Decorating on a Budget: Making a Store

 

By Wiggles Pig

Readers, have you ever thought about making your own store? It can be a big endeavor, but if you start small and plan carefully, you’ll be able to create an inviting space to display your wares and still have enough left over to go shopping yourself. I recently worked with a client to design this light, cheerful store that is also light on the budget.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

There are extra costs involved in planning a store so we gave ourselves a budget of 4000 KC – enough to cover the costs of stocking our shop without being excessive. My first step was to purchase some store displays from the W Shop. Although they used up the bulk of our KinzCash, they are a necessity for creating attractive displays. I had to compromise though – at 1100 KC, the Bottled Goods Display would just have to wait for now. I did however go for the Delicious Store Desserts Display (550 KC), the Snack Sampling Station (600 KC), the Store Checkout Counter (600 KC), the Top Shelf Store Ladder (350 KC) and the Waxed Cheese Display (400 KC).

Now I had to start conserving. Luckily, inspired by the fresh greens of my store displays, I found the Conservatory wallpaper which complemented it perfectly – and it was only 100 KC! In keeping with the outdoorsy feel of the greenery, the natural stone Wizard flooring was a lovely touch and the price tag was lovely too – only 125 KC.

One final splurge was a couple of Fresh Glass tables at 375 KC. They were costly, but I needed a bit more display space and they coordinated perfectly with the Store accessories and the leafy greens in the wallpaper.

With a few plants, a Rattan Toy Box for storage and a half Tatami mat, we were ready for business. And with our shrewd budgeting skills, I think my client is off to a prosperous start!

127 Responses to Decorating on a Budget: Making a Store

    • calliebuglet (username) says:

      Dear Ganz,
      I love the new rooms you have made on a budget! I made the living room and it turned out great! I just wanted to ask if you could make a room that has a kichen, a living room, and a dinning room in a medium or large room on a 3000-5000 dollar budget. Thanks ganz! I love your work!
      ~calliebuglet, 64 webkinz, 1 Zum, and 4 Hamsters

  1. SliverStar says:

    By far the best decorating on a budget. Rattan Toy box should be taken out though, YUCK!

  2. 78horse78 says:

    Awesome room!I love it!
    -78horse78

  3. BatRulz says:

    Ohh show us how to make a toy store next :D

  4. purrgirl2 says:

    This is really awesome!! I usually don’t like Wiggle’s designs, but this one is really good!! And 4,000 is a good price to work with, too. But you have to remember that the room itself is 1,000. :/

  5. moonshadow says:

    Cool room

    • psalm11911 says:

      COOL!!!!!!! But, I am broke. LOL.
      Add me!!!! My username is: psalm11911
      A big shoutout to all my friends! Y’all are SO sweet!
      Thanks,
      psalm11911

  6. dancegirl226 says:

    Love it, would never have of the wizard floor but it looks great.

  7. kayakitten says:

    The style could have been better.

  8. Jenna says:

    I like it . I think I ‘am going to use this for my store .

    • Lexi says:

      I ALMOST got shuts! I thought i was going to get them and it would be the happiest day of my life but when i clicked ready to trade for the 2 items the webkinz liked she exited out. I mean, seriously? You might as well say i don’t want to trade for that or bye, before you ex out! , and get this when i got out of the trade, she was gone! The trade was totally fair to me! painting overalls and a doctor quack bed for shuts, those are the 2 items she liked. I mean, ……..Oh who cares, I need shuts and slips. oh yeah what are spins? like i know its clothing. Oh yeah need red rock too.

      • tootles123 says:

        it looks MUCH better then the boys room that wiggles made, but i do not like the bamboo in that room!

      • Scottiedog101 says:

        I have red rock. Spins are glasses that are a deluxe item. The glasses are called spins because they actually spin.

      • what1111 says:

        what are shuts and slips????please respond

        • KellyCookieSlideshow says:

          Allow me to be of assistance. Shuts are short for shutter shades, and are also called rock star sunglasses. Slips are Nafaria’s slippers (they’re shoes) and they are super cute. (They go with every outfit. No joke!)

          • what1111 says:

            i love nafaris slippers!! my sister has them and im so jealous of her…she wont trade them for anything…thanks kelliecookieslideshow!!!BTW i am really AEO1st! friend me

          • Lexi says:

            I think your getting confused with sleepy slippers and nafarias purple slippers i want purple slips not sleepy slippers i already have a pair of those. Don’t ya know you cant send trade or sell estore items? its so obvious!

          • Emily says:

            I wouldn’t know that I can’t afford the estore so don’t be meen please.

          • BYRD24 says:

            dont worry about me being mean im never and i ,mean never mean 2 somebody on webkinz so dont worry at all!!!!! *lovefrombyrd24*

        • Laken says:

          what111 shuts are shutter shades (glasses with lines acrossed them) and slips and a kind of slippers from the eStore. Glad I could clear them up. Add me: flipgirl0078

        • moonstar* says:

          they are something
          lol!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

          • Moonstar says:

            I didn’t write that! I thought people were copying Cheetahstar! I saw it, it was like: Hey, I’m the real Cheetahstar! No I am! Please stop copying me! Never! It was kinda sad but funny at the same time. ( New estore fashions ) Why don’t you use the name, Soarstar or Straystar or Skystar? -Moonstar*

      • lynxlover says:

        Maybe Lexi, the trader’s internet crashed. That’s what happens to me when I do trades.

