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From YouTube: Bloomington Home Improvement Fair: Make it Your Own - Working with Local Furniture Makers (2014)
Description
Guerilla By Design representative Garrett Glaser illustrates the importance of locally manufactured furniture while showcasing some very unique pieces designed specifically for your taste and home.
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A
You
can
check
some
of
that
out
later,
but
I
want
to
come
here
today
to
talk
a
little
bit
about
why
and
why
you
might
want
to
have
an
actual
human
being
that
you
can
meet
and
talk
to
build
you
a
piece
of
furniture
for
your
house.
Why
that's
a
good
thing
and
what
that
process
is
is
like
a
little
bit.
This
slideshow
is
completely
tangential
to
everything.
A
I'm
saying
it's
just
pretty
things
to
look
at
these
are
almost
all
these
are
projects
by
gorillas
by
design
members
and
it's
just
I
just
wanted
to
kind
of.
Have
there
be
a
a
range
you
can
see
what
the
possibilities
are
of?
What's
out
there
a
little
bit
about
why
I
think
it's
actually
a
very
important
thing
to
have
somebody
build
you
something
and
it's
not
not
because
of
some
super
idealistic.
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And
if
you
did
it's
you
know
would
maybe
be
a
half
measure
and
it
wouldn't
be
exactly
what
you
need
and
and
there's
no
reason
not
to
have
the
exact,
perfect,
beautiful
piece
that
you
need
at
any
time.
And
and
that's
where
it's
good
to
have
somebody
that
you
can
talk
to
that,
can
hear
what
you're
looking
for
and
what
you
need
and
can
just
create
that,
for
you.
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But
I
see
the
marks
of
the
fiction
that
that,
like
I
say
it's
a
oak
farm
table
that
in
the
catalog
is,
is
made
from
reclaimed.
English
oak
and
restoration
hardware
makes
a
lot
of
tables
and
there's
just
not
that
much
perfectly
patinaed
reclaimed
oak
floating
around
England
for
them
to
snatch
up
and
make
amazing
farm
tables.
Out
of
so
you,
if
you
look
at
you'll,
see
one
of
the
really
telltale
things
as
you'll
see.
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They'll
have
all
these
little
worm
holes
or
nail
holes
on
the
table
and
they'll
be
in
these
little
constellations
of
three
or
five
dots
and
and
it's
it's
because
they
have
a
guy
who
has
a
board
with
some
nails
in
it
and
he's.
You
know,
he's
just
whacking
that
table
every
once
in
a
while
and
he's
doing
it
pretty
randomly.
But
you
know
you
can't
you
know.
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A
People
have
rubbed
it
with
their
hands
for
400
years
and
then
there's
another
guy
who
has
a
blowtorch
and
a
wire
brush
and
he's
making
the
grain
come
out
in
one
spot
and
then
there's
another
guy
with
a
bucket
of
bleach
and
he's
bleaching
that
table
so
that
it
has
that
perfect
gray.
You
know
driftwood,
look
to
it.
You
know
and
then-
and
they
do
a
really
good
job
they're,
not
there
they're
high
quality
pieces,
and
but
it's
not
a
real
story.
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It
was
a
nod
to
older
times
and
it
was
literally
a
wooden
road
that
that
was
apparently
a
terrible
idea,
because
in
the
winter
all
the
bolts
would
pop
up
in
people's
tires
pop
in
it,
and
but
they
had
these.
These
oak
planks
down
for,
like
15
years
with
cars
driving
over
it
going
through
winters
and
be
any
salt
and
sand
and
dirt
just
smushed
into
there,
and
you
can't
fake
a
patina
like
that.
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You
know
you
just
can't
that's
not
something
you
can
make
their
their
amazing
looking
wood
and
that's
the
kind
of
thing
that
can
be
available
to
you
when
you're,
actually
working
with
somebody
who's
wants
to
know
what
you
want
and
is
trying
to
make
it
work.
And
even
even
if
you're
not
you
know,
I
mean
those
are
all
reclaimed
things
and
so
that
the
materials
themselves
have
a
story,
but
just
the
very
act
of
asking
somebody
to
make
something,
for
you
is
a
story
in
itself.
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So
that
the
conversations
that
go
into
into
designing
a
piece
for
somebody
I
mean
so
much
of
what
that
piece
is
is
coming
from
the
client.
