Lisa pointed out that people have started coming to them for custom pieces inspired by furniture they’ ve seen elsewhere that won’ t quite fit in their homes.
They get some unusual requests.“ We had a client that didn’ t like anything on the ground, so we designed every piece to mount on the walls,” Joe laughed.
They also do a lot of design work for people who have a general idea of what they want but need help fleshing out their ideas into real pieces.
And the newest piece of their business is a Willow Glen
retail studio where they showcase smaller, more artistic pieces of Joe’ s work in the Midtown Arts Mercantile— an idea they’ d love to bring to Morgan Hill.
“ Anyone who is onsite there has to fabricate something,” Lisa said.
The studio allows them to create smaller projects, and to experiment with other materials such as concrete, zinc and reclaimed materials like used bike tires or fire hoses.
They aren’ t complaining about the thriving state of business now, but they do foresee a time when their son Trevor will take over a larger stake in the business. Since they have worked non-stop, seven days a week for the life of their business, they are looking forward to taking some time off.
“ One of our goals is to be not solely custom, but to use Joe’ s artistry to build and create and sell what he makes,” Lisa said.
They feel embraced by the local community of San Martin and do everything they can to give that love, and their dollars, back to it.
“ We think it’ s really important, especially to the community in South County, to do business with other local small businesses,” Joe said.“ We want to encourage the dollars be kept here rather than go to big box stores.”
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