Need *CHEAP* DIY Set Design Ideas! (X-posted in DIY)

[Rebecca Danger]

I need help with some ideas for various pinup/burlesque background set designs.  I have *no* money to spend on it, so the best I've been able to come up with so far is to get some old sheets from the Goodwill and paint backgrounds on them.  I once painted a graveyard over a black sheet as a backdrop for "prom pictures" at a zombie prom and it turned out to be amazing.  I'm hoping I can have the same luck with that (once I figure out what kind of sets I want to/could paint). 

Do you guys have any other major money saving ideas for backgrounds and props?  I'd love to know!! Thanks!!

[Gathalia]

Maybe you can make a design based on the "dia de muertos"  from Mexico, you can also make a sort of dice and casino theme, and old school tattoo design, how about a nautical theme?...I hope I've helped a little and I'll like to see pictures of your backgounds.

[Rebecca Danger]

Those are great ideas; thanks!

One set I've always wanted to build is a 50's kitchen, you know with robin's egg blue appliances, black and white checkered floors, etc.  But that definitely won't be cheap, lol.  It seems like all of the sets I've wanted to build require a lot of major purchases like furniture and appliances and things like that.  Not only do I not have the money, but I don't have the space even if I did.  So I hope this backdrop thing works out and I *really* hope that I come up with some ideas that are better than backdrops, haha.