You
know
it's,
never
it's
never
in
a
vacuum,
so
it
as
opposed
to
just
you
know,
picking
something
out
of
a
catalog
and
having
it
show
up
on
your
door.
That
piece
becomes
part
of
your
life
because,
that's
you
know
it's
kind
of
a
brave
act
to
trust
somebody.
You
know
to
make
something
for
you.
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So
that's
a
very
the
very
kind
of
foul
no
I
feel
very
passionate
about
about
that
aspect
of
furniture
making,
and
you
know
and
there's
a
lot
of
other
things
having
somebody
you
know
talking
about
that,
the
reclaimed
wood,
and
even
if
you
you
have
you,
know,
virgin
wood
that
you're
using
it's
it's
just
much
more
sustainable
than
you
know,
giant
factory
processes
with
who
knows
what
kind
of
finishes
on
it.
You
know
you
you
can
talk
to
the
person
about
where
that
wood
is
coming
from.
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If
it's
coming
from
a
sustainable
place,
if
that's
important
to
you,
you
don't
you
don't
have
to
you,
know
it
and
it's
less
disposable.
You
know
when
you
put
that
effort
into
having
something
made
for
you,
there's
just
a
lot
less
chance
that
if
it
gets
a
little
chip
on
it,
you're
going
to
put
it
out
on
the
curb
with
a
free
sign.
You
know,
I
mean
it's
something,
that's
important
to
you
and
then
hopefully
it
becomes
important
to
all
the
other
people
in
your
life
and
people
fight
over
it.
After
you're
gone.
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A
You
can't
just
open
up
your
yellow
pages,
not
that
any
of
you
have
yellow
pages
anymore,
but
you
can't
just
you
know
if
you
type
in
furniture
maker
Minneapolis
in
Google
I,
it's
it,
you
don't
get
what
you're
looking
for,
and
so
it's
a
good
idea.
There's
there's
a
lot
of
resources
that
don't
take
a
lot
of
effort
to
find
I
mean
galleries,
are
great,
I
mean
Rachel.
Here
we
there's
a
show
out
there
that
has
a
bunch
of
pieces
made
by
a
bunch
of
different
people
and
you
can
go.
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You
can
see
the
you
know
the
different
styles
everybody's
working
in
and
you
can
you
can.
You
know,
hone
in
you
know,
I
really
like
this
piece.
You
know
I
need
something
from
my
house
like
that
I'm
going
to
I'm
going
to
get
this
guy's
card
and
give
them
a
call.
There's
a
website
called
MN
artists,
org.
That
has
a
lot
of
a
lot
of
people
like
me
and
a
lot
of
a
lot
of
fine
arts
as
well.
But
there
are
a
lot
furniture
makers
on
there
and
you
can
just
search
through
and
look
at.
A
You
know
images
of
people's
work,
there's
also
a
website
called
custom
made,
which
is
like
a
world
unto
itself,
but
it's
whole
purpose
is
to
make
the
process
of
finding
somebody
to
make
something
for
you
simple.
You
go
on
there
and
you
tell
you
say
what
you're
looking
for,
and
you
can
even
say
what
your,
what
your
price
range
is
and
then
all
the
all
the
people
who
make
things
on
that
website
fight
over
you.
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A
It's
called
custommade.com
and
it's
it's
it's.
It
is
it.
You
know,
I
say
it's
a
world
unto
itself.
They
because
they're
worried
about
you
know
making
sure
that
everybody's
happy
they're
very
controlled
about
you
know
how
you
communicate
on
it.
So
once
you
enter
into
a
contract
through,
custom
made
your
kind
of
locked
into
that,
and
they
want
to
love
your
communications
to
be
through
their
website,
so
that
if
there's
ever
an
issue,
a
legal
issue
after
something
goes
horribly
awry.
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They
have
a
record
of
you
know
how
everything
went
down
and
they
can
arbitrate
that,
but
it
is.
It
is
a
really
good
way
to
find
people,
and
when
you
do
find
somebody
that
you
know
you,
you
find
something
you
send
them
an
email.
Tell
me
what
you're
looking
for
and
then
you
set
up
a
first
meeting
with
them.
That
first
meeting
is
is
critical.
It's
it's!
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It's
going
to
be
when
you
leave
that
meeting
you're
going
to
know
whether,
whether
you
feel
good
about
working
with
this
person
or
not
like.
Let
me
step
back
a
little
bit.
