business growth and quality

I have had the dilemma the last couple years of either moving to a giant shop and hiring more people, and making more money.  Or keep striving to improve what I am doing and the same way I do it now, and keep moving on.  I keep choosing to keep a small shop and work by myself.  I talk to every client and as anyone can tell you, I am very easy to reach.  I think this is the way to go to insure I put out the best quality, because I know I am the only one who touches what is being built.  When you go to a place who has several employees, you can not assure this.  Just making money is not worth this risk to me.  I want people to get their custom piece from me and be happy and confident about the choice they made.  Knowing you can come to me and get a totally custom build with less hassle than buying a cookie cutter piece from a big store. I have always had a problem taking pictures of what I build and I know hundreds of things have left with no pictures.  I know why, and this will probably never change either.  I really love what I do and talking to the clients and sometimes feel its a personal thing between me and the client.  I share the picture with them or sometimes take none at all and just let them be surprised when they open the crate or box.  This is the personal feel I like and prefer instead of the approach with lots of employees and less personal service. Money is not what makes me happy, but doing what I love is and passing that on to people. 

None of this means I can not still take on big projects and jobs.  I am after all a workaholic because of my love for this.

Industrial drawers

This is what I did last week.  The dark one is 7 feet long with three drawers down the middle and doors on the outer sides.
The smaller one had adjustable shelves behind each of the 3 doors, and it also had two drawers on top.
Originally posted on www.justinrealfurniture.com

Beautiful and exciting

True words.

Read this over and over.

rolling cart

This is a cool cart I just shipped out.  It is polished steel, and Mahogany wood and nice little brushed aluminum caster wheels.  This one was 36 high, 32 long, and 18 deep. 
Originally posted www.justinrealfurniture.com

Thinking of things and new ideas