#1737 - Crafter Fashions Upcycled Chairs Into Six-Figure Shop
Side Hustle School
Chris Guillebeau
4.7 • 3.3K Ratings
🗓️ 3 October 2021
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A Texas crafter turns castoffs into whimsical works of art, earning a full-time income and building a sustainable business.
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| 1:05.1 | In today's story, a Texas crafter turns castoffs into whimsical works of art, |
| 1:11.4 | earning a full-time income and building a sustainable business. |
| 1:15.2 | Hey, what's up? Welcome to Sideosal School. My name is Chris Gillipo. |
| 1:18.0 | Did you know that upcycled chairs can sell for a thousand dollars or more? Not just as a one-off, |
| 1:24.2 | you can sell a lot of them. That's what this woman in Texas discovered. You're going to hear all |
| 1:28.6 | the details in this story. I actually did not know that fact before working on this episode |
| 1:32.8 | that upcycled chairs can sell for so much. Now I have a lot more appreciation for people who |
| 1:37.3 | create that kind of value through their handy work and marketing. Lots of our listeners out there |
| 1:41.9 | are crafty and handy. I wonder if you could make not just a small amount of money, but something |
| 1:46.0 | that's pretty good, something that's pretty sustainable and perhaps even a full-time income |
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