With the Grain

In this special bonus mini episode, Jared tells the story of deciding to purchase a commercial building in Stockton, CA, navigating shifty owners, creative financing and murder in the process. Helpful links:Jared on IGPete on IGJared and Emily Warehouse on IGLA Chair Event

For our 10th episode, Pete sits down with furniture hero Kylle Sebree to discuss building poplar furniture with a $100 table saw, getting rejected from college of the redwoods, discovering and abandoning instagram, using down-payment savings for a fertility procedure, ill-fated leases, running a business in cruise control, and one of the best disaster stories yet.

For this episode Pete traveled to Sean Woolsey’s studio to discuss Sean’s move from fashion to furniture, how he got his love for ping pong, how he decided to focus his attention on selling to designers, thinking of your shop as a lab instead of a factory, and getting 1% better each day.

Pete sits down with Australia’s own Martin Johnston to learn the incredible story of how he went from reluctant apprentice to impassioned and acclaimed designer and builder. Along the way we touch on grief, apocalyptic flooding, unexpected and overwhelming internet attention, tree houses built from MDF, the history of Australian furniture design, Crocodile Dundee and so much more.Helpful links:Martin Johnston on Instagram Pete on InstagramMartin Johnston websiteOne of many articles about Martin’s house

In this mini bonus episode, Dan Phillips recalls a great disaster story that slipped his mind during our initial conversation from episode 7.