Upcycling
What Salvaging Old Furniture Taught Me About Respect
I picked up a dresser off a curb a few years back, the kind of solid, dovetailed piece that does not get made cheaply anymore,...
Upcycling and craft business writer, page 6 of 7
Arlo sells salvaged furniture and scrap wood pieces at a Saturday market and has priced enough handmade work to know most makers undercharge. He writes about upcycling and craft business with a ledger open beside him.
Upcycling
I picked up a dresser off a curb a few years back, the kind of solid, dovetailed piece that does not get made cheaply anymore,...
Upcycling
A guy at my Saturday market stall two weekends ago mentioned he needed a case for a mixer he was hauling to weekend gigs, and...
Craft Business
I once tallied a full year of wood purchases expecting a modest number and found I had spent enough to have bought a genuinely...
Craft Business
A fellow vendor at my Saturday market asked me last month how I paid for my first real set of shop equipment, assuming I had...
Craft Business
I broke a customer's cutting board in transit last winter, the first return I had ever gotten over shipping damage in four...
Upcycling
A customer once bought a chunky, reclaimed wood side table from my market stall, genuinely loved it in the moment of purchase,...