Currently, framing workshops enjoy a stable, growing every year by ten to fifteen percent demand. These companies, engaged in the production of baguette frames, as well as the installation of suspension systems for pictures and photos, have become especially popular due to the availability of modern cameras. The design of photographs accounts for about half of the orders received by such workshops.
At the moment, according to market participants, it is necessary to increase the number of framing workshops by two or three times.
In European countries, mini-workshops are found everywhere. Often this family business where the wife is in charge of taking orders while the business owner makes them himself.
As for Russia, the frames are made even by the owners of the business, or, in any case, under their control, and the turnover of the workshop is two to five thousand dollars.
Most of the framing workshops in our country have been created in the last couple of years. This type of activity is considered to be artistic and design work, and not production, therefore, a license for its conduct is not required. However, you need to register a company, put it on record and issue certificates for the goods offered: baguettes, mats.
Consider now all the steps that an entrepreneur must take in order to engage in this type of business.
Step 1. Room.
First of all, make sure that the room for the framing workshop has an area of at least eighty square meters. Twenty of them will go to the warehouse and the place where orders will be taken, and another forty will be occupied by the workshop itself.
Since the manufacture of frames cannot be called a quiet business, framing workshops are often arranged in basements or extensions to a building. This eliminates the cost of soundproofing, inevitable when finding a workshop close to living quarters.
Usually each framing workshop has more than one point of receiving orders and it is better if the place of production and the point of registration of applications are located not far from each other and in the city center. This will make the process more convenient and faster.
A good solution would be to open several workshops in different areas. With the ill-conceived location of the workshops, it will take too much time and money to deliver orders.
Step 2. Equipment.
Approximately six thousand dollars will be required to purchase equipment.
The frames are produced using a machine that cuts at a certain angle and respects the required size of baguette profiles - a guillotine, which then fastens the picture and frame details with a stitching machine.
The guillotine works silently and is suitable for placement even in a residential building that does not have sound insulation. In addition, this machine takes up little space.
However, it does not allow the manufacture of figured and stucco frames. To do this, you need saws, the cost of which ranges from three to twelve thousand dollars. In Russia, such instruments are not produced. Entrepreneurs buy equipment for framing workshops in Moscow or Finland, where guillotines and saws are supplied from Italy, the USA and France.
Step 3. Personnel.
In Russia, framers are not trained, but carpenters, carpenters, and restorers can work with them. However, for successful work Sufficient (at least two years) experience is required.
The staff of the framing workshop is small. Usually this is a receiver, an accountant and, of course, masters with assistants. The salary of the master is usually six to fifteen thousand rubles.
And on initial stage a business owner who owns the craft of a framer, an order taker and an accountant - these are, perhaps, all the employees capable of ensuring the functioning of the workshop.
At successful development case, consider hiring a design consultant who has an artistic background and will assist clients in choosing the shape and tone of the frame.
Step 4. Raw materials.
It should be noted that the baguette profile, the standard length of which is three meters, is not fully used in the work. There is always raw material left.
In an ordinary workshop, about fifty types of baguettes are presented, which are made in Spain, the Czech Republic, Italy, Turkey, and Poland.
Unfortunately, there are no factories in Russia that produce such products in large quantities. And there are about four thousand of them all over the world.
Every year a unique exhibition is held in Bologna, where large companies, specializing in the production of baguettes, demonstrate their goods. If you are thinking about organizing your own framing workshop, visiting such an exhibition will surely be a useful and enjoyable event for you.
In view of the current situation, raw materials are purchased in St. Petersburg and Moscow, where, in turn, they get from Italy and Spain.
Despite the fact that in St. Petersburg there are entrepreneurs involved in the manufacture of baguette profiles and frames, their number is small, and the market for these services is not crowded. Of course, it is better to work in the area where the buyer of services is not fed up with offers.
Of the orders received by framing workshops, the majority (forty percent) is occupied by the design of graphic works, a little less - about thirty and twenty percent, respectively - the design of paintings and photos. And, finally, ten percent of the total number of orders falls on the design of non-artistic works, as well as embroideries.
The daily cost of the number of orders that even one master can complete is at least 5 to 50 tr.
Step 5. Specificity.
If your workshop is located next to a photo gallery or art salon, there will certainly be no end to clients. Or maybe you want to open your own salon.
