Setting up a Bazaar

Setting up for the bazaar was a real challenge at first, but now we have it down to a science...well, almost! 
 
The first year we piled things on the bed, put a huge old rag rug down on the garage floor to cover the oil stains, draped the garage walls with yards of cloth, and used whatever we could find for displays.  We were going on the idea that the space was perfect for a bazaar.  We even had a phone line and a bathroom. 

 

Bedroom

 

 

Walls draped with cloth

                                                                                                                                                                                                  

I didn't even draw a plan for vendor locations until the 3rd year!  It sure seems like it takes me long time to learn!  But each year has become a bit better and more professional.

In a rather haphazard way I thought about these things, but can now enumerate them as vital:

• Entrance
• Exit
• Traffic flow
• Check out station/wrapping
• Telephone line for credit card machine
• Holding area
• How to incorporate existing furniture
• Where to store personal items removed for the sale
• Bathroom
• Tables or display items
• Table covers
• How to hang items for sale
• Which vendors go where

 

 

+Vicki Perkins at the Checkout Station