      • hannah says:

        haha that was me that did that :P

      • No name required says:

        What does this comment have to do ANYTHING with this room design??

        • You people are weird LOL JK says:

          Hey! You took the words out of my mouth! Give them back D8<
          hahaha just kidding LOL
          THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS SHUTS. There is, however, a pair of white sunglasses in the rockstar outfit called "Rockstar Sunglasses". You can get the rockstar outfit, along with these extremely overrated glasses (and a pair of epic jeans lol) by purchasing a webkinz T-shirt (NOT made yourself) for you to wear. Enter the code it comes with, and select the "Rockstar" outfit, to get your overrated glasses today! :D

          Lol, who can tell I like being an announcer?

      • Skillet Lover says:

        WHAT IS SHUTS?!!?

        • Josie says:

          Its the glasses that go with the rock star outfit. really, i don’t know why they’re so popular! or why they call it shuts? lol wierd.

          • justicethbushbaby says:

            They are really called shutter shades. By the way, tell me if you have a hawaian falls in your state because I don’t know.

        • Lexi says:

          allow me to be assistance: theyre called shuts because you know how those old fashioned windows have those flaps and you pull a string and the SHADES go up? those windows are called shutter shade windows and that why they are called shutter shades cuz they look like the window. :P XD =D =)

      • MrsSpongebob says:

        That stinks but sometimes my webkinz account logs out by accident maybe that is what happen. Or he parent was yelling at her to get off the computer

      • Lexi says:

        Sorry, I just got red rock from a trade.

      • Creampaw says:

        What ARE shuts???

      • Puffinz84 says:

        I’m so sorry that happens to me all the time too…. I wish I could help you but, I’m poor so good luck :)

      • Amethyst Sparkle says:

        Well, maybe Webkinz logged her out. It does that to me. Spins are these sunglasses with a swirly design on them I think. Sorry that happened, I want shuts too. ~Amethyst Sparkle ♫♦♥♦♥♫

      • Jillian says:

        what are shuts??? i mean win I’m trading someone always ask me for shuts! what are they????!!!!

    • AEO1stAEO1stAAAAEOO11sttt says:

      wanna know whats sooo annoying??? i went to justice to get a webkinz and found the hippy hippo which is soooo rare and then when i was buying it guess what??!!! someone had stolen the tag and justice didnt have an extra!!! sooo anoying!

      • lalala says:

        What?! The hippie hippo is rare?! I once saw a shelf filled with them!(not filled but with like 6 or 10) And I could have got it if I knew it was Rare! just peachy l:(

        • abowlsby says:

          I’ve seen a shelf of them too!
          ~abowlsby

        • likes97 says:

          The hippie hippo was NOT rare when it first came out in February or March (i think). that is why we all saw shelves full of it. but no one knew they would fly off the shelf which made them popular and rare. so yes, if you see any now-a-days in hallmark or Justice stores, that is rare. you can buy them on ebay but they are more expensive now (the public determined the higher prices). i think they also said that stores would not get many of the hippo which would make them rare. I dont know anything about that. good luck.

    • Lexi says:

      how come everytime i get close to getting slips and shuts the person exits out? I NEVER get them! I click the happy face for slips and BOOM! They ex out and there gone! It only happens on shuts and slips! its so weird! now everytime i see those items i get a creepy feeling. Yesterday i saw a chipmunk named melvin and when i clicked happy face for slips he exited out! What wrong with you people? Cant i at least show what i have?

    • LEXI LOOO!!!! says:

      really decorating on a BUDGET 4000$( or KC if that’s what you wanna call it) anyway its a RIP OFF don’t buy into it if any person reads this comment – DONT BUY INTO IT I TELL YOU DON’T!!!!

    • Moonstar says:

      I have shuts but not slips. But, I wouldn’t trade by shuts unless I got the 3-D glasses, Free World Rocken Pants, Gold Shimmering Dress and the entire Cheerleading outfit. Shuts are the glasses that are from the rocker outfit right?
      Ok, so back to the topic. That is way to empty. I combined my store with the cafe so you can buy your stuff then sit and eat it.
      -Moonstar*

    • Webbie Mom says:

      This room is almost an exact copy of my Greenhouse in my WEbbie house that I made last year – freaky – same flooring & walls…..
      It is the best design I’ve seen all month from the twins.

    • Always :) says:

      i thought may makeovers were over

      -Always :-)

    • brooke says:

      that is so cool that did that for me.you are my best friend do you remember me IM brooke.see thats what i mean that girl is mean.

    • :) says:

      Now this I like! You should try to win the honey jar from hamsters and save for the bread stand and put them together it would be cute too! I love this room!

    • girl+puppies=love says:

      nice…

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