I work part-time at a local garden center, and am often asked to make something for a store display. These items have to be reasonably cheap, look good, and last at least for the length of time the display is up. IF they survive a year in storage, they may be re-used next year. This time it was a fireplace for the Christmas season. A few knotty pine boards, some left-over flooring from our kitchen, and a couple of pieces of plywood, and we have this! The structure around it was a project from about six years ago, and is a permanent fixture.

John

Display looks great. I suppose the part you made was the fireplace? The brick look was that the flooring,vinyl ? You did good staining to match the trellis.

Herb

Very Nice and Creative

I absolutely LOVE to repurpose old stuff that seems to be just laying around the house.  Good job

nice touch...

The 'stone' on the fireplace is laminate flooring. I had several pieces left over, and a friend had used the same one in HER house, so there was enough to do the hearth and the surround. I don't waste much! The 'stone' on the floor is concrete paint.

    Thank you for all the kind comments.

John

My first project for the store.... Christmas 2006.

One of the girls at the store did the paint job. Two sheets of 3/4" plywood and a piece of pine (seat front) from an old bunk bed.

John

WOW that came out good. I always wondered how all those store displays got built. good job, great paint job too.

Herb

Great job on both!!

 

 

that's better than good...

Nice work John.  The store owner has to be thrilled.

Great job! The displays look beautiful. Also a reminder......Christmas is that close.

Thanks, everyone. Yes, Christmas is THAT close once again! The owners of the store do drop in once in a while and sometimes comment on our decorations, but they (husband and wife) are much too busy with the wholesale side of the business. We (retail) are a very small part of the whole thing. Our manager is a personal friend, and it is she that I work for. My wife is the "plant manager", she does all the ordering for garden plants every spring. Our wholesale division has about 15 acres of greenhouses, and raises bedding plants, hanging baskets, and poinsettias by the hundred thousands every year. Our annual open house is this Saturday, when we have two guided tours through the whole compound. Some pictures from previous Christmases...

John

Really nice John!

Cal

WOW!!!!

That is really neat!!