Cabinetmaking Service business. Make the most of your skills by customizing cabinets for others. Business Overview Time devoted to learning the craft of fine cabinetmaking could be time very well spent considering professional cabinetmakers routinely charge $40 to $70 per hour for their service. Get started learning cabinetmaking by enrolling in courses, purchasing books and how-to videos, and by practicing constructing cabinets for your own home and for family and friends....

Hot Tub Installations business. You'll have more clients hot on your trail once they see your hot tub installations. Business Overview Hot tubs make a great addition to any home. However, the focus of this new business opportunity is not aimed at hot tub sales, but at the installation of hot tubs. In order for a hot tub to properly work and be safe for the occupants, it must be installed correctly, including the electrical hook-up and a solid foundation base. Starting your own...

Refurbishing Antique Appliances business. Appeal to customers' sense of nostalgia with antique appliances. Business Overview The profits that can be made by turning discarded and abandoned antique appliances into refurbished and functional appliances for today's custom designed residential kitchens are enormous. One of the best aspects of this business opportunity is that you do not even have to know how to repair or refurbish the appliances yourself, as you can hire skilled...

Specialty Rug Sales business. Rugs may get walked all over, but that doesn't mean customers don't want them to look good. Business Overview Here are two options for starting a business that retails Oriental, Indian and Persian rugs and carpets. The first option is to locate and secure a foreign supplier for the carpets and negotiate an exclusive sales and distribution contract to represent their products in the U.S. The second option is to purchase secondhand, high-quality...

Artificial Plants business. Not everyone has a green thumb. Thankfully, artificial plants are pretty hard to kill. Business Overview Designing, making and selling artificial plants is a terrific home based business venture to put into action, as the demand for artificial plants is strong. Artificial plants are easy to make, and the raw materials required are available in almost every craft supply store. Additionally, many of these same craft stores also stock books and...

Interior and Exterior House Painting business. Like the changing of the leaves, home owners are constantly wanting the latest color of the day. Business Overview The business of painting houses has been around for years, and will continue to produce excellent profits for the owners of house painting services for many years to come. Why? Simple. Heights, ladders and slow tedious work are enough reasons to scare off even the most hardcore of do-it-yourself homeowners. House...

Weather Vanes business. Give homeowners a taste of country charm with weather vanes. Business Overview Weather vanes adorn millions of homes worldwide. These functional and attractive features add charm to any home and harken back to the days of old. Manufacturing weather vanes can clearly be accomplished by utilizing a garage or basement workshop, and the vanes can be manufactured from a whole host of materials, such as copper, iron, wood, and plastic. Weather vanes best suit...

Porch Columns business. Sure a 4x4 can hold up a porch, but they can also be ugly. Be the person to see when prettying up the porch. Business Overview Manufacturing decorative porch columns can be a very profitable business once established, especially if the main focus of the manufacturing business is to design and build Victorian porch column replicas. The porch columns can be manufactured from fiberglass, wood, or compressed injection foam. A good starting point in terms of...

Window Boxes And Shutters business. Your business future will be bright as you keep the light out with a shutter biz. Business Overview Sales and installations of exterior window flower boxes and decorative window shutters is a fantastic little business to get going that can be started for peanuts and operated right from home on a full- or part-time basis. You can design and build your own products or purchase prebuilt window boxes and shutters. All that is required to install...

Sunroom Installation business. Are you handy building things? Create an inner oasis -- and a lucrative business -- by installing sunrooms. Business Overview The addition of a sunroom is a terrific way for many homeowner to increase living space, add an all-season retreat, and increase the value of their home for a relatively low investment. Sunrooms have become of the most popular home improvement projects in the past decade, and this fact is what makes starting a sunroom sales...