Free storefront SVG files

Awnings, windows and what holds them together

Each awning is a sloping sheet with a hem and a scalloped edge. Every other stripe is cut out of the slope and stops about 2.5 mm short of the top, so the awning stays one piece and the stripes show in the colour of whatever is underneath. The shop windows run up behind the scallops, which is why the edge of the awning shows so clearly against the glass.

The cakes, books, pot plants and the barber’s chair all stand on the window sill, so they stay joined to the wall and nothing drops out when you weed. Doors are cut round the sides only and stay attached at the step. The finest parts are the glazing bars and the stems, a little over 2 mm wide when the shop is 100 mm across: fine in card and vinyl at that size, and better at 150 mm or more in wood.

Blank signs for your own shop name

No shop here has lettering on it. The sign board above each awning is marked only by four small corner cuts, and the hanging signs are plain plates, so you can add a name in your cutting software, write it in paint pen, or leave it empty for a play street. The storefront frame is the one to pick for a price list or an opening-hours card: its whole front is an open window.

How to open the files

• Cricut Design Space: choose Upload, pick the SVG, and add it to the canvas. Set the width you want; the shape is already welded.
• Silhouette Studio: Designer Edition and above open the SVG. The free Basic Edition does not, so open the DXF instead.
• LightBurn, xTool Creative Space and Glowforge: import the SVG, then set the layer to cut, score or engrave.
• Inkscape, Illustrator and Affinity: open the SVG. It is a plain filled path, so you can recolour it, add a stroke or combine it with your own work.
• Printing or sublimation: use the PNG, which has a transparent background.

Each design page lists the file’s narrowest part at seven sizes, so you can tell whether it will survive at the size you plan to cut.

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