Hi from Hampshire
Posted: Fri 16 Dec, 2011 9:41 pm
Hi.
I’ve been an observer for years and finally decided to take the plunge, probably too late now as I’m no longer a framer!
I was a framer for over 21 years so hopefully I will be able to contribute to the bountiful wisdom shown here on the forum.
My business went belly-up earlier in the year due to increasing rent and relocating into a large gallery at the wrong time and in the wrong location; hindsight’s a wonderful thing isn’t it!
I am now in the Vintiques trade (more vintage than antiques) and enjoying every minute! But if anybody gets so busy they need an extra pair of hands I guess I could be enticed into helping out, don’t forget my 21 years experience, and I almost forgot, I am a GCF!
I do miss the satisfaction of framing and the appreciation of the customer who ‘didn’t think it would look as good as that’. But overall I do not miss the day to day hassle of running a business, dealing with dithering customers and working to deadlines in a sometimes very frustrating profession. By frustrating I mean the jobs where it just doesn’t go right. But then perhaps I’m just too much of a perfectionist!
As well as dealing in vintage things I am also in partnership with my son designing and building websites. My son does all of the technical bits while I contribute to the sales, design and copywriting side. So if you are considering a website...
I will leave it at that for now as I do not want to do too much self promotion...not yet anyway.
Dave
www.sillydog.co.uk
I’ve been an observer for years and finally decided to take the plunge, probably too late now as I’m no longer a framer!
I was a framer for over 21 years so hopefully I will be able to contribute to the bountiful wisdom shown here on the forum.
My business went belly-up earlier in the year due to increasing rent and relocating into a large gallery at the wrong time and in the wrong location; hindsight’s a wonderful thing isn’t it!
I am now in the Vintiques trade (more vintage than antiques) and enjoying every minute! But if anybody gets so busy they need an extra pair of hands I guess I could be enticed into helping out, don’t forget my 21 years experience, and I almost forgot, I am a GCF!
I do miss the satisfaction of framing and the appreciation of the customer who ‘didn’t think it would look as good as that’. But overall I do not miss the day to day hassle of running a business, dealing with dithering customers and working to deadlines in a sometimes very frustrating profession. By frustrating I mean the jobs where it just doesn’t go right. But then perhaps I’m just too much of a perfectionist!
As well as dealing in vintage things I am also in partnership with my son designing and building websites. My son does all of the technical bits while I contribute to the sales, design and copywriting side. So if you are considering a website...
I will leave it at that for now as I do not want to do too much self promotion...not yet anyway.
Dave
www.sillydog.co.uk
