Feast your eyes on our prop room!

This is a large and amazing room where the props that we use for photo shoots and television segments are stored. (Click on picture to enlarge)

The people who work in this department are called prop librarians and they know exactly where everything is located.  And just like a good library, every single object in this room is labeled with a description, the size, the quantity, and a bar code.  Each piece has been logged into a computer and must be checked out when it is borrowed.

Maybe you need candlesticks.

Or perhaps, some flatware

Choose from silver objects galore!

Maybe you need white dishes.

Or colored dishes!


You can find many styles of pedestals.

And there are bowls galore!

Comments

[tws]

Wow...that looks like fun. I wonder, on a typical shoot, how involved are you personally in choosing things like props?

[Sarah Willson]

Love the blue Nigella Lawson nesting bowls in the final pic--they are favorites in my kitchen!

[MARILYN]

A feast for the eyes indeed!

One of the great pleasures of your daily TV show is the variety of lovely accessories that grace your set.

What a treat to see the "library" that the set designers have to work with. NO WONDER it is so wonderfully varied and endlessly enticing!

[liisamarja]

aah, to be able to work in a place like that, i wouldn't want to go home!!

[Jan Erickson]

Hi Martha, Your prop room is absolutely fascinating! I've never seen anything like it before. The prop librarians must be excellent at their job because everything looks so well organized as well as neat and clean. How big is that room? It looks extremely large. The photos are really great. Thanks again for sharing. Jan

[Timothy Edwin Minerd]

I'm loving the behind the scenes tour! Thanks!

My favorite thing about the prop room is how well-organized it is.

[Jeana]

OH MY!!! You must Just love all the pretty things Martha!!

JUST Last night my 3 year old grand-daughter Acura begged to watch not, martha but MARTHA STEWART.
PLEASE Nana she said, she know's I record it I guess, then she was so into things I could not get her to sleep, she just kept talking about helping MARTHA STEWART and how she could not talk to MARTHA STEWART to the TV.
OH GOD it was the sweetest thing ever. She kick me all night I think she was trying to keep up with MARTHA STEWART.

Thanks for it all and we will keep watching. Love ya

Jeana Reichenberg & Acura
Evanston Wy.

[Mike]

Wow...that was really fun to look at.

I'd love to see more.

[Rowena]

AWESOME!!!

I've subscribed to your magazine for over 10 years and have kept every single issue. Thank you, thank you, Martha, and to all the people behind the awesome magazine. A week inside the prop department is probably not enough to look at it all!

[Polka Dot Bride]

Oh my gosh! I want to come and visit- that is the most glorious thing I have seen in a long time!

[Kenn]

Absolutely amazing!!! It would be a field trip just browsing through the prop room! This room is heaven to me!

[Hardboiledegg]

Oh a prop library do tell do staff members have a "Library Card' is it a lending Library?? "nOT EXACTLY " (wink wink ) IS THERE A FINE FOR OVER DUE SILVER VASES???

when the Guide would say "private collection" is the MSLO library considered a private collection is it ever on loan at the museum

Perhaps the lobby could have a display of vinatage Frankanoma pottery for example

What a "shame" so much is off the market for us Estate sale visitors

all the good stuff is on the shelf at MSLO

[Claudia]

Dear Martha,

Amazing room. The most beautiful collection one could ever imagine to see. I couldn't imagine you had created such archive but it was definitely a great achievement.

I love your behind the scenes.

Love,

Claudia

[Carolyn]

AMAZING!!! I could spend HOURS in the Prop room just looking at all the pretty stuff.

I LOVE the behind the scenes stuff. It helps us understand just what it takes to live the Martha Stewart life. Keep it coming!!!

Carolyn

[Chris]

Does the Martha Steward Collection include a label maker with bar codes? If so, perhaps I should try this in my home! haha. Don't have that much to keep track of. This was a fascinating blog. Thank you so much!!

[Isabella]

Wow, thats fun....do you have someone collecting constantly

[Kathy]

Martha,
What an amazing room of plenty the prop librarians work in each day! Thanks for the tour.
Kathy

[Jane M]

I need 1 of these rooms in my house to live! This is your best blog to date! I would like to have EVERYTHING in that prop room!

[matt]

I just fell out of my chair.

[jules]

this would be my dream come true. dishes and mixing bowls and cake stands, OH MY!!

[Rhea]

Really cool. I had no idea that items were 'recycled' this way. Thanks for the behind-the-scenes peek.

[Sheila]

Oh my gosh, Martha! This is like being invited to the Wonka Chocolate Factory...very interesting and wonderful! Thanks for sharing, and keep up the great work you do!

[kat]

wow. I would love access to a room like this :) How much fun it must be to scout for props.

[Claudine]

Can I live in the prop room? When I redid our basement I kept your prop room in mind. I might have that many dishes as in the pictures. I better not let my husband see this. I need to go buy more plates now :)
Claudine

[Meredith]

Drool! Two words: Yard Sale!!!!