Q walk into an empty house with nothing on the walls, nothing on the floors, just a house. How did you, in your mind's eye, start to see what, what to get, where to go? Like, oh, a rug here, a large sofa here, leather, no leather sofa. Let's put a print on this wall. Let's put a Console here. Like, how did you start to picture that in your brain?
A Well, in the beginning, I just had what I had, and I had to make that work. I learned quickly to ask to get paid up front, and to this day, I'll only do the job if I'm paid up front, because then I had to run around and buy things, and I would shop the way I always shopped, you know, whether it was estate sales or thrift stores or whatever. I even, at times, borrowed. I met a rug dealer, And I said, listen, I need beautiful rugs, and if you will let me put your rugs in my house, and I said, no one's living there, this is for display, and people are wanting to buy my furniture, I will put them in touch with you, and you can make the sale. So basically, my homes will be showrooms for you. And this one gentleman gave me, I mean, probably at one point a million dollars of rugs to use on consignment.
AI assessment note: “Well, in the beginning, I just had what I had, and I had to make that work.”