When we started, we were renting office space in a garage in West Port. There was no room for manufacturing. I sold the products, mainly custom window coverings. In those days, there was a huge network of people sewing from their homes in St. Louis. It was a cottage industry.
We began as a 'shop-at-home' drapery design service.
Sometimes we'd have five people working on one order from their various homes, so there was a lot of transportation involved.
We have 36 people in manufacturing right now, and we'll add four to six people to our plant after we move.
