How to start a carpentry workshop from scratch

Products made of natural wood have always been appreciated. This is a classic that will never lose its relevance or go out of fashion. If you organize the whole project correctly, you can get a good income. However, to run a business competently, you need a good business plan. A carpentry workshop as a business is perfect for a novice entrepreneur with hands "from the right place", since it does not require large investments, the main role here will be played by skills and ability to handle wood.

With the correct preparation of a business plan, you can use it not only as an informational guide. It is ideal when there are not enough funds for the implementation of the project and they can be obtained from the state as assistance to small businesses. You can also attract investors, or get a loan from a banking institution on favorable terms. back to contents ↑

Business Description

On the Russian market there is a large number of low-quality products made of chipboard, fiberboard, which have a number of disadvantages:

• Chipboard is a material that is made from dry chips and resin. Products made from it practically do not hold screws and nails. Broken furniture is difficult to fix because of this. Such materials contain a large amount of formaldehyde, which is detrimental to health.
• Fiberboard is a material made from wood fiber. The scope of application is extremely limited. It is used in the manufacture of back and lower parts of furniture.

Their main advantage is low cost. According to their characteristics, it is difficult for them to compete with wood. More and more consumers give preference to natural products made from environmentally friendly materials. It is worth considering that not only furniture for the interior can be made of wood, but also a door leaf, window frames, souvenirs, and kitchen utensils.

To implement the business plan of the carpentry workshop, you will need to invest in the following stages of the organization:

• rent a suitable premises for a long time. The contract can be concluded for a year, with the possibility of further extension. This time will be enough to prepare the premises and start production. After a year, you can extend the contract or expand production and find new premises.
• Purchase of furniture for warehouse, office and industrial premises. The warehouse will require racks and shelves for storing finished products and raw materials (wood, accessories, brushes, paint, varnish) used in production. For an office, you will need a computer desk, a chair, shelves for storing documents, work equipment (computer, printer). The production area will need cabinets and shelves for storing hand tools, tables for processing products.
• Purchase of basic equipment for the work of craftsmen - turning and grinding machines, band saws, circular lathe, vice.
• Purchase of hand tools - eclectic tools (drill, screwdriver, jigsaw), hacksaws, chisels, hammers and much more.
• You will also need to create a stock of raw materials and materials - wood, iron, accessories, paints and varnishes.
• Advertising campaign.
• Activity registration process and incidental expenses in the process.

Description of services

The range of manufactured products can be quite wide. In cases where an entrepreneur is just starting his business and the implementation of a carpentry business plan is his first project, it is best to choose one direction. After the business develops and makes a profit, it will be possible to expand the staff and choose a second activity in parallel:

• the manufacture of doors and windows is constantly in demand. Undoubtedly, wooden window frames are fading into the background with the advent of PVC windows, but wooden doors are gaining popularity. Wood material is still valued.
• Making utensils for the kitchen. This option has a great variety. You can make cutting boards, bread bins, rolling pins, coasters, trays, cutlery and more. These products are appreciated, but have a low cost, if they are made in large volumes, then you can get a good profit.
• Souvenir production. These include magnets, charms, key rings, boxes.
• Furniture manufacturing - chairs, beds, chests of drawers, wardrobes, tables.
• production of desktop and educational toys. In cases where the finished product is varnished or painted, the cost will drop significantly. This is due to the fact that many parents choose environmentally friendly materials for their children. But it should be borne in mind that if toys are made for children, then they must be perfectly smooth and you will definitely need to obtain a quality certificate for all products.

When implementing a business plan for a carpentry workshop, you should understand that it is quite difficult to compete with large furniture factories. Therefore, producing the same furniture is not the best option. You should place your bet on exclusive products that are produced in single copies. In this case, you can show all your creative talents. But do not forget to analyze the market, as it often happens that it is difficult to find buyers. back to contents ↑

Market Analysis

You need to analyze the market in the area and in the region where the workshop is opening. To do this, you can involve third-party organizations that will do everything for you and provide the necessary data.

If the budget does not allow this, then you can conduct a market analysis yourself. To do this, you will need to use the Internet, find all the workshops in the area, request a price list from them for all products and study the prices in detail. It will not be superfluous to study reviews from real buyers about competitors. This will allow you to identify their weaknesses and not repeat their mistakes in the future.

Identifying potential customers

How many wooden workshops are there in St. Petersburg? About a hundred. But how many of them turn out to be profitable, and what is more, is not just a "carpentry", but a project with its own concept and approach to business? Such unique productions are just beginning to appear on the Russian furniture market. Among them is the wooden workshop "Faktura".

Business by Interest

The share of workshops in Russia is hard - small industries have to deal with crises, large furniture factories, production shortages and stereotypes of the population. Such business is being done in spite of everything! Simply because they do not give up their vocation. But every year the trend for hand-made and designer furniture is only growing, and if abroad such workshops open at every step and are in great demand, then in Russia they have to not only survive, but also fight the post-Soviet view of interior design.