There's
kind
of
a
spectrum
of
both
furniture
makers
and
furniture,
buying,
clients
and
I
think
the
spectrums
are
kind
of
analogous
on
one
end
of
the
spectrum.
You'll
have
as
far
as
clients,
you'll
have
people
who
walk
in
knowing
exactly
what
they
want.
They
have.
Maybe
you
know
designed
it
and
built
it
in
their
head
already.
They
know
what
size
it
is.
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They
know
what
the
materials
they
want.
They
know
what
stain
color
they
want.
They,
you
know,
they've
picked
out
the
hardware,
everything
they
just,
they
know
what
they
want,
but
they
can't
physically
build
it
themselves,
so
they're
looking
for
somebody
who
can
just
be
their
arms
and
or
they
had
or
somebody
who's
found.
A
Something
in,
like
you
know,
an
ancient
issue
of
Architectural
Digest
and
it's
a
piece
that
they
love
but
there's
no
way
they
could
find
it
now,
and
so
they
bring
a
piece
and
they
know
this
is
what
I
want
is
exactly
what
I
want,
try
and
make
this
for
me
and
then
on
the
other
end
of
the
spectrum
is
people
who
I'm
not
that
they
have
no
idea?
What
they
want,
they
have
a
need,
and
they
don't
know
how
to
get
that.
A
They
make
furniture
that
is
their
furniture
in
this
one
style,
whether
it's
their
own
created
style
or
whether
they
do.
You
know
beautifully
carved
reproductions
of
1800,
hi
boys
or
something
really
specific
like
that,
and
they
don't
deviate
from
that.
So
if
you're
going
to
them,
you're
going
to
be
getting
their
their
product
and
then
on
the
other
end
of
the
spectrum
is
people
who
have
a
ton
of
skills
and
just
love
making
things
and
if
they
don't
care,
what
the
aesthetics
are.
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A
A
You
know
what
you
want
it
to
do:
aesthetic
things
if
you
have
pictures
of
other
things
that
that
you
like
that
you,
like
a
kind
of
like
this,
a
kind
of
like
this
or
you
have
pictures
of
the
stuff
that
you
already
own.
That's
going
to
be
around
because
that's
important
to
that
everything
Mary's
with
itself
nicely
you're
going
to
bring
that
there
and
lay
it
out
to
them
and
there's
a
few
ways
that
I
mean
there's
a
million
ways
that
that
first
meeting
can
go.
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A
The
thing
that
is
important
about
that
meeting
is
to
look
out
for
a
couple
of
red
flags.
The
first
one
which
is
much
less
difficult
to
overcome,
is
the
red
flag
of
somebody,
not
understanding
you
you're
giving
them.
You
know
communicating
the
information
you
have,
but
you
want
and
what
you're
getting
back
from
them
doesn't
make
sense
to
you
and
it
might
be
because
they
don't
you
know,
there's
there's
something
going
wrong
in
how
you're
you
know
communicating
something
and
not
to
say
that
they're
there
aren't
extremely
thick
dumb
furniture
designers
out
there.
A
Usually,
a
problem
of
understanding
can
be
can
be
solved
as
long
as
as
long
as
you
just
keep
at
it.
The
the
more
serious
red
flag
would
be
somebody
who
is
not
listening
to
what
you're
trying
to
tell
them.
Who
is
who
is
hearing
what
you're
saying
and
knows
what
you
want,
but
is
telling
you
what
they
want
to
make
for
you,
which
that
that's
just
not
cool
but
no
matter
what.
A
A
Thank
you
very
much,
oh
well,
after
that,
first
meeting
you
you
have
the
meeting
and
you
think
you
have
a
plan
or
you
get
that
sketch
after
that
first
meeting,
it's
you
know
hard
to
know
what
to
expect
what
what
should
happen.
If
you
you
know,
you're
like
I
like
I
like
this
person,
I
want
them
to
build
me
something
they
should
be
sending
you
a
bid.
You
know
they
should
be
sending
you
a
contract
or
not.
A
I
kinda
a
bid
that
is
in
writing
and
that's
really
important
so
that
everything
is
pretty
clearly
stated
and
I
mean
you're
at
a
home.
Improvement
show
there's
contractors
everywhere
and
they
oftentimes
have
very
clear
legal
language
in
their
quotes.
A
lot
of
furniture,
designers
and
makers
aren't
at
that
level
of
sophistication
for
their
legal
language
in
their
contracts.
