Post #143670 by Kapu Caleb on Mon, Feb 28, 2005 8:24 AM

I have been working s a graphic designer for the past decade, reluctantly. Not that I dont like being a graphic designer, it pays the bills. But I'm tired of creating someone else's ideas. My true love is creating furniture. Especially retro styled/ or tiki/polynesian/ themed items. My question is this, how do I start the business of selling these items, moreover how do I acquire the capital to create these items. I've created a few, but the rest are great ideas still stuck in my head or sketched onto paper. And once I create these items, how do I create the draw for these items. I know that I have all these fantastic ideas for fabulous furniture, but how do I know if it will sell. How do I make it sell? Does anyone make a good living on just selling tiki themed items? (Besides Shag) Every vendor Ive met, always has some other job they do to supplement. I'm tired of working for someone else, with no job security, taking crap with a smile to get a paycheck.
But is it possible to make a living on just this? Any advice, words of wisdom, parables, amusing anctidotes, would be greatly appreciated.