In 2024 after my apprenticeship, I was about to start my business and while I was waiting for orders and commissions, I was studying different kinds of furnitures on Pinterest. I had a book where I dissected furnitures I saw on Pinterest and how they were made.
While I was studying, one particular furniture stood out, the rotating shoe rack. I seen artisans make it in Nigeria but I noticed that, theirs were not detachable. The challenge is that, this shoe rack is bulky and heavy, it has to be detachable for easy logistics. So I set to work
I spent two months testing and trying different method. There was the option of making the columns asymmetrical but it wasn’t giving. Few months after I cracked it, a client reached out to me to make a 5 tier rotating rack for her and I delivered flawlessly.
Meet the Amah rotating shoe/bag rack. Named after the first client I made it for, a baddass nail/lash tech
5 tier- 150
7 tier - 170k
10 tier - 250k
I love minimalist furnitures.
Before I got into furniture making, I saw minimalist furnitures as cheap and simple but as I got into the craft, I was shocked.
The beauty of minimalism is its simplicity, that simplicity must be flawless else the whole purpose is defeated. Maximalism and bold furnitures do not require too much attention to detail and precision unlike minimalism.
The process and time involved makes minimalist furniture more expensive, it also consumes a lot of materials as error can be easily detected. While making minimalist furniture, if an artisan makes a mistake, they may have to redo it. So, next time an artisan gives you price for that “simple” platform bed, don’t panic, they’re not trying to scam you.😊
Meet the Tareema console.
Named after one of my favourite client. She isn’t just a good client, she has referred more than 5 clients and those clients have also referred me. Tareema is dear to my heart ❤️
The 3rd and 4th frame are the finish looks
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I learnt cabinetry under an Ekiti man, Oga Josie. He is one of the best artisans I’ve met and I’m privileged to learn under him. He did woodworking before transitioning into cabinetry, which gave him an edge.
My Oga’s niche is bed making and he catered to resellers, more like B2B. He had a particular bed he made and it was called the “Jagaban bed”, he is so good at it that all of us know how to make it with our eyes closed😂. Whenever an order came it, there was division of labour. I would make the bed upright and bedside drawers, my senior apprentice would make the headboard and dressing table and my Oga would make the footboard.
I made bedside so much that I became tired of it and told myself that I would never make the regular bedside in my workshop😂
Meet the Sóma Bedside.
Soma is a variation of Isioma😂, my Oga found it hard to pronounce my name, so he christened me “Soma.” It was only Chika that called me Isioma properly, others called me anything but Isioma. Till today, Florence still calls me “aunty Izoma”😂😂😂 and some of my Oga’s peers called me the first Female Igbo name that comes to their mind when they see me.
That’s my Oga in the 4th frame😁😁
THIS IS THE WORST BUDGET PADDING IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD.
N1.3 BILLION FOR A FAKE AGENCY THAT DOESN’T LEGALLY EXIST.
N8.4 BILLION MEANT FOR RURAL ROADS, SECRETLY BURIED INSIDE THE ALMAJIRI EDUCATION BUDGET.
BILLIONS FOR CHURCHES AND MOSQUES WITH NO NAMES, NO ADDRESSES, NO ACCOUNTABILITY.
AMBULANCES AND SOLAR STREETLIGHTS HIDDEN INSIDE RANDOM AGENCY BUDGETS ACROSS EKITI, OGUN AND KATSINA.
AND LAWMAKERS WANT US TO BELIEVE THEY DIDN’T KNOW, WHEN EVERY SINGLE LINE PASSED THROUGH THEIR OWN COMMITTEES FIRST.
THIS ISN’T A BUDGET. IT’S A CRIME SCENE WITH A COVER PAGE.
NIGERIA DESERVES BETTER THAN THIS.
BOLA AHMED TINUBU HAS INTENTIONALLY REFUSED TO IMPLEMENT NIGERIA'S BUDGET FOR THREE CONSECUTIVE YEARS AND HAS REFUSED TO ACCOUNT FOR THE FUNDS ALLOCATED FOR THE BUDGETS..
BOLA AHMED TINUBU SHOULD NOT JUST BE IMPEACHED, BUT SHOULD ALSO BE CONVICTED FOR THIS TREASONABLE OFFENSE.
Since we are on Shein now, these are the best stores for shoes, clothes, bags, jewelry, etc on Shein! Better than the stores you’ll find on your SHEIN homepage! Save this and thank me later 🙂↔️
in the last two months, i know three people who have moved back home to their parents cos they can no longer afford to live alone in lagos. two quit their jobs and left lagos entirely, cos the job could no longer cover their expenses and they are drowning in debt.