A
So
you
want
to
make
sure
that,
in
the
bid
it
talks
about
what
the
piece
is,
what
its
purpose
is
the
aesthetics
that
you've
you've
talked
about
and
what
the
price
is
going
to
be,
and
that's
that's,
that's
a
big
one,
because
sticker
shock
is
definitely
an
issue
with
having
custom
furniture
made,
because
you
know
we're
used
to
an
ikea
level
or
restoration.
Hardware
level
of
pricing
which
you're
like
oh,
those
are
two
ends
of
a
spectrum.
Ikea
is
very
cheap
and
restoration.
A
I
was
an
actor
of
course.
No
I
I
was
in
New
York,
acting
for
a
long
time
and
I
had
a
day
job
making
display
for
retail
spaces
like
Madison
Avenue,
Fifth
Avenue.
We
would
build
you
know
every
six
weeks.
They
switch
out
their
windows
and
we
build
that,
and
that
was
in
a
in
a
custom
shop
in
Manhattan
and
there's
a
lot
of
people
who
don't
like
to
leave
the
island
of
Manhattan
for
anything.
So
they
would
come
to
our
shop
and
asked
us
to
build
them.
A
A
Yeah
and
it's
way
better
than
a
key
yeah,
it
is
and-
and
that's
you
know,
a
lot
of
a
lot
of
the
people
in
gorilla
by
design
r
MK
graduates
in
with
furniture
design
degrees,
and
they
have
a
pretty
good
craft
building
side
of
that
program.
So
they
come
out
with
at
least
the
skills
to
be
able
to
put
things
together
and
then
a
lot
of
them
will
come
and
do
internships,
I
work
at
a
place
called
Willy.
Well
that
works
and-
and
we
do
custom
furniture
and
we
have
interns,
come
from
mka.
A
A
You
know
whether
you
know
what
the
terms
of
the
payment
are,
whether
it's
going
to
be.
You
know
all
the
money
when
it's
delivered
or
whether
it's
going
to
be
fifty
percent
down
than
fifty
percent
once
delivered,
which
is
a
lot
of
the
case
just
a
practical
thing,
because
you
know,
maybe
that
person
needs
that
money
down
to
cover
the
materials
that
come
because
material
cost
is
so
high
in
a
lot
of
these
projects,
but
once
you've,
actually,
you
know
paid
that
fifty
percent
down
it's
important
to
know
what
to
expect.
A
You
know
what
what
the
furniture
maker
can
expect
from
you
when
the
actual
piece
is
being
built
and
what
you
can
expect
from
them
and
I
think
in
both
cases,
availability
is
probably
the
most
important
thing
if
you're
working
on
a
on
a
piece
I,
there's
a
jewelry
armoire
right
there.
If,
when
I
was
working
on
that
I
had
a
question,
I
needed
answered
about
there's
some
knobs
I
turned
for
hanging.
Her
necklaces
and
I
I
didn't
know
how
long
her
necklaces
were.
A
But
it's
it's.
That
kind
of
thing
where,
like
it
was
just
such
a
simple
question
and
and
getting
that
information,
would
have
allowed
the
project
to
move
forward
and
on
on
the
other
end,
I
mean
I.
Think
if
you've
had
a
piece
commissioned,
it's
it's
right
that
you
can.
You
can
ask
that
they
keep
you
updated
and
how
things
are
going.
A
You
know
whether
that's
through
photographs
or
phone
calls
or
anything
and
I,
think
photographs
through
a
process
are
pretty
important,
because
if
there's
details
that
you
know-
maybe
you
know
if
I
had
continued
on
and
just
you
know
decided
that
she
has
a
bunch
of
you
know
really
short
necklaces
and
I
had
sent
her
a
process
shot
of
that
she
might
have
been
able
to
catch
that
and
be
like.
Oh
I,
see
that
you
know
I
see
that
you
put
those
knobs
in
that.
A
Is
it
going
to
be
a
problem
and
it's
just
really
important
that
the
communication
be
happening
all
throughout
the
process
so
that
when
the
Peace
arrives,
there
isn't
something
that
needs
to
be
redone,
or
you
know,
undone
that
that
would
have
been
a
lot
easier
to
catch
before
and
and
the
after.
You
actually
get
the
piece
it's
interesting
because
you
know
you're
not
buying
it
from
a
store.
