mock-up Oldtique Store

because the Oldtique Store is still nothing more than the entrance and stuff to put in it, I really felt like seeing what it will look like. So I recently put together a supersimple cardboard mock-up.. meaning a folded piece of cardboard and some folded pieces of card with prints of the wallpaper and a (out of scale) brick wall taped to it.

but it gives a very good idea and I like it! Imagine this made from mdf, with a floor, decent walls and the real paper and wooden wainscoting, a proper ceiling, lights and filled with lot's of stuff, not just this selection of all the great stuff I already have and will have/make for this store to be. Oh right, and a facade of course ;)

this is what some thought was the Oldtiquestore, but were just setups, the playing around with 'antiques' and the presentation of my mannequins: an mdf-corner I once ordered and used for some of the other scenes as well. This time with a piece of scrappaper just folded over a windowopening that's behind there and hanging over the edge (often tilting over the mantels when I added or moved something ;) as had just happened right before I took the photo on the left)

my boyfriend will start building the real thing the beginning of next year, but I just had to get an idea sooner. Not because I'm impatient I must add: he's had the mdf cut in 2010 already and he wanted to build it for me then too - or as soon as possible. But due to circumstances really was no option before and unfortunately I couldn't or can't do it myself either. But he finally can and I'm thrilled about that!

and this is why I wanted the entrance to be able to seperate from the steps: so you can have a good view inside the store, while maintaining a complete base.

although it seems that way in these pictures, it will not be a pitched (or halfpitched) roof/ceiling. But I must say would look great seeing the way the cardboard on the left (unintentionally) is. It is meant to be just flat/straight and will have small planking across and 'beams' in length. But maybe something is possible with that ceiling, because I must say the extra height is fitting for the space and the pitched sides make it a bit more interesting... mmm.

the desk, like in this set-up, will go in a space behind the shop itself, which will be lower (streetlevel). There will also be room for a bit of storage, a kitchenette (including the desk-area all one space) and a toilet

I really like this view through the glass into the store.

unfortunately the door has been loose for quite a while. My boyfriend dropped something on the entrance last year or so and it got disconnected as was the diagonal bar to push the door open.

luckily that was all, the structure itself was still very solid, thanks to the double epoxy glue I guess! The letterbox I removed at some point because I wanted to have an opening one and was supposed to be delivered about a year ago with some other items, but despite emailing, a call, a promise it would come and some more emailing, still hasn't arrived ;)