Custom Window Treatments

[Mundays child]

This may not give an accurate reading of the area, but I needed to know what kind of response a window treatment business might receive. I previously owned a custom window treatment business for about 10 years in another state. I give free estimates (taking measurements and offering ideas - I am not an interior decorator and my prices reflect that, but I do have a very good eye for decorating), help on fabric selection, create whatever style in my workshop and offer installation. Full service shop from start to finish. In checking the area I have found very, very few places for people to have this work done. Could anyone tell me what kind of response to expect? My styles range from swags and jabots, roman shades, balloon shades and cornices to some of the more avant garde things you see in magazines. Basically I'm a workshop and you're cutting out the middleman... Does this sound like something the area around Newbern, Dyersburg and even as far as Jackson would be interested in? Your feedback is really appreciated. Thanks

[Guest]

You not in the right place to ask that.You are in Dyersburg topix. There more bad people here than there is in HELL.

[parker]

Are you in Dyersburg now? Are you looking for private jobs, or to establish your business? Sounds like something our town could use.

[Mundays child]

parker wrote:

Are you in Dyersburg now? Are you looking for private jobs, or to establish your business? Sounds like something our town could use.

I'm hoping to set up shop out of my home in Newbern in the near future. This posting was to see what kind of response I might expect in the area. I will be willing to travel as far as say a 45-50 mile radius around Newbern. Ideally, in addition to private orders, I would also like to find a couple of decorators to be their workroom and complete orders for them. So far I haven't found but one in the Dyersburg area that is offering decorating services and would farm out their labor. There just aren't any decorators around it seems. I wondered if this was because there wasn't any need, or if the market is ripe to offer these services. It appears it will either be a lucrative business with lots of interest or perhaps no interest at all.... I did have one response in the Newbern post that said there was no money and no jobs in the area and in effect no one would be interested. Therefore, I also would like to offer a barter system for services, so if money were an issue, it might also not be a problem. I will let people know on these forums when I am ready to begin and also advertise on a small scale. Most of my work is word of mouth and has been more than enough to keep me busy in the past. I hope to meet with good response. My work is very good, my prices are the best you'll find, and you'll find me very easy to work with. We shall see what happens.....

[aprilmom]

Mundays child there are about 3 or 4 decorators n town that would probably be willing to use you if your work is good. I feel sure you could also pick up some orders from individual homeowners if they knew you were available.