Staycations In Your Backyard!
Double Chaise
This morning on the Today show the topic of staycations was promoted once again and showed how a family can enjoy their backyard. My ears perked up when they were describing the comforts of home inside a camping tent, which included throw pillows. My love of accessories and throw pillows in particular caused me to stop what I was doing and pay more attention to the segment on staycations.
This subject is becoming increasingly popular with the high rising price of gas and the troublesome economy. But staying at home does not need to be a negative connotation for the casual furniture retailer, in fact this is an opportunity! You may need to be creative in your displays, promotions or advertisements but certainly this is a great idea for you to consider.
Instead of promoting a camping tent in the backyard, suggest to the consumer that they camp out under the stars on a double chaise with a warm, soft cuddly weather resistant throw blanket
OC Throw Blanket
and some throw pillows for comfort in lieu of a bed pillow. The best part of utilizing these items for sleeping under the stars is that they are a wonderful addition to the backyard and can be enjoyed in daylight, twilight or sundown.
OW Lee Double Chaise
Set up a display with hot chocolate and smores, a throw blanket and throw pillow. Encourage the use of outdoor furniture in new ways that your customer can enjoy at all times of the day and night.
Encourage Staycations, everyone else is so why not you?
These are my outside views… write a comment and tell me what you are doing to promote staycations. Marcia Blake
Frank commented:
Cats need to scratch. And if you don't prvidoe them with an appropriate place to do so, they'll often go for your furniture.Buy a good, sturdy scratching post, preferably a cat tree since it covers a wide range of scratching styles. If your cat is partial to catnip, rub the post with the catnip to make it doubly attractive. Conversely, make the sofa as unattractive a scratching spot as possible. Cover the scratched areas in tin foil (cats hate the noise) temporarily. Or spray the sofa with something citrus-scented or with a product called Boundary.Whenever you catch kitty scratching on the post, praise him and give him a treat. If he goes to scratch on the sofa, hiss at him and put him on the scratching post. You can also fill an empty cola can with a few pennies and rattle it to startle him when he scratches on the sofa.Hope this helps.
Ola commented:
Thanks. Tantalizing acilrte! Hope to get more info on this from you. Such a cool acilrte. Thank you for the time you put into this. You?re a pretty good writer & vulgarizer.
Lucy commented:
You may have not iedentnd to do so, but I think you have managed to express the state of mind that a lot of people are in. The sense of wanting to help, but not knowing how or where, is something a lot of us are going through.
