A new venture

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My brothers and I are starting up a company.

We're a little over a month in to it and it looks like we've got some solid direction to follow. Our products and markets have already evolved beyond what our initial thoughts included... to the point where we might forgo some of our initial ideas - at least as a main focus.

This statement drove our change in direction, "Birds don't buy fancy birdhouses."

Anyway, we've got a load of wood that's well over 100 years old and some sources for even more. We've got some design ideas ans we've already got some customers from showing off our prototypes.

Our overall theme is to incorporate wine into most projects. We're in the heart of wine country, after all.

Next steps: production.

But the basic framework of the website is done. I'll just be adding to that as things develop. and we're still "discussing" some of the wording used...

www.fivebrothersdesign.com


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BootHead said:
neeto you want's to dig through my "bonfire someday" pile?

all pretty rotten.
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You'd be amazed at what you can do with some of that crap...

We're working on an art piece that will stun you with it's beauty and knock you over with it's simplicity...


(I'm the marketing guy. Can you tell?)
 
Wood...

Seriously cool, are you going to ship stuff anywhere (size being a factor)?

That stuff would sell great around here, a lot of designers & wealthy people in the North Texas area (I'm not one yet, but I'm working on it) Good Luck!!! :2thumbs:
 
That's a good idea. There is a fellow here in town does kinda the same thing, but his designs are much more eclectic, and not as practical.
Sounds funny, but aged wood is so much nicer than new growth. There are lots of old barns on the verge of collapse around here and down toward Chatham, might be worth a scouting trip next time you're around?
 
71ChargerRT said:
Wood...

Seriously cool, are you going to ship stuff anywhere (size being a factor)?

That stuff would sell great around here, a lot of designers & wealthy people in the North Texas area (I'm not one yet, but I'm working on it) Good Luck!!! :2thumbs:
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Eventually, yes. Our first order is for a table to go to Quebec. It should be around 9 feet long. So, shipping will be interesting, but we'll get it sorted out. The big thing right now seems to be wine tasting tables. Those don't have to be big, just tall, so you can stand at them. They'd be easy to crate up and ship.

For the fancy stuff, we've hooked up with a shop that does high end finishing - think million dollar wine cellars here - that will do the primo finishes for us until we get a full shop going.

restoman said:
That's a good idea. There is a fellow here in town does kinda the same thing, but his designs are much more eclectic, and not as practical.
Sounds funny, but aged wood is so much nicer than new growth. There are lots of old barns on the verge of collapse around here and down toward Chatham, might be worth a scouting trip next time you're around?
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Definitely will scout them out.
Old wood is a completely different animal. We took some boards that didn't look nice enough to burn and cleaned them up. Amazing character in the grain and woodworm holes.

65furyIII said:
DCF is going to be building birdhouses drunk on his ass.:toot:


I incorporate beer into most of my projects:)
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68 coronet said:
Good luck with it.
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That's how this all got started.... :D



Thanks for encouraging words, everyone.
 
Site looks fantastic... love the colors and layout.

and the products look pretty good too! ;)

Nice work D.
 
Thanks! The web site is one of my jobs.

There really are 5 brothers. Some still have regular jobs as well as this little venture of ours.
The business brother - semi-retired business executive
The geek brother - that'd be me.
The designer brother - full time chef
The wood brother (shut up, xl :D ) - carpenter, house builder
The metal brother - full time metal worker - technically, he's on contract, but he's there in spirit.

Should be lots of fun..
 
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very cool! what a way to salvage pieces of history.

Another idea, you can sell some of that old wood to violin makers. I don't know what species of wood they use--but it's worth checking into.
 
Would love to see some more samples, salvage wood has it's own special beauty. So much better then some of the new stuff you see in stores.
 
I'll load up the galleries as I get more pictures and as we make more pieces.
Keep checking back.
 
Hey guys. Can you do me a favour?

Visit the website for me. www.fivebrothersdesign.com

Don't worry. There's no popups or even ads.
I just want to see some more traffic so that I can figure out how the stats reporting software works. Right now, most of the visitors are from the same ISP because it's all friends and family and we all use the same ISP. So, the pie graphs kinda suck right now. :D

Stats get updated daily. So' I'll see any new traffic in tomorrow's reports.
 
Very nicee.

My entire basement family room renovation for our house in Yorkton was done with 100+ year old fir barn-boards.

The shiplap siding made panelling plus shelves and stuff came from the boards & beams in the building.

I love the look of it.
 
Here's a tip for you. If you want the weathered board look, choose a wood with heavy grain such as oak or ash and hit it with a media blast. I am using my blast cabinet on some ash right now for a small project. I can post some before and after pics if needed.
 
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