At the head of the Faktura workshop, which creates furniture and decor for bars, salons, urban spaces and private interiors, is Stanislav Yuzhin, as they say, a man with "golden hands." Surprisingly, he started the business in 2021, when a crisis broke out in the country and even large industries felt its consequences. Since then, the workshop has appeared in markets in Moscow and St. Petersburg, creates furniture for Julia Child Bistro, SHU store, Chickens Market store, sells a transforming bed in Etazhi and produces dozens of decor items.

Love for wood and design was instilled in Stanislav from childhood: he had to help his father to build a bathhouse from a log house, and to do repairs. The diploma in architecture and interior design was supplemented by experience as a designer of cabinet furniture, an installer of automatic systems.

Industrial collapse

With the onset of the crisis, the demand for yachts dropped and the shipyard started having problems with paying salaries, people were in limbo. At that moment, Stanislav decided to go on a free voyage and rented a room - this is how a workshop appeared. Alone, I managed to fulfill some orders for friends and various acquaintances, at the same time replenishing the arsenal of tools and machine tools.

All workshops and furniture factories face production problems. First, you have to start production from scratch yourself, if you need to do something not according to the template, and finding a cheap room of the right size and purpose is not easy. Large factories, thousands of riveting wardrobes and plastic tables, are not able to implement the designer's idea even for a lot of money - the quality will be very depressing. In Europe, the situation is different, even a design student can come to production and make a test batch of chairs according to their sketches, and the manufacturer will be financially responsible for the quality.

Secondly, without experience it is difficult to calculate the required amount of materials, so significant costs are inevitable at first.

The workshop did not have enough machine capacity and at first some operations had to be done through the neighboring production, but with the advent of machine tools you could rely on yourself. There were difficulties in the areas of order development, in a misunderstanding of the amount of material, in incorrect calculations - all this led to high costs.

The demand for unique items

There are several workshops in the country that have grown into workshops and showrooms. All of them are located in Moscow and work closely with interior designers and online furniture stores. There is nothing special about their promotion: a beautiful store website, an active life on social networks, business cards, partnerships with designers and uploading photos of finished products. It was verified that orders come mainly through the social networks VKontakte and Instagram.

My regards! Here is the second part of "profitable business ideas". After reading the article, you will learn what kind of "business" you can start living in a private home, as well as how to sell your products.

Content:

This block includes ideas that will definitely require your own private house to work in order to separate the work area. In addition, such activities require more space than the previous ones. Mostly they all need a strong male hand, but there are exceptions.

Ideas for Men

The ideas below are most typical for men. If desired, women can also establish production in these areas. However, without male power, it is unlikely that it will be possible to carry out production and marketing.

Furniture manufacturing

Required costs: from 55-60 thousand rubles.

This type of production is beneficial due to a number of factors. First, it doesn't require large investments to work. Secondly, the product is very good. At the same time, resources are nearby, and there is no seasonality for products, which allows you to work with maximum efficiency all year round. Parts for production can be purchased from factories. In this case, you will not be able to do without: a drill, a hammer drill, drills, a hammer, a saw, a screwdriver, a jigsaw and some other tools.

For work, you will also need chipboard, countertops, facades and fittings to bring the furniture into a presentation. We'll have to think about the glazing of their products. Glasses can be ordered in special workshops or cut by yourself if you have special equipment.

Own carpentry production

Required costs: from 90 thousand rubles.

Such a workshop should have an area of ​​at least 50 m2. The ceiling height should be more than usual - about 4 meters. Electricity must be provided. For the work of the carpentry workshop, it is necessary to collect documents that should be submitted to the fire safety service. In addition, you will have to purchase a number of equipment, including: a jointer, a number of power tools, face and circular saws, chisels, mallets, hacksaws.

Men who have managed to build a business are always positioned as self-sufficient, successful, purposeful and self-realized people. The time has passed when one could open one's own business only if one had big finances. The current realities are well positioned to create business ideas for men with minimal investment.

The male sex by its nature has a predisposition to skills that are paid higher and are in greater demand compared to women, these include:

The idea of ​​a home business for men can start both with symbolic investments, not exceeding 10 thousand rubles, and with larger ones, especially if the business is related to production processes and reach 100-200 thousand rubles. The big advantage of a small home business is that the amount of profit here can be the same as that of the medium-sized business sector (1-1.5 million rubles per month), the main thing is to maintain a balance of supply and demand and choose the right niche. Small home business ideas are great for men who:

• Not satisfied with the previous place of work or the amount of earnings;
• Want to build a career in their own business;
• Are interested in getting additional income; <
• They want to use the existing skills for the intended purpose and for material benefit;
• Tired of constant control, mistrust and discontent of their superiors;
• They are full of confidence in their own success and want to try themselves in business.