This was actually a really fun window to go shopping for. I ended up finding the product I was going to showcase at Home Goods for just $8, which left me plenty of room in my budget for props. The prop I bought was a box disguised as a book. I decided to illustrate the concept of hiding things; personal things, important things. Old memories, photographs, keys. Things of that nature. The "book" would be placed on a book shelf among other books, decorations and memorabilia that might be found on a book shelf in an old family home. I wanted to really create the feeling that the viewer was "home for the holidays" by building a setup that is warm, wintery, and cozy. No matter what kind of home the viewer grew up in, the display will evoke feelings of familiarity because this type of scene is something that pop culture has idolized as a typical old-fashioned, homey environment.
As far as building the display goes, I knocked most of the prop shopping out in just one trip to Williamsburg. I picked up the old books at Salvation Army, which ranged from $1 - $3 a piece. I found the old keys and photographs at a place called Junk (actually, two places. Junk has two locations just a few blocks from each other). The old photos were less than a dollar a piece, and the keys were $5 a piece.
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