Working with your hands

I have been running good furniture for over a year now and I think this is a good* time to stop and reflect on the journey thus far.

My journey in entruanperhip has been exciting, I have met great people in the small town we are living in and been inspired by all of the entrapuners around me.

I recently was listening to mediations by Marcus Arilie’s and he mentions that from his tutor he learned to “endure pain, want little, and work with your hands.”

This is the year that good furniture is going to become full time and I’m fully cutting the cord to “job security” and purse a more meaningful passion that has my cup full at the end of the day.

Oak Vanity

I have been working on a custom floating White Oak Vanity for some lovely clients. Here are a few pictures of the process.

Why I’m starting good furniture.

For the last 8 years, I have been working in Toronto as a desk jockey. Every winter, as the season takes us indoors, I venture into my dad's woodshop (the garage) with the goal of building a functional piece of furniture for our apartment. In the woodshop, I feel creative. I find it difficult to put the feeling of creativity into words, but maybe the simplest way to put it is that I feel fully immersed in the process - more present and focused. This is a feeling that would only happen sporadically while working my day job.

Starting good furniture is the first step for me to move away from zoom calls and flipping through browser tabs and more towards feeling creative and fulfilled on a daily basis.