Storefront photos, ........... OK.
I traded off some of my old framing from my other gallery for some window treatments with a guy who was very good with a brush. I have my store name in large letters above my store on the facade, the store name again on each door, and over the window treatments I had him paint some wording just to catch the eye of drivers waiting on the street for the light to change. One window says "FAMILY HEIRLOOMS", the other says "SHADOWBOX DESIGNS".
On this side (my workroom), I have the same treatment on the door with the addition of "Please Use Other Entrance"! You'd be surprised at how many people try to enter the shop through that door regardless! Over those windows I have "MATTING & FRAMING" and "ALL WORK GUARANTEED".
In addition to the signage on the building, I also have a large sign on both sides of the marquee at the end of the plaza. I sort of overextended the city's sign ordinance pertaining to square footage allowed for signs but, so far, nobody has said anything about it.
If you have a vinyl sign company near you, similar window treatments can be done in vinyl. They really dress up the look of the windows and provide a display frame in each window should I decide to place framed art in the windows. I don't do that because of the East facing windows and the extreme sunlight coming in during the early day.
A side note, the door in the photo above had a solid wine colored base but my dog got so frustrated at not being able to see out that I had to scrape a portion off so he had some place to lay and watch the girls go by!
Framerguy