Cheers to Chairs: The Entrepreneurial Journey of Las Olas Luxury Living

Over the last decade, I’ve helped dozens of alcohol beverage brands drive immediate and profitable growth.

Then, my company “re-organized” my function - for the umpteenth time in my career.

But I didn’t just cut the rope cold turkey. I had a hypothesis. It just didn’t have anything to do with beer.

You see, in the months before this happened, I was designing the outside of my home for a new pool we had installed. I wanted to make it feel like a 5-Star resort. But when it came to choosing the outdoor furniture, I discovered that the options weren’t that great.

Either the stuff was cheap foldable or inflatable stuff from Amazon, or super expensive stuff from showrooms. There had to be a middle ground. I knew what I wanted, and I couldn’t get it. So, being the chronic tinkerer than I am, I designed my own chair and convinced my brother, who owns a company called 4 Flutes Machining (Big Sister brag: Michigan's Best Small Business of the Year!), to make it for me.

Truth be told, I didn’t have to convince him. When I first pitched him the idea of making a chair, not only did he love it and support the idea, he insisted on creating the tool needed to make the product and threw in some financial support to turn it into a business.

So, my hypothesis was this.

If I wanted to turn the outdoor living area in my home into a luxury resort, other people probably wanted to as well.

And if I couldn't find the kind of affordable quality outdoor furniture I needed to make it happen, other people probably couldn't as well.

So, along with my brothers help, I quit my job and launched Las Olas Luxury Living.

Since that day, I've spent my time designing chairs, traveling and eating amongst some of the best al fresco ambiances along the way, and learning what it's like to be an entrepreneur.

And while it’s too early to talk about the “the best decision I ever made” or about all the success I’m having, it’s not too early to talk about the most important success I’ve had so far.

Believing in myself enough to take the leap to begin with.

My mission is to help people make the outside of their homes look just as beautiful as the inside.

If you want to learn more about exterior design or what it’s like to start a business from scratch, follow me.

Email: nikki@lasolasluxuryliving.com,
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