by Shannon Graham | Dec 29, 2018 | Uncategorized
My friends and I got together to build a boat the other day. We build one at the end of the year to fill up with memories and put out to sea in a Viking burial ceremony on New Year’s Eve. In past years the boat was made of cardboard and papier-mâché. It’s...
by Shannon Graham | Jul 10, 2018 | Uncategorized
Last year I needed a big project. Having just returned from Denmark with a head full of information about Danish interior design, I decided to import a container of vintage Danish furniture to Victoria, where there is a strong market for it. Cost breakdown As the plan...
by Shannon Graham | May 6, 2018 | Uncategorized
Finished work Upholstery is expensive. I’ve learned a few things on my journey – how to refinish teak, how to walk into someone’s place of business and try to sell them stuff, how to get awkwardly shaped large objects into a car without scratching...
by Shannon Graham | Apr 7, 2018 | Uncategorized
In March I found a dresser that checked all the boxes for a killer UsedVic deal. Terrible, poorly-lit photograph that didn’t show what the item looked like; ungrammatical copy; located up island in Ladysmith. The dresser itself was a teak 9-drawer midcentury...
by Shannon Graham | Mar 18, 2018 | Uncategorized
I’ve been busy since the last time I checked in. Of my ten ideas for growing the business, I’ve tried two. Instead of turning my car in for a van, I got a tow hitch installed. And I’ve tried selling things myself and putting them up for consignment,...
by Shannon Graham | Feb 22, 2018 | Uncategorized
As you may know, I’m working on a side hustle selling Danish furniture. I’ve been “practicing” – buying Danish or midcentury modern style furnishings for cheap up island or online classifieds, running them back to Victoria and/or...
