Hosted by Ahmet Yavuz, the Furniture Success Podcast brings you insights from top furniture store owners, makers, and industry experts. We discuss real success stories, marketing strategies, and business growth tactics to help you thrive in the furniture industry. Whether you run a retail store, sell online, or craft custom pieces, this podcast is packed with actionable advice.
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Why Custom Furniture Makers Could Be Your Next Business Partner | Matt Packard
In this episode of the Furniture Success Podcast, host Ahmet Yavuz from Furniture Marketing Pros sits down with Matt Packard, founder of Packrat Things Co., a custom furniture and maker business based in Tucson, Arizona, to explore why custom furniture makers could be the next great partnership opportunity for retailers. Matt breaks down how he prices and times custom projects, what standard sized retail furniture misses that custom pieces solve, and where he sees real room for makers and retailers to work together. If you run a furniture store and want to know how to add a custom offering without building it yourself, this conversation is for you.
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📩 Matt Packard – Packrat Things Co.
💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthew-packard-56177935/ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthew-packard-56177935/)
📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/packratthings (https://www.instagram.com/packratthings)
HOST
📩 Ahmet Yavuz – Furniture Marketing Pros
🌐 Website: https://furnituremarketingpros.com (https://furnituremarketingpros.com)
📞 Call: 973-832-0923
📧 Email: ahmet@furnituremarketingpros.com
📘 Facebook: / furnituremarketingpros
📸 Instagram: / furnituremarketingpros
💼 LinkedIn: / furniture-marketing-pros
👉 Apply for your FREE 1:1 Furniture Store Acceleration Session: https://go.furnituremarketingpros.com/schedule (https://go.furnituremarketingpros.com/schedule)
📥 Download your FREE Marketing Checklist: https://go.furnituremarketingpros.com/checklist (https://go.furnituremarketingpros.com/checklist)
💬 What's your biggest takeaway from Matt's story? Leave a review and subscribe for more real conversations with furniture industry pros!
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19 Jun 2026
What Furniture Retailers Don't Know About Repair | Nathan Voelz on Fresh Furniture
In this episode of the Furniture Success Podcast, host Ahmet Yavuz from Furniture Marketing Pros sits down with Nathan Voelz, founder of Fresh Furniture, an in home furniture repair and refinishing business based in the Milwaukee area. Nathan shares his unconventional path from a painting and drawing degree to furniture sanding, cabinet making, spray finishing, and eventually running his own mobile repair operation. From working extended warranty jobs to building a loyal local customer base, Nathan opens up about the real challenges of going solo, why he nearly lost customers with an AI answering service, and what every furniture owner should know before calling a repair tech.
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📩 Nathan Voelz – Fresh Furniture
🌐 Website: https://freshfurnituremke.com (https://freshfurnituremke.com)
📞 Phone: (414) 534-1213
📍 West Allis, WI — Serving Greater Southeastern WI Area
💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/fresh-furniture-02954b45/ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/fresh-furniture-02954b45/)
📘 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/freshfurnituremke (https://www.facebook.com/freshfurnituremke)
📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/freshfurnituremke/ (https://www.instagram.com/freshfurnituremke/)
HOST
📩 Ahmet Yavuz – Furniture Marketing Pros
🌐 Website: https://furnituremarketingpros.com (https://furnituremarketingpros.com)
📞 Call: 973-832-0923
📧 Email: ahmet@furnituremarketingpros.com
📘 Facebook: / furnituremarketingpros
📸 Instagram: / furnituremarketingpros
💼 LinkedIn: / furniture-marketing-pros
👉 Apply for your FREE 1:1 Furniture Store Acceleration Session: https://go.furnituremarketingpros.com/schedule (https://go.furnituremarketingpros.com/schedule)
📥 Download your FREE Marketing Checklist: https://go.furnituremarketingpros.com/checklist (https://go.furnituremarketingpros.com/checklist)
🎧 Listen to the Furniture Success Podcast:
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5X7jzaB... (https://open.spotify.com/show/5X7jzaB)
Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast)
YouTube: / @furniture_marketing_pros
⏱️ Timestamps (Highlights):
00:00 Welcome and Nathan's background in furniture
01:41 From Sears to cabinet making: the early career path
07:31 Why repairs stuck: independence over the shop floor
09:30 Starting Fresh Furniture as a business owner
12:25 Supporting local suppliers and building relationships
13:44 Most common repairs: electronics, motors and discontinued parts
14:52 What can be fixed vs. what should be replaced
18:16 What furniture is built to last (mid tier pricing guide)
22:36 How Nathan works with furniture stores and retailers
24:26 How retailers handle delivery damage and warranty repairs
27:08 Partnering with online furniture sellers: the opportunity
31:42 Competing with national repair chains as a local one man shop
33:43 How Nathan prices and estimates jobs
35:59 Are more people choosing repair over replace?
37:17 Local SEO, Google reviews and getting found by AI search
38:22 One thing every furniture owner should know (zippers!)
43:32 Nathan's AI answering service experiment and what went wrong
47:23 AI, voice cloning and the future of customer service
48:26 Work life balance, curling and Midwest culture
51:35 Advice for anyone starting a furniture repair business
💬 What's your biggest takeaway from Nathan's story? Drop a comment and subscribe for more real conversations with furniture industry pros!
#FurnitureSuccessPodcast #FurnitureRepair #FurnitureBusiness #FreshFurniture #FurnitureMarketing #SmallBusiness #MilwaukeeSmallBusiness #FurnitureIndustry
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