Running An Antique Store Is All About Moving Sofa
51min
May 2022

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Bringing the right pieces to the right hands, the journey itself is the purest joy.
Driving a van to another state at dawn, sinking in a musty warehouse for hours, managing to put five mid-century oak dining sets, three wool carpet rolls, two leather loveseats, ten posters, and countless small art pieces into the trunk. And then driving back, cleaning them, moving them around, matching everything with everything.
What does this job sound like to you? Many might scream, but some for trepidation, some for excitement.
This episode refers to an interview with the manager and leading vendor of an Austin-based antique store Room Service. Self-motivated choice and passive adaption are intertwined during their forty-plus years of bolstering the store’s aesthetic uniqueness and commercial sustainability.
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