Orders are sometimes very unusual, for example... frame a Kalashnikov assault rifle.
But don't let that surprise you. In this way, you can decorate anything - from embroidery to icons.
As for the duration of the execution of orders, experience shows that it does not take much time - about forty minutes. The speed of work will attract customers.
Let's summarize. If you decide to open a frame shop, you will need about ten thousand dollars. At the same time, the monthly rent for the premises will be from five to one hundred dollars per square meter, the purchase of equipment and material will cost about six and three thousand dollars, respectively, and the wages of employees - at least two hundred dollars.
Even in ancient times, people noticed that the image enclosed in a curly beautiful frame looks more expressive. In ancient Rome, the manufacture of baguettes for decorating images became a separate craft. In the Renaissance, baguettes became, literally, a separate area of art. Under each picture, unique baguette frames were created. Currently - framing workshop is an independent and profitable line of business. In the article we will give the answer - What do you need and how much does it cost to open a framing workshop from scratch?
Currently, the use of baguettes in the interior is not only the decoration of paintings, photographs and posters. But, and an independent design element. So, everything that can be decorated is framed in baguettes - mirrors, windows, TVs, lamps, interior items, walls, ceilings, niches, doors, and so on and so forth. Not surprisingly, the demand for baguettes and baguette workshops is stable and high. If you are planning to open a frame workshop and look for everything about this business - you have come to the right place - the site knows a lot about baguettes, at least we understand that a baguette is a plank for making frames and cornices for decorating paintings, mirrors and interior elements, not the French kind of bread made from white wheat flour.
So, first of all, you should rent or, better yet, buy production room with an area of about 500 square meters, to purchase specialized machines for the production of baguette strips in Europe or China. There should be a lot of machines. Since the choice of materials for the production of modern baguettes is diverse, it means that you should work with any material - polyurethane, wood, plastic, aluminum, glass, carbon fiber. So for aluminum and glass, a separate workshop for rolling metal and glass is needed. For wood, you need a woodworking shop; for polyurethane and carbon fiber, you need a high-tech chemical shop.
Stop! Have you calculated how much it costs? Did you shed a tear? That's it. Forget everything that is written in the previous paragraph if you do not plan own production, yes, the usual production of baguette moldings is described there - but, this is already large view business requiring big investment. And not only an investment, but also a subtle sense of this niche. By the way, in the world, there are no more than 5 thousand productions of baguettes, each has its own direction, its own material, its own drawing, its own school, that is, when opening a production, you not only have to establish it, but also bring something of your own to this niche, with which you will be noticed all over the world or at least in your country. We are surprised how on other sites with business ideas, the authors, with a blue eye, recommend purchasing machines and starting a production. Moreover, it is recommended to do it in the garage! Do they not understand the subject? And deceive you? Do you believe them? Trust us - or rather, subscribe to our material, you will always be in the know - and we check all the material, during the verification process, not a single animal suffers, except for the site editors.
How to open a framing workshop and passe-partout
Since there are a fairly large number of industries in the world, you do not have a shortage of ready-made baguette strips. Therefore, under the opening of framing workshops, they mean - production baguette frames and cutting ready-made planks. This is exactly the kind of production that can be opened in the garage. Our advice - if you do not know where the demand is more, try to become a generalist - offer baguettes not only for images, but also for the interior.
What you need to produce baguette frames and open a baguette workshop:
- Finished baguette strips— baguette slats from various world manufacturers — Turkey, China, Korea, Italy, France and other leading countries. There are many wholesale offers on the market. Our advice is to choose both popular baguettes and new ones. Make your own catalog with ready-made solutions, so, for example, if you offer aluminum baguettes for posters, include ready-made interiors using baguettes in the catalog, this is not difficult to do - there are ready-made images from the manufacturer, or 3D modeling and interior visualization is now very affordable service - order them an interior with your baguettes, by the way, by enlisting cooperation with interior designers, you will find an additional sales channel, do not skimp on partner interest, they will quickly pay off.
- Equipment- fairly simple equipment - guillotines, guillotine saws, hand saws, glue guns, staplers, hammers, frame fasteners, machine tools and accessories. Any supplier of baguette strips is usually engaged in the sale of equipment specifically for the baguettes that he sells. You can see all the equipment in the video at the end of the article.
