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When orthodontist Dr. David J. Myers from Conway, Arkansas was looking for new office space, he was tempted to locate in a building that had served as a gas station since the 1940s and was being revamped. Although that didn’t work out, he and his staff did decide to go with the car motif in his new office, with:
- the front desk built out of the front end and fenders of a wood-grained 1947 Mercury
- the doctor’s desk crafted from a 1959 Cadillac
- couches formed out of the back ends of vehicles
- a vintage gas station theme with awnings and restored gas pumps
Photo credit: DJM Orthodontics.
“Parents love the office,” Dr. Myers says, “and there is no other office like this in the area. At first, when we were planning the décor, my wife and worried at night that maybe the office was too much ‘boy.’” Fortunately, for those who want something different, there’s always the pink Cadillac couch!
Photo credit: DJM Orthodontics.
Dr. Myers lists his hobbies as “rebuilding old cars, and an avid collector of ‘junk.’” When it was time to decorate his new office, he already owned a couple of cars that could be dismantled for parts, although he needed to buy more vehicles to complete the look.
Another patient favorite is the area that looks like an old movie theater with a light up sign. “On the day of someone’s first appointment,” he explains, “his or her name is on the sign as being part of the featured movie. This also happens on the day someone gets his or her braces off. When that happens, the patient takes photos and usually posts them to Instagram for friends.”
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So, he’s done decorating, right? Wrong! “I now have a seven-foot sailfish,” the doctor explains, “and I’m looking for the right place to hang it. A local toy store went out of business so I bought a great big train to hang from the ceiling and I’m trying to figure out its location, too.” Oh, and he also has his toys from his childhood and his father’s model airplanes, both of which graced his first office, and he still needs to find a home for them in his new office. “I want,” he says, “to make the patients’ experiences more fun.”
Find even more photos of this incredible work in progress here.
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