10/01/2024
HONEST UPDATE ⬇️ & sharing some of our favourite bespoke builds we’ve done so far since launching our business back in 2021 ✨
In 2023, we struggled. We had a baby in September 2022 and had no idea how we would navigate running the business and raising our daughter together, just the two of us, and with a relatively new business. We’re not going to lie, it was HARD and I don’t think we realised quite how challenging it would be. Whilst we are incredibly grateful our customers kept us very busy and we were never short on work, the demand and the lack of time (and sleep) we found ourselves with plus trying to keep up with our schedule and the deadlines we set ourselves, meant the pressure was high and we felt SO burned out by the end of the year. Not to mention we were barely posting on this account which is something we really missed! Connecting with our audience, other makers and sharing the work we are doing is something we love to share.
We feel so lucky to do what we love and to work together. We are also very proud of how far the business has come in just over 2 years and we can’t thank you all enough for sticking by us and supporting us whilst we’ve tried to figure our s**t out this past year 😂 We’ve had some huge chats about changes we want to make so we can continue to build away, design, create, grow our business (and REST!) whilst also prioritising family time and our little girl. Balance is key here 🫶🏻
Fox & Monkey is very much still going strong and we are excited to get going on these changes and ideas that will help our business (& us!) to thrive this year. We are currently booked until JUNE 2024 with Bespoke builds and our Furniture lead times are from APRIL onwards. Our current Homewares collection is almost sold out and once the pieces are gone, we’ll be doing things a little differently…
Stay tuned for our updates and thanks for reading if you got this far! If you want to check out our other accounts .home - we post behind the scenes in our workshop, furniture builds, interiors & family life! 🦊🐵
Much love to you all & a very happy new year✨
Katie + Sam xx