I used to paint furniture as a hobby. 
 
Now that I do it for a living, my new hobby is cocktails!
 
I don’t mean it in a passed-out-party-girl way.  I mean that I genuinely have an interest in mixing cocktails – especially classic cocktails. 
 
I like the research, and I like the history.
 
I’ve always enjoyed learning how the average person lived during various times in history and I think knowing what people were drinking, what was popular at the time, provides a little glimpse.

It was over three years ago.

I think.
 
I know it was in the early days of our business.
 
In those days we were buying furniture with wild abandon.  Looking back, I realize that was a smart move because as the business has grown, we’ve had less and less time to shop.

​Anyway, one of the first pieces we ever purchased was a small vintage server that we both thought had a slightly Asian vibe.  We added it to our warehouse inventory, assigned it an item number, and next to the number, we wrote “Small Asian Server.”