A
You
know
that
might
be
a
different
story,
but
I
just
finished
a
the
piece
that
I
have
in
the
show
is
a
collapsible
dining
table,
and
that's
actually
one
of
two,
the
other
one
I
actually
built
for
a
client
who
you
know
who
eats
on
his
porch,
but
doesn't
have
the
room
to
leave
the
table
up.
All
the
time-
and
so
he
wanted
this
table
and
about
two
weeks
after
I
had
delivered
it,
and
you
know
everything
was
fine,
he
was
like.
A
Can
you
make
it
an
inch
shorter
and
it
was
a
little
bit
heartbreaking
because
you
know
I
mean
it
was
not.
It
wasn't
a
problem
of
communication.
You
know
I,
you
know
we
had
talked
about
the
height.
He
had
chairs
that
had
these
arms
that
swooped
up
and
he
was
worried
about
them
being
able
to
fit
far
enough
underneath
the
table
for
for
him
to
be
comfortable
eating,
but
then,
when
he
actually
got
the
pc
realized
that
felt
like
a
little
kid
a
little
bit.
A
You
know
having
to
have
his
elbows
up
here,
while
while
he
was
eating-
and
so
he
felt
like
you
know,
I
had
done
what
he
had
asked,
and
so
he
you
know,
but
it
just
wasn't.
Working
and
I
felt
like
I
hadn't
done
my
job
because
I
had
you
know,
because
it
should
have
been
something
that
we
had
figured
out
much
earlier
in
the
process.
So
we
had
a
you
know
he
he
was
like
I
I
want
to.
You
know
I
want
pay
you
for
this
work
and
I
was
like
ads.
I
feel
like
I.
A
Should
just
do
it
and
we
you
know-
and
we
were
both
coming
to
it
with
the
the
right
attitude
that
you
know
we
made
up
an
hourly
wage
for
me,
fixing
it
and
then
I
told
him.
It
took
a
lot
less
time
than
it
actually
didn't
and
we
both
got
to
walk
away
from
it
feeling
good.
You
know,
as
opposed
to
turning
into
something
ugly
and
I,
think
that
is
out
of
anything.
I
think
that
is
the
coolest
part
about
about
working
with
an
actual
furniture
maker
and
having
something
built.
A
Is
that
when
you
have
the
right
to
people
in
that
situation,
it
isn't
a
customer
client,
you
know,
isn't
a
customer
relationship.
The
the
furniture
maker
is
trying
to
build
something
to
help
complete
a
person's
like
I
mean
it.
You
know
it
since
I
mean
that's,
that's
saying
it
in
kind
of
a
big.
It's
it's!
You
know
this
person
needs
something
and
I'm
able
to
help
them.
Have
this
thing
that
they
want
so
badly
and
then
the
person
who's
having
it
built.
A
They
get
to
kind
of
feel
like
a
patron
I
mean
and
not
like
a
renaissance
style
like
build
nice
and
the
sculptures,
but
you
know
I
I
get
to
do
exactly
what
I
want
to
do,
because
that
person
is
asked
me
to
make
this
thing.
So
both
people
are
getting
something
good
out
of
this
relationship
and
and
that's
and
that's
it-
that's
why
you
should
buy
furniture
from
people
if
you
guys
have
any
questions,
I'm
totally
happy
to
answer
them.
Otherwise,
oh
yeah,
yeah
and
there's
other
pieces
that
I
just
never
want
to
see
again.
A
A
A
Spectrum
from
I
yeah,
it's
it's
there's
I
mean
there's
some
traditional
things
that
I
think
are
best
left
to,
like
very
expert
I
mean
carving.
You
know
having
things
are
extremely
ornately
carved.
That
is
probably
not
something
you
want
somebody
to
be
reinventing
the
wheel
on,
but
as
far
as
building
furniture
in
all
those
different
styles,
you
know
it's
all.
It's
all
just
putting
pieces
together,
so
so
that
oftentimes
there
are
people
who
can
work
in
anything.
A
You
know
from
from
a
very
traditional
you
know,
maybe
a
shaker
style
all
the
way
to
some
crazy
curvy
metal
basis.
Oh
it's
in
the
gallery
right
around
the
corner,
yep
right
around
the
corner
and
there's
a
the
each
section
of
it
was
put
together
by
a
different
interior
designer
or
in
our
case
a
bunch
of
furniture
designers,
pretending
to
be
interior
designers
for
a
minute.