wanted to make a display that used these colors but in a different way other than the classic nautical. Those beautiful large urns sold the first day in the window as well as the pillows. Isn't the backdrop fabric drop dead dramatic? This fabric started the window display.




And this is my favorite window. The background colors appeal to me. I love everything displayed here! I bought that beautiful antique angel wing knowing that I might be the only one to appreciate it and therefore own it! Joni over at Cote de Texas/ http://www.cotedetexas.blogspot.com/ - provoked a lively discussion awhile back about tableskirts - but I think it is very elegant made in a greige colored linen with a pure linen bullion fringe. Wouldn't the fabric shown on the back board look fabulous as simple curtains in a room full of linen covered furniture and stone accessories? Which is your favorite display window?

22 comments:

  1. Nancy - I LOVE THIS! All of these windows are gorgeous - I would have jumped in that store in a heartbeat!:)

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  2. The window displays are fabulous, I wish I had made your trunk show! Those blue and white pillows are fabulous, and that wallpaper?! Dreamy. My favorite, though, is the top one. That chandelier and those grain sack pillows... send me right to the moon. I love your favorite pillow, too!
    I've always had luck shooting from a 45 degree angle and using a polarizing filter to cut the reflection. =) But they look great to me as is!
    xo Isa

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  3. Thank you Isa for leaving your comment and the much needed advice on photographing through glass! I will give that a try soon...
    Make sure to visit Kymberley at 3 Fine Grains to have a look at her grain sack pillows - she has the real thing and they are stunning. There really is a big difference between the antique grain sacks and the reproductions out there!
    Nancy

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  4. Thanks Artie for stopping by. Your opinion always matters!!

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  5. Your windows are stunning!! My favorites are the Grains sacks and the window with the skirted table. Thanks so much for the mention!!
    I love your taste - I think we are kindred spirits!
    xx-Gina

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  6. A big thank you to Gina over at Willow Decor for visiting and leaving such a nice comment! And if anyone reading this has not yet visited her blog - do so immediately! Always interesting and entertaining -definately one of the top five for me!
    Nancy

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  7. Hi Nancy,
    You never cease to amaze me not only with these gorgeous windows but with everything
    you do. Thank you for such inspiration!!!
    As far as my favorite window it is definately a toss between the blue and the coral window.
    Just Beautiful!!!
    xxx Victoria

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  8. To Victoria -
    Thank you today, tomorrow, and forever for always listening, your invaluable advice, and for simply being a great interior designer - and most important my good friend!
    Nancy

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  9. You definitely will have your customer's attention! Beautiful windows!

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  10. All the windows looked beautiful and very professional decorated! I think the blue one was my favourite!
    Isn't it great to have a dream come through and have your own shop?! I have a webshop together with my friend in Norway for 1 year now and it is very exciting:)

    Have a nice day!
    -Lene-

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  11. Nancy,
    Congratulations on a job well done! Well, I know it's never REALLY done & always changing keeps it fresh. Your windows are all wonderful & the rest of the store is just beautiful. I can just imagine walking in and taking in all the beautiful things & smelling my favorite Privet!

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  12. All of them. How lovely. I am sure you are getting lots of attention.
    X
    V

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  13. Lene,
    Thank you for stopping by and leaving your nice comment. And yes, it is wonderful to have my own shop but so much work! Congratulations on your webshop - I am going to have a look right now!
    Nancy

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  14. HI there
    What a wonderful window - the blue one particularly. Please tell me what the blue fabric is?! I have definately not seen that fabric here in South Africa.

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  15. Hello cocobelle -
    Thank you for stopping by and leaving your comment! That beautiful fabric is from Bennison: Phoenix Negative Blue on oyster. This fabric is sold by the yard at our shop - and we did very well selling it when it was in the display window. It is a very dramatic print on an unusual shade of blue background.

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  16. How stunning are your window displays, I must admit the blue one was my favourite and I would of snapped up those pots too! cant wait to visit your shop next year.

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  17. I love them all! Beautiful work and I hope your store is doing well!
    Merry Christmas

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  18. All of the windows are gorgeous.

    Wishing you a very Merry Christmas and prosperous 2010.

    Leeann (the kiwi in SW France)

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  19. I wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy 2010!!
    I love your blog!

    xx
    Greet

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  20. Tout me plait dans la photo 1 ! Cette vitrine est le reflet de tout ce que j'aime ! Un mélange de rustique et de chic à la fois ... ce côté bohême qui plait aux yeux et au coeur !
    Bon Noël de France !

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  21. Oh my goodness! Your window displays are absolutely STUNNING!!!!

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  22. Thanks to all the wonderful bloggers who have left such nice comments on this post. We work very hard to make our windows enticing so that people will come in to our store and to generate business.... however as a designer it is just as important and very fulfilling to have all of you give us your stamp of approval and encouragement...
    Thank you so much!
    Nancy

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