- Fasteners and accessories- Usually beginners who open a framing workshop forget about this. And this is a guarantee of reliability and safety - thanks to the fasteners, your frame will be attached to a wall or other plane. Bad fasteners = bad framing workshop. So keep a complete list of all possible fasteners - frame hangers, D-rings, Toly hooks, cable hanger systems, hooks, slats, corners and much more. Again, each manufacturer of baguette strips has its own list of fasteners.
Here, in principle, is all the equipment for opening a framing workshop.
Advice from the site. If you remember, above we recommended that you become generalists. Therefore, do not ignore the following directions.
Production and design of posters
Offer services for the production and design of posters and graphic materials. Graphic materials in high resolution for large format printing you can buy online. Printing - in any printing house where there are large-format color printers, silk-screen printing equipment, laminators.
Ht-tech or modern decor is a very popular trend in interior design.
Production of hi-tech frames
Do not forget that in addition to the classics, something "new" is best sold - and new is not only a well-forgotten old, but also new technologies. For example, LED lighting in a glass frame. You can buy ready-made, but it is better to start your own production. Glass with engraving and sandblasting will be made to you in a glass cutting and processing workshop, led strip and other electronics are assembled independently from ready-made kits. Here we want to say for the advantages of LEDs - durable, various color schemes, economical and low cost. Fasteners for such frames - you have a full warehouse. Looks great. And if you start combining with baguettes? BUT? And if ... well, if you opened a framing workshop, then you have a sense of beauty and artistic taste.
Making a passe-partout
For the manufacture of passe-partout does not require serious equipment. A small machine for cutting paper and cardboard is suitable for you, if it can apply embossing, then this is very fine - it is called unpretentiously - passe-partout machine. Either you can purchase ready-made mats, or cut them yourself.
Despite the fact that the passe-partout does not look serious, it is a very important, interesting and popular direction in the design of graphic material. Passepartout gives the necessary "air" and space for additional clearance, for example, a signature or a gift inscription.
How much does it cost to open a framing workshop
Let's calculate how much it will cost to open a framing workshop.
- Necessary equipment- from 50 to 200 thousand rubles, depending on what you buy, a complete set or buy as needed, also take a new or used one.
- Required premises– showroom and production room, if you take all-in-one – hall + production, then you will need about 30-50 m², average cost at 400 rubles per "square" - 20 thousand rubles a month. On the other hand, is it possible to do without a showroom at first, and accept orders via the Internet and from friends?
- Baguettes, consumables, accessories- let's not be greedy, we will lay down 200 thousand rubles, although 100 thousand can be met.
- Initial promotion- a website (you can take a ready-made one, such as a landing page or a designer from 300 rubles per month), printing - 20 thousand rubles, advertising - 30 thousand rubles. You can go around design and interior design studios, art galleries, art workshops and offer cooperation.
- Staff- of course, you can immediately hire people, but you can always do everything yourself, take orders, make and so on. Let's leave it up to you.
- Total- from 200 to 500 thousand rubles. Although, these are also approximate figures, everywhere you can save.
How to look for staff for a framing workshop and make money on it
Since the process of making baguette frames is more of a creative process that does not require special production skills, then graduates of vocational and art schools will suit you, since sawing off a bar and fastening it together is 3 simple production steps, but picking up a picture on a baguette, offering an artistic decision is a rather complicated creative process.
By the way, baguettes are an interesting direction for handmade and a lot of people want to learn this. If you, on the basis of your studio, train them, you will not only be able to independently “educate” framing masters for your workshop, but also earn money on training, providing material, and so on.
Thus, by opening a classic baguette workshop, you will not only be able to make money on baguettes. But, and to provide new directions in interior design, construction. Artistic beauty was appreciated at any time, and individual approach has always been the best engine of trade.
Video, how the framing workshop works - what equipment is needed, how long it takes
Try and you will succeed! By the way, a license is not required, an individual entrepreneur is enough, and the activity falls under the artistic and design activities.
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Despite the fact that the demand for baguettes in large cities is growing by 10-15% every year, it is believed that the market is still far from saturation, which means there is still time to open own business on baguettes. True, it is necessary to clearly determine the place for opening the workshop so that there are as many potential customers as possible nearby.
