Unfinished Furniture Store business. Let customers have a hand in the final product by selling unfinished furniture. Business Overview Selling 'naked' furniture may not be sexy, but it does have the potential to generate huge profits for you. Unfinished furniture appeals mainly to two types of consumers: people on a fixed furnishing budget looking to save a few dollars by staining or painting the furniture themselves, and the artisan seeking to create a custom-finished look...

Closet Organizers business. You can never have too many shoes, right? Well if that's your attitude, you'll need to help others stay organized. Business Overview Selling and installing closet organizers is a very inexpensive business you can start and make a pretty darn good living at. Closet organizers are very popular and relatively easy to install. All that is required are a few basic hand tools and reliable transportation. You can market your service to homebuilders and home...

Bathroom and Kitchen Vents business. If you're a details person and love home improvement, try helping others bring some fresh air into their homes. Business Overview Prior to building codes establishing mandatory installations of kitchen and bathroom ventilation systems for all new construction projects, many houses were built without ventilation systems. This fact creates a fantastic opportunity for an inexpensive homebased business venture that has the potential to generate...

Staircases business. You'll always be a step above with a staircase business. Business Overview Starting a business that manufactures and installs residential and commercial staircases not only has the potential to generate enormous yearly profits, the business can also be started and operated from a homebased workshop. Providing you have the necessary skills and equipment, you can build and install staircases made from various construction materials, such as hard and soft...

Above-Ground Pools business. Here's a business that will keep customers cool and profits hot. Business Overview Above-ground pools have enjoyed a resurgence in popularity in the past few years. This is a business opportunity for the careful and innovative entrepreneurs who are prepared to invest both time and money into selling and installing above-ground pools. The first step that needs to be taken for this business start-up is to locate a manufacturer of above-ground pools...

Garage Door Sales and Installations business. Mix your handyman talents with your sales savvy with a garage door sales and installation business. Business Overview Many single-family dwellings have at least one garage door, some even have as many as three. When you start to multiply the number of single-family dwellings by the average number of garage doors per dwelling you begin to understand why starting a business that sells, installs, and repairs garage doors could prove to...

Consignment Furniture Store business. Give furniture a second life by selling it again. Business Overview A furniture consignment shop can stock everything from a 100-year-old highboy to a 10-year young sofa. Just as in clothing, the trend these days is toward recycling, finding delightful ways to make everything old seem new (or just beloved) again. Furniture is one of the fastest-growing segments of the resale industry, with more and more nonfurniture consignment stores...

Basement Remodeling business. Nobody wants their basement to look like a dungeon. You can help them out with a basement remodeling business. Business Overview The easiest and least expensive method of adding livable square footage to a house is to remodel the basement into usable living space. Launching a new business that specializes in basement remodeling is the focus of this business enterprise. The main requirement for successfully operating this sort of business is to have...

Home Storage Solutions business. Help others clean up their clutter with a home storage solution business. Business Overview There are hundreds of home storage solution products on the market, and you can profit by starting a business that specializes in selling and installing these products. The business does not require a lot of investment capital to set in motion, and can be very profitable, as you can charge an hourly rate to install these products as well as add a markup...

Remodeling Project Management business. Coordinate all the different people and companies involved in a remodeling project to keep homeowners happy. Business Overview Turn your knowledge of construction and home renovation into big bucks by starting a remodeling project-management service focused on helping clients to manage their home, office, or store renovations, but especially in the red-hot residential home improvement industry. Regardless of whether a homeowner tackles...