We found an empty building and located the owners, cut a deal and moved in. We designed products ranging from fern stands to plant hangers and got started visiting local nurseries and gift shops and developed a customer base. The business started with long hours and hard work from all of the partners and utilizing local kids to pull nails from the salvaged flooring. We developed a steamer box and racks to create curved legs and jigs to reduce labor hours. In the end it evolved from a crude labor intensive operation with crude handmade products to a much more efficient manufacturing facility with a much cleaner product that sold in J C Pennys, nurseries and gift shops across the country.