Case Features
The technology for making baguettes is simple, anyone can master it. But in addition to technical skills, business requires artistic taste from the master. That is why framing workshops are often opened by people with an artistic education or creative inclinations. After all, a person who wants to insert a picture or photograph into a frame will definitely come to consult with the master and rarely decide on an order right away.
The master must take into account what he is dealing with, what materials are better to use, what techniques to use when making a baguette. After all, the frame is able to both emphasize and highlight the features of the picture, and completely level its beauty. In addition, the different material used for the baguette will fit differently into the interior where the picture will hang. The master must take into account all these nuances when accepting an order.
Therefore, in order for the business to turn out to be profitable and promising, it is important not only to study the technique of making baguettes, but also to study all the smallest subtleties of frame modeling.
Workshop decoration
To open a workshop, it is enough to register an individual entrepreneur. To do this, you must submit a completed application, a passport and pay a state duty in the amount of 800 rubles to the registration authority. when registering, you must specify OKVED 20.51.4. - manufacture of frames and other wood products. Although it is possible to confine ourselves to indicating artistic and restoration works.
You also need to decide on the tax regime. It is advisable to immediately apply for the transition to a simplified system, this will save you time and simplify the submission of reports to the tax office. Please note that the framing business is not licensed.
Premises selection
The advantage of the business is that the framing workshop does not require special working conditions, so it can be safely opened in an outbuilding, garage or basement. Also, you can not spend much money on its repair. The only thing to consider is that during operation you will make a lot of noise. Therefore, it is necessary to look for a room outside residential buildings, or organize good sound insulation inside the room.
You can organize a point of acceptance of orders right in the workshop. And you can open several points around the city, where you can receive and issue orders, and fulfill them at one address.
Workshop Equipment
Of course, how to open a framing workshop without special equipment? The business plan should provide for at least $6,000 for the purchase of equipment.
From the main equipment you will need:
- machine for passe-partout (2 thousand euros);
- sewing machine (2 thousand euros);
- guillotine (1.5 thousand euros);
- glass cutter
Cutting the profile at the required angle is carried out on a guillotine, which itself works quietly. A passe-partout machine cuts cardboard frames for pictures. On the stitching machine, the frame, picture and passe-partout are fastened into a single whole.
To be able to make curly frames, craftsmen include the purchase of special saws in the business plan. They are the ones who usually make the most noise. Saws cost from three to 12 thousand dollars.
Such a high cost of equipment is due to the fact that equipment from European manufacturers will have to be purchased. In Russia, such equipment is not produced. The leading manufacturers of baguette equipment are the USA, France, Italy.
Workshop staff
Another significant problem in the question of how to open a framing workshop is where to find the right staff. A person who has the specialty of a restorer, cabinetmaker, carpenter can work as a framer. But at the same time, he must have an artistic taste and relevant knowledge. Not only is the business successful, it is important to find a craftsman with at least two years of experience working with baguettes.
To open a business, a business plan should provide for the work of two craftsmen with assistants, an order and raw material clerk, and an accountant. At the initial stage, some of the positions can be combined. For example, a foreman can take orders, and a business owner can also work as a foreman. By expanding production, you can hire a design consultant who will communicate with customers, helping them decide on an order. The work of the master is paid on average at 15-30 thousand rubles. per month.
Purchase of raw materials
As a raw material, a baguette profile is used, the standard length of which is three meters. But keep in mind that it is never fully used. After the work is done, there will definitely be leftovers and trimmings, which must be taken into account when purchasing footage.
Raw materials are also almost all imported from Europe, usually Spain and Italy. Recently raw materials from the Czech Republic have been very popular. These manufacturers make raw materials for painting. For cheaper photo frames, you can buy products from South Korea, Turkey, Israel. The cheapest raw materials are imported from China under the guise building materials. Such a profile will reduce the cost of your business if there are no strict requirements for high quality.
Domestic manufacturers produce such a profile, but in small quantities and of very dubious quality. The whole problem is outdated technology and old equipment. Therefore, it is better to find a reliable supplier, preferably not far from the workshop.
Income and expenses
A mandatory section that your business plan should contain is an item of expenses and income.
