| I have been interested in contemporary interior | | | | furniture than anything else I could do. |
| design practically since I moved out of my | | | | When I was finally done studying with him, I |
| parents house at the age of 18. Of course, at | | | | began an affordable contemporary furniture |
| that time, I had no choice. The only furniture that | | | | business on my own. I would not make the |
| was in my price range was offered by target or | | | | cheapest style of furniture - that available at |
| IKEA. I chose the latter. The slick modern | | | | places like Target or IKEA. Instead, I would make |
| furniture really let me make my home look good | | | | mid-level furniture, priced within the range of your |
| for a reasonable price. When I graduated college | | | | average middle-class person, but built to last for |
| and started to make a bit of money, however, | | | | years and years. I loved nothing better than |
| my interest in affordable contemporary furniture | | | | making this affordable contemporary furniture. My |
| did not wane. On the contrary, it began to be my | | | | favorite part of it was making contemporary |
| lifes passion. | | | | living room furniture. I loved to make the couch, |
| Making furniture was far from my area of | | | | the coffee table, and the chairs all fit together |
| expertise, but I resolved to try. I cut back on my | | | | seamlessly. I loved to think about furniture as a |
| hours and began to study with a local furniture | | | | set, as opposed to a number of individual pieces. |
| maker. Affordable contemporary furniture was | | | | Although I was making less money than at my |
| not his forte. On the contrary, he made very | | | | previous job, I was much happier. |
| expensive furniture for quite exclusive clients. | | | | It was not too long before the affordable |
| However, the techniques that I learned from him | | | | contemporary furniture business picked up. Once I |
| would be invaluable. He was one of those old | | | | had established a name for myself among local |
| craftsman that you are always hearing about. | | | | clientele, the business was booming. I simply could |
| Affordable contemporary furniture was furthest | | | | not make enough affordable contemporary |
| from his mind, but he made his chairs and tables | | | | furniture. Now, I am hiring an apprentice of my |
| with an attentiveness that is rarely seen | | | | own. The demand is too great, and I need |
| nowadays. Studying with this classic furniture | | | | someone else to work with me. |
| artisan would teach me more about making | | | | |