After leaving school I was lucky enough to find a joinery apprenticeship which gave me the skills to repair and finish furniture to a high standard.

When I was 18 my mum bought a coffee table for me, she asked if I could refurbish and paint it to make it look new again. I felt very passionate about the process and seeing the end result, this then escalated into using my parents dining room as a painting area.

I started to collect furniture which meant my mum swiftly moved me into our garden shed. Whilst working full-time and refurbishing furniture as a hobby on evenings and weekends, I found additional storage in the form of a stripped out static caravan which I had for a year to provide a small amount of stock.

In 2021 I made the leap and left my full time job to pursue my hobby and make it a business by moving into a 3,000sqft warehouse which meant I could work and store everything under one roof.