Historic Downtown Germantown Americana Window Display
Back in April the Creamery owner, Sheree Henson, reached out to me about working on a special project. She had been asked to drum up some excitement around town surrounding America’s 250th year and she thought of me. I jumped at the opportunity because it was right up my alley and sounded like a lot of fun.
Below I’ll share more details and photos of the window display but if you’re local and would like to see it in person you can find it at the corner of W Center and N Plum in the old Farmers Hotel (circa 1900) building.
Here is where we started:
This is what I like to call Phase One. I grew up with the owner of the building and when I was getting started he mentioned that he was getting ready to have the building painted. I decided to throw out some (unsolicited) paint color options and I was so happy he went with something very similar (he ultimately chose a similar color that was included in a historical paint collection which I think was a great call). I think it looks great and the new color adds a little interest and dimension to the building.
The main focal point of the window display is a large banner that says “If you’re lucky enough to live in Germantown you’re lucky enough”. I recently designed a t-shirt for the Creamery with the same design and those are still available for purchase at their location.
Next, we added some incredible historical photos of our downtown that were provided by Vicky Taylor. She has so many amazing photographs in her family’s collection and she was kind to share them with us. She sells framed prints and postcards in her booth just down the street at Hedy & Company.
We also were able to add some beautiful floral arrangements that were provided by Roger of the Village Flower shop which has been a staple downtown for over 50 years!
The Florentine lent us this framed piece that is from America’s Bicentennial and I thought it was really special to be included. On the other side we displayed an old sign from the Germantown Covered Bridge.
This little detail is only visible from the sidewalk but I thought it was super fun and needed to be included. At one point the Kuhn family were co-owners of the Germantown Press and they have so many printer’s trays and letter blocks. I searched through them to find the right letters to spell out Germantown. They still had ink on them so it was a messy job but it was definitely worth it to include this piece of history. The last detail was to get the large flag hung up outside and it looks so good! (Thank you Kuhn family for making that happen.)
This was such a fun project to get to do and I’m so thankful to have been a part of it.
Thank you to the Kuhn family for letting us use the building and for all the help getting it ready and thank you to Sheree Henson and the Creamery for co-sponsoring this project with homefolk. I loved every second!
xo, Steph