Also known as The Storm Cellar: Idaho’s Second Most Interesting Store.
The Storm Cellar is a clothing, household goods, and craft consignment store. Bring in your unwanted clothes or new handmade items to sell. When they do, you’ll get .
The aesthetic of the store is clean and inviting, in contrast to the “antique store” clutter of most consignment or thrift stores. The store is for customers looking for:
- economical buys and a market for their crafts
- eco-conscious recycled items and local shopping
- one-of-a-kind items
Products – Retail
Art Prints
Local (Pacific NW) artists’ prints in runs of 200 for $20 a piece. Featured on a large wall of framed prints (as pictured above, but with cool artworks instead of sepia-toned callah lillies) along with reproductions of fine art and vintage posters (samples to follow).
Products – Clothes & Accessories
Neckties – A large assortment of vintage neckties. An entire wall, bay, or gigantic fold-out tie display. Ideas pictured below.
Marketing
How to Consign
Consignment Agreement
Basic Financials
Fixtures – Ikea Expedit Bookshelves
Community Outreach
Box Exchange – Pay a $0.25 box deposit, or receive the same for your very good condition moving boxes. You can do the same on Craigslist, kirkbay, or Freecycle, but this provides a convenient, reliable source.
Paperback Exchange – A BookCrossing Crossing Zone.
Magazine Exchange – like the Recycling Center.
Links
Much information can be found at my del.icio.us page under tag: stormcellar.
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