Who are you?
Anna Hardy
What is your business?
In Home Design Builds
We’re an interior design and design-build company. Our design center and showroom is currently under construction and will be open to the public this summer 2018.
For more information, please visit www.inhomedesignbuilds.com
Is there a story behind your business?
At the age of 13 Anna Hardy, In Home owner and designer, took a side chair and repainted it, removed the caning and reupholstered the seat. Transforming this chair launched a passion and a career in refurbishing furniture and rejuvenating spaces. For the next 30-years as an artist and designer, she has been dedicated to reimagining, reinventing and “re-finding” pieces.
What problem(s) are you/your business trying to help solve?
Networking
How is your company changing the world?
A good % of our products are locally sourced.
Why do you like being a part of the bigger CI Works puzzle?
I like that I’m a part of a community of entrepreneurs
What do you hope your company’s next milestone will be?
To be an established part of the Amesbury community
What’s cool about your team?
They think out of the box!
Are there any causes you are passionate about?
Repurposing
What is your biggest fear?
Not trying
What is your proudest accomplishment?
My business
What is something most people don’t know about you/your brand?
I like spending time alone with my dog & watching/reading British detective books and films.
What advice do you have for other small businesses?
Keep trying...but don't keep trying the same old thing if it doesn't work!