The spending plan consists of the following items:
- purchase of equipment - from 100 thousand rubles;
- advertising - one thousand rubles;
- staff salary - rate and bonus per client;
- tax - 6% of income;
- renting premises for a workshop - 7 thousand rubles / month;
- purchase of raw materials - prices depend on suppliers;
- utilities - 1 thousand rubles / month.
In total, at least 4 million euros must be included in the start-up cost plan. Most of them will go to the purchase of expensive equipment and raw materials. In addition, the cost plan should include wages staff. The amount of these costs depends on how many employees you decide to manage.
The income plan consists of making and selling frames. It will take about 40 minutes to produce one simple order. At the same time, the markup on the finished work is 50-400%, depending on the nature of the work. Accordingly, the profitability of the enterprise varies at the level of 30-40%. If you find corporate orders, then the income plan for the year can be planned at a level of at least $50,000.
Making baguettes is a promising and promising type of business. With an increase in the number of framing workshops, the demand naturally also increases, and grows by about 10-15% every year. This type of activity does not require licensing, and therefore anyone can do it. individual entrepreneur. A license is not required, because the baguette workshop is not a production area of activity, but a design and artistic work.
So, for example, in St. Petersburg, according to experts, there are approximately 40-50 such workshops. However, according to many estimates, their number should be 2-3 times more.
As for the Western experience, here, as you know, the idea will be a family undertaking. Similar small firms exist, almost on every street corner. The business is arranged as follows: the hostess or wife receives an order from the client, and the man himself is directly engaged in manufacturing and stands behind the machine.
The Russian experience of entrepreneurship shows that here, various entrepreneurs, and not families, are engaged in the production of frames and baguettes. In such a situation, the founder of the company can either participate in the production and manufacturing process himself, or simply monitor the progress of the work.
The turnover of the workshop fluctuates between 3-7 thousand dollars. A significant share of the functioning organizations in the market was formed during the recent three years.
There is an opinion that from year to year humanity is becoming more and more attached to the art of painting and photography. The growth of interest and attention to the workshops is due to the available pricing policy to cameras. About half of the clients ask to issue this or that photo.
Where do you need to start to open a framing workshop business?
Stage 1. Trading area
80 square meters - this is the size that should be the minimum area. Of these 80 - 40 are assigned to the workshop, and the remaining 40 are divided into 20 square meters for the warehouse and the order table, respectively. The room itself is not whimsical for a special repair, so you can do without special costs. However, the most difficult thing may be the choice of the actual place for production.
In practice, most workshops are located in basements, non-residential premises, outbuildings. This can be explained by the fact that the production process is quite noisy, and instead of investing in soundproofing, you can choose an option located far from where you live.
With more space at your disposal, you can also consider setting up multiple order desks in different locations to increase the number of orders and therefore profits.
The most profitable option would be to locate both the workshop and the place for receptions not far from each other, so that, for example, the client himself could personally observe the execution of his order. An alternative option would be to locate several workshops and several order pick-up points in different parts of the city. Otherwise, shipping costs will be high, and time is an important indicator of production.
Stage 2. Tools, equipment, inventory
Workshop tools require substantial input and investment financial resources. To start working in the field of framing, you need to spend an amount - 6-8 thousand dollars. That's how much everything will cost necessary equipment
Equipment:
- Guillotine (a tool used when cutting a baguette profile at the required angle);
- Stitching machine (serves when connecting several separate parts into a single whole);
- Stapler (designed to fix the picture in the frame);
But, the guillotine will not be able to help you make a figured or stucco frame, in connection with this, after a certain amount of time, using the funds received from the profit, you should think about purchasing a special saw. The cost of purchasing saws will vary from 3 to 12 thousand dollars. The main problem with the equipment will be that the saws are not produced in the territory of the CIS countries. They must be purchased from foreign firms and organizations from France, Italy, USA.
Stage 3. Personnel composition
Before the transition from a planned economy to a market economy, frames were manufactured according to one unified standard and the technologies were the simplest.
As many say, to become truly a master of your craft, in the field of baguettes, you need to be in this business for about two years.
As for hiring staff, there are no specific specialties for the manufacture of baguettes as such, however, a person with specialties can be hired for the role of such: carpenter, joiner, restorer;
Paying attention to the staff, you should not forget about their overabundance or a very high degree of workload. Therefore, usually, the staff consists of 5-6 employees. These are several masters, an assistant, a receiver and an accountant.
