BDG Decoration Party

Heyla, all!

I've done a bit of base decorating for our new home, but as this shop is also meant for group members to display their own creations, I figure, why not let everyone else add the finishing touches? Hence, I've scheduled a Broke Developers Group Decoration Party! It's purpose, of course, is to allow everyone to come on in, take a gander at our new digs, and add their own furnishings and display items for customers to view and hopefully buy!

Broke Developers Group Decoration Party

The Keep: Home of the Broke Developers Group, is a large, tower-like building, with a total of 5 floors, including the roof and basement. With so much room to play with, I decided that it couldn't hurt to divide the place up according to usage and item displays. This will help make shopping much easier and, hopefully, more interesting to potential customers and casual visitors.

The first floor will be the fashion floor. It contains a small display stage for fashion showings during our showcases, and to act as a backdrop for the body mirror view when people try on clothing during our daily shop events. For seating during the fashion showings, I've included bench seating by SweetNDeadly. To act as additional atmosphere, there's a display corner where artists and builders can add a few of their creations, but keep in mind that this corner isn't meant to be limiting: If there's a better spot for a particular item, please feel free to take advantage of it! Finally, I've added a few display cases for ThereDocs. which can either be placed atop the cases, or hidden within the cases, as Sweet and I have done. Hopefully, by the end of next week, I'll also be able to purchase Davy's very hand display shelves, as well!

The second floor, I think, can be the vehicle showroom. It's currently empty, waiting for vehicles created by group members to be dropped.

The third floor will be the home and garden center, where members can drop any household items, paintings, etc. they have have created. As with the second floor, it is currently empty.

The roof is reserved for very large items, items that can't be easily placed inside, or items that rightfully belong outside, instead of inside. As with the other two floors, it currently lies empty.

The basement, I think, will be BDG space for members to hang out, relax, etc. It's currently empty, as I'm thinking that this room, too, is a good opportunity for members to display their creations.

As we all know, there's an issue with keeping items in place when they're dropped by anyone but the property owner. So, here are three ways I can think of to make group decorating work:

1) If you like, you can simply give me the item to drop and display for a certain amount of time. When you're ready to have that item back, for whatever purpose, simply contact me either via ThereMail or through IM, depending on whether I'm in world or not, and I'll gladly return the item to you.

2) I can buy a few of your items at wholesale price once the funds for that purpose comes in. That way, you still have your free copy of the item or items to do with as you wish. However, my funds are limited, so I won't be able to do this for everyone or for all items.

3) As a group, we can set up back to back, 24-7 events that will keep the items in place. Frankly, this particular solution isn't very appealing, as it requires everyone to really keep up with event scheduling, and that's difficult to do, as people will eventually begin to see such activities as a chore. However, if the other two options simply aren't feasible, we can fall back to this one.

If we use option 3, you'll be free to place items how you see fit, naturally. However, if we go with options 1 and/or 2, we'll obviously have to work together to get your items displayed to the best advantage. Of course, that's what the decorating party is for, and we can schedule a few more, if needed, to get our home looking right!

If the Keep is fully decorated before you've had a chance to add your own items, don't despair! I'll still be happy to hold or buy the item you would like to display, as I'm really interested in the idea of changing the decorations at least once a week to keep our visiting customers interested. My theory is that if there's always something new and interesting to see, customers will want to return more often, which, hopefully, will invite them to actually purchase one of our products!

I invite everyone to come on in before the event and take a look around. This way, you can get a feel for the place and figure out where you'd like to have your items displayed and arranged. Maybe you'll even be inspired to create items for use within our new home!

With that said, I wish everyone fair profits!
TheKeeper