Second chances start here

Furniture rescue, makeovers, and the occasional musical number, all built from my San Diego garage alongside a corporate 9-to-5.

As Featured on CBS8 News

What started as picking up unwanted furniture after a layoff turned into a story about resilience, reinvention, and giving second chances, to pieces and to people.

It started with a layoff...

Hi, I’m Jenny. A few years ago, I was laid off from my customer experience management job at a tech startup. It completely knocked the wind out of me. I spent the next two years trying to find another corporate job, and it was one of the hardest stretches of my life.

Somewhere in the middle of that, I started picking up junky furniture off the curb. I didn’t really know what I was doing, but I saw parts of myself in these castaways. I taught myself how to fix pieces up and sell them, one at a time.

What started as a way to cope slowly became something more. With each piece I worked on, I felt a little more like myself again. Giving furniture a second chance gave me one too.

Now I rescue furniture all over San Diego, bringing old pieces back to life. I also sing and play guitar while I work. Writing little songs has become part of the healing, and it brings a lot of good energy into the space. And, I do all this part-time from my garage alongside a new corporate 9-to-5.