Dirty down ageing spray is one of the best ways to age and weather your props, with the wide range of colours and shades you can make nearly any item look aged from time, stained with cigarette smoke, or mouldy from water damage.
Pepsi
At Stockyard North, one of the most popular sections of our prop house is our vibrant and diverse collection of fake plants and flowers. These realistic, high-quality props are perfect for adding a splash of colour, texture, and life to any scene — without the fuss of real greenery. Read More
From lavish period dramas to eerie psychological thrillers, the Victorian nursery is a recurring visual scene in film and television, that can evoke a mixture of nostalgia, opulence, and sometimes, unease.
The Allure of the Victorian Themed Nursery
The visual language used in Victorian nurseries in film and tv includes —ornate cribs, wooden rocking horses and shelves stacked with antique toys—this helps to immediately signal a specific time and tone. Designers go to great lengths to get the details right, from period-accurate furniture to hand-painted murals. These choices help immerse audiences, making the setting as much a character as the people within it.
Alma’s Not Normal/BBC
Modern Street Dressing – Bin there done that!
What do bollards, litter bins, and lamp posts all have in common?…
…they’re all used for set dressing an exterior scene and sometimes used by dogs! In this blog post we will explore all things modern street dressing. Typically thought as the dullest area of set design, we’re here to show you they can be the most important part of a shot by busying up a set and background that fits the location.
It is always a tense moment when you see the trailer of the new series of your favourite show and you see a shot of a hospital waiting room. We have all the props you would need to create these suspenseful shots!
(Brassic, Sky TV 2019)
We’ve recently been taking stock of our consumables shop here at Stockyard North. We’ve built-up a rather large collection of shatter glass and breakaway bottles.
Our shatter glass is available for last-minute stunt requests in the North West. Before you pay an extortionate amount for a courier to collect it from down south – it’s always worth picking up the phone and giving us a call. We may just have the breakaway items you’ve been searching for.
It’s A Sin/Channel 4
Police Station/Office Dressing
It is no secret that the British television industry has produced some of the best and most compelling police dramas around.
With the rise in popularity of these shows, it comes as no surprise that our office prop and furniture collection is in demand. Spanning the 1980’s – present day, our office furniture and office smalls sections are some of our most widely propped areas. Some of the most dramatic and suspenseful crime storylines are often centred around the backdrop of a bustling police bullpen.
We thought we’d kick off the new year with some helpful blog posts to help you dress your set in 2025 and beyond.
We’re hoping to create a useful and informative guide for the art department community, which explores our prop collection in-depth. We want to give you a detailed view of some of the items available for hire at Stockyard North, and how they can benefit your set.
In this particular blog post we’ll be focusing on the canvas tarp, an unsung hero in TV and film production. They have a plethora of uses on set and can play a vital role in all kinds of productions.
All Creatures Great And Small – BBC
We’ve been busy bees here at Stockyard North over the past month or so.
Our team have been working diligently preparing to launch our new catalogue of props for weddings and events.
Do you have a special day lined-up that you require props for? We have a huge selection of beautiful props for hire – to include in your wedding, birthday or any other event that requires that little something extra.
Summer is an extremely busy period for the screen industries in the north, and with a fresh flock of recent graduates to boot, we thought it was a good time to answer some of the most frequently asked questions that we receive.
So, what exactly is a prop house?
Essentially, we are a big warehouse full of the set dressing that you see behind actors on TV. People who work in TV, film, advertising, and theatre come to us to hire items to make their sets look amazing. We’ve have thousands items from a range of eras, decades and places – including Victorian era props, American street dressing, modern furniture and everything in between! Read More