We draw your attention to the fact that usually a beginner workshop has a smaller number of employees in its staff, for example, three: the owner and the master are one person, the person who takes orders and the employee for bookkeeping.
The salary of employees can be the amount of 10, or even 18 thousand rubles.
Only established firms are often forced to operate in the amount of 3 people: the owner of the enterprise and the master in one person; employee receiving the order, accountant.
An auxiliary employee may be a vacancy for a design consultant, which implies the presence of an appropriate artistic education, which would assist with the selection of suitable colors, types, shapes, and more.
Stage 4. Resources
The main raw material in the production is the baguette profile, however, it will very rarely be used at full capacity, i.e. by 100%.
When purchasing it, you need to be careful, because. its remains, in the course of production and work, are further unusable.
Baguette profile is produced all over the world by 4 thousand enterprises.
About 50 types of different baguettes are made in an average workshop.
As for the situation on the world market, 99% of all baguettes are produced in countries such as Spain, Italy, Turkey, the Czech Republic and Poland. In Russia, there is not a single enterprise that would carry out mass production of these products.
You can get acquainted with the leading manufacturers and their products by visiting the spring exposition in Bologna, Italy, which takes place every year. The world's leading companies in this industry come there.
Framing profiles can also be purchased from domestic manufacturers, but their number is very small, and mainly these are the workshops themselves that make raw materials from Italy and Spain, and the market share of such firms is very small.
- The main share is the design of graphic works, in percentage terms, their design is approximately 40% of the total services of the workshop;
- In second place is the design of paintings - about 30%;
- Photos and their design occupies the third position, and make up 20%;
- Following the photographs is the design of tapestries and various embroideries - 5%;
- And, finally, the fulfillment of orders that are not related to works of art - also - 5%;
The average daily revenue, one workshop, with a single working master can be approximately 5-80 thousand rubles.
Stage 5. Feature and specialization
For the greatest flow and attracting customers, you should pay attention to the location of your workshop next to various shops: art, gift. Also, don't forget about photo galleries.
Often, the owner of the workshop resorts to opening a personal picturesque hall to promote the goods. This can contribute to excellent advertising, marketing move, prestige.
Orders can be quite specific, for example, it can be the design of a frame with an icon, papyrus, embroidery. Unusual orders include an order for the design of a Kalashnikov assault rifle. Be prepared that the client will be able to surprise and puzzle you.
In addition, due to competition, workshops try to fight among themselves for each client due to the speed of order fulfillment. The minimum time spent on 1 order is 40 minutes.
Consider the main expenses that will need to be made to open a company:
- Costs associated with the location of the company and rent required area- 5-100 dollars per sq. m per month;
- Purchase of equipment, its installation and configuration - from 6 thousand dollars and more;
- Staff salaries - from $400 per month;
- Purchases of materials and raw materials - 2-5 thousand dollars.
- Amount - 10-15 thousand dollars.
- Market situation
- Premises selection
- Materials for production
- Recruitment
- Business promotion
- What documents are needed
- Similar business ideas:
In framing workshops, they decorate paintings and photographs, make frames for them, frame posters and information stands. A framing workshop is primarily a micro-business. “You can't make a fortune in this business, but there will always be enough for bread and butter,” many market players believe. The average profitability of one workshop is about 50 - 100 thousand rubles per month ...
Market situation
The competition in the baguette business is extremely small. This is primarily due to the fact that the very service of decorating paintings and photos in a baguette is not so popular in our country. For example, in Italy, the average resident of the country uses the services of framing workshops on average 10 times a year. With us, this indicator barely reaches one. Although the situation has begun to change in recent years. According to some information, the baguette market in Russia shows an annual growth of 10 percent or more.
If you decide to open your own framing business, then you need to solve several basic tasks: find a room for a workshop, purchase equipment and find a framing master.
Premises selection
There are no serious requirements for the premises for a framing workshop. The workshop can be placed even in the basement with an area of 20 m2. High permeability is also not such an important criterion. Overpaying for expensive square meters here will obviously be superfluous.
You can start with minimal space. The main thing is to allocate several zones in the room: a production room, a warehouse, and a room for receiving orders (working with clients). At the entrance to the premises, it is desirable to have space for placing samples of the work of the workshop.
