Potbelly pictures, Part 2

As Creative Director at Potbelly Sandwich Works (as it was called then), I was entrusted with the awesome job of organizing the interiors of the stores starting at #2 in 1997 to just over the #200 mark in 2008.  I chose the wall colors, the finishes, the vintage wallpaper and which went where.  I chose what tables we used.  Many we made ourselves for specific locations and situations.  I created or purchased the artwork, purchased the artifacts, the inc-nacs,  location specific lighting and even the vintage wallpaper for each of the locations. 

As I was organizing pictures on my laptop today I found a few great little vignette shots that I took over the almost fifteen years I was involved with the stores.  I got a little nostalgic and sentimental I guess.  I see a chandelier I found at a 70's era -restaurant-gone-antique-mall in downstate IL. (A popular spot for Homecomings and proms when I was in high school, I might add.)  There's a latch-hook rug made by woman in Atlanta that I met through E bay.  She would only make rugs in the winter!  A great table from my alley and on and on.......

There is a previous post of my work at Potbelly posted in September '09.  Check those out too.  

                                                      Highland Village, TX

                                                     Highland Village, TX

                                                            Southfield, MI

                                                    17th and Pennsylvania, Washington, DC

                                                             ATT Building, Chicago. IL

 

Bollingbrook, IL 

 

                              NY Ave and 14th St, Washington, DC

                                       

                                                           NIU, DeKalb, IL
 

                                                 Midway Airport, Chicago, IL

                                              Highland, IN

                                            College Park, MD
 

                                               Houston,TX

                                                     Novi, MI

                                 DuPont Circle, Washington, DC

                                          Bollingbrook, IL

                           Warner Theater Building, Washington, DC

                                            Waukegan, IL 


                  And to close this July 4th post....... 

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                       Washington Design Center, Washington, DC