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TRIAL AND<br />
ERROR<br />
A few years ago, around the time Central Coast furniture maker JORY BRIGHAM<br />
won a reality TV show called “Framework,” he started wondering how life<br />
might be different if he was not paying so much rent. Between the shop he was<br />
leasing in San Luis Obispo and his family’s home in Los Osos, the monthly tab<br />
was bumping up against $5,000. And considering how many hours he was<br />
working, wouldn’t it be nice to have a shop at home? Besting the other top-tier<br />
woodworkers on cable television netted a cool $100,000 plus another $20,000<br />
in gift certificates at ACE Hardware, not to mention a deal with Crate<br />
& Barrel. That was about the time he stumbled upon an ad for a 13-acre<br />
property tucked away in the remote hills at the top corner of San Luis Obispo<br />
County. The shop there seemed to be sent from the heavens above, and now<br />
serves as the headquarters for a once a month two-and-a-half day intensive<br />
woodworking course, where enthusiasts from all over the country show up to<br />
learn the tricks of the trade as his kids and his wife, and their 25 chickens, all<br />
pitch in to make the family business a success. Here is his story…<br />
OCT/NOV <strong>2018</strong> | <strong>SLO</strong> <strong>LIFE</strong> MAGAZINE | 43
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