This is great for our already busy bathroom business!

As reported by Woodshop News… Remodelers forecast a bright 2013

The National Association of the Remodeling Industry’s fourth-quarter Remodeling Business Pulse data of current and future remodeling business conditions experienced significant growth across all indicators, with forecasting in the next three months hitting its all-time highest level.

“Remodelers are indicating major growth in the future, with many saying that clients are feeling more stable in their financial future and their employment situations; therefore, they are spending more freely on remodeling needs,” Tom O’Grady, chairman of the association’s strategic planning and research committee and president of O’Grady Builders, said in a statement.

Craftsmen in FL, GA, SC, or NC?

In just this last weekend we had orders and inquiries from Florida, Georgia, South Caroline, and North Carolina.  We could really use a Pro Furniture Builder, or 2 or 3 or 4 in these states.

Very good news for our Pro Furniture Builders

According to reports from the Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University and from the National Association of the Remodeling Industry (NARI) remodeling activity is expected to increase in the second half of the year, going into 2013, with home owners planning new kitchen, bath, closet and home storage projects.

NARI members are estimating stronger sales growth in the next quarter. And data from the Harvard Study also suggests that home improvement projects could reach double-digit growth.

It’s no wonder our business is so good!

According to Internet Retailer the first quarter’s e-retail growth neared pre-recession levels. Online shoppers spent more than $44 billion during the first quarter, says comScore, a 16.6% increase over Q1 2011. It was the highest year-over-year growth rate comScore has observed since late 2007.

“While the economic recovery continues to be painfully slow, the channel shift to e-commerce appears to be accelerating,” says Gian Fulgoni,  the web measurement firm comScore’s chairman.

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We would like to think that Meadowbrook Creations’ Pro Furniture Builder’s program had a small part in it.

We have the work if you have what it takes to qualify

ALL of our Pro Furniture Builders that…

• upgrade to our eCommerce online business solution
• pass our quality test
• allow us to sell on their behalf for a 15% fee (this includes all sales that we close in their territory AND sales that we close and give them from other unsold territories)
• are professional, focused, and easy to work with
• can build, finish, and ship one of our bathroom vanities in 2 – 4 weeks

… have at least 6 weeks of work ahead of them at all times!

If you think you have what it takes and are interested please email me at Sonny@ProFurnitureBuilders.com

We desperately need a Cincinnati, Ohio craftsman

We get requests for projects from Cincinnati on a regular basis but still do not have a skilled woodworker in the area.  If you are a master craftsman that enjoys building furniture and would like to make money from home doing it or would like to expand a related business that you already have then we are interested in you.  Please email me at Sonny@ProFurnitureBuilders.com. And for more information about our program go to ProFurnitureBuilders.com.

Woodworking business

Have you ever thought about working from home with your own woodworking business ?

From the first of the year until March 9, approximately ten weeks, we have sold $36,459.26 worth of merchandise.  And, because we don’t compete with our Pro Furniture Builders (PFBs), all these orders were given to them. We are our PFB’s best sales team!

And that’s just what we sold.  Our PFB’s are obviously closing business of their own too.