How much money do you need to open a framing workshop
The cost of starting a business for the most part consists of the purchase of equipment and materials.
The complete set of equipment for a framing workshop depends on the planned scale of activity and size start-up capital. According to the participants of the framing forums, the most suitable equipment for a framing workshop includes the main components: a guillotine, an assembly machine and a cutter for a passport. The purchase of such a set of equipment will cost 8-10 thousand dollars.
However, you can limit yourself to a more modest start. Some craftsmen start a baguette business by buying a baguette cutting saw costing no more than 5 thousand rubles and a passport cutting machine worth 4 thousand rubles. Such a set is enough to stubbornly and painstakingly master some of the subtleties of framing. In general, the possibility of a practically “zero” start and the subsequent purchase of expensive equipment is the main advantage of the framing business.
Materials for production
Also, at the start of the business, you will need to purchase some materials: a baguette profile, 2 mm glass, colored cardboard for a passe-partout (the most optimal size is 80x120), foam board.
Glass is necessary primarily to protect paintings and photographs from mechanical damage and fading. With the help of colored cardboard in framing workshops, a passe-partout is made - main element in the art of painting.
Framing profile is the main material of the framing workshop. It is with the help of a baguette that frames are made for paintings, photographs, posters, etc. A baguette profile is sold in linear meters. Standard size baguette profile - 3 meters. The unit price depends on the baguette material. The most common baguette profiles: aluminum, plastic and wood. An aluminum profile will cost about 8 - 10 euros per 3 meters, a plastic one - 5 - 8 euros. Wooden baguette profile is the most expensive and is considered an elite material. The cost of a wooden profile can reach up to 60 euros per 3 meters.
The main suppliers of baguette profile are Italy and Spain. Also, a cheap profile is imported from China, but many professionals complain about its quality. In Russia, you will not find normal baguette manufacturers. Baguette profile advantage is purchased in Moscow and via the Internet.
Recruitment
The main protagonist of the framing workshop is the master (carpenter, carpenter). Much depends on his “hands”, since it is the master who is responsible for the production process. Therefore, the search for a master is the main stage in the formation of the organization's team. In addition to the master, a person responsible for processing orders (manager), a designer, a director and an accountant (you can “incoming”) may be required.
In general, the framing business is often built not from the director or entrepreneur, but from the master himself. That is, a person likes to engage in the design of paintings, this may be his hobby. He has the necessary equipment, which is enough for him to fulfill small orders, maybe even at home. He appears client base and he decides to register the activity and open a full-fledged workshop. In fact, this is the ideal way to open such a business with the least risks and financial costs.
Business promotion
Advertising a framing workshop is a separate topic for conversation. Painting services are quite specific and have a very narrow circle of clients. It is for this reason that it is recommended to open such a business only in cities with a population of more than 100,000 inhabitants. Using expensive advertising channels, such as TV, radio, posters, and so on, in such activities is not an affordable luxury.
The most optimal ways to advertise framing services: your website on the Internet, participation in specialized exhibitions and, of course - word of mouth. Creating a site and filling it with information will cost 1-3 thousand dollars. Yes, these are decent costs for small workshops, but it is through the sites that more and more customers come today. This is especially true for large cities and metropolitan areas.
The phrase "framing workshop" in Yandex in Moscow is searched monthly by 1991 people, in St. Petersburg - 1177 people, in Samara - 570 people. All these people want to get to the websites of framing workshops, read information about the services of the organization, and possibly place an order in the future. Therefore, without having your own website, you may lose some of your potential customers.
And, of course, the most The best way advertising - classic word of mouth (or "gypsy mail"). However, this channel of information directly depends on the quality of your services and the authority of the organization as a whole. Develop your baguette business, work on the assortment, improve the quality and the client will always find you!
Step by step business plan: where to start
To open a baguette workshop, you need, first of all, to master the features of the business, the baguette production technology. It is not difficult, but requires certain skills and artistic taste. It's good if you have an education in the field of design. It does not interfere with taking more courses as a master cabinetmaker or restorer. Since, most likely, your customers will consult with you when placing an order, or they will ask you to make a frame for a picture to your taste. But you need to take the following steps:
- register a business;
- choose a room;
- purchