Furniture idea

Well, sometimes you just know that this is not the best business idea, but circumstances are just pushing you into it.

First, I accidentally got enrolled to an upholstery course.  Was looking for something to do with hands rather than brain, and found these amazing courses in Peckham Rye sponsored by local council.  After years in corporate offices, spending time in a workshop was both a pleasure and revelation. I suppose I am still struggling with all the new terminology, but hey, I know now how chairs, sofas and ottomans are constructed and what they are filled with.  Even those with the horse hair!  Outrageously, the council encourages new students, so enrolling to repeat the course turned out to be almost impossible.  So I will do woodwork from January instead.

Then, I am catching up with an old friend and it turns out that her dream is to set up business trading in high end furniture.  On top of that, she is thinking about manufacturing her own brand furniture.  Slowly, I am getting involved in the discussions about the business, and I just feel that as an ex-project manager and accidentally qualified management accountant, I could actually help a bit with the structure and plans...

Finally, I am meeting a young graduate - a talented responsible girl, whom initially I asked to give me a few lessons in VectorWorks, and it turns out that she would have wanted to design furniture - if only somebody could pay for the project.

So here I am writing a business plan for a furniture design company, and development plans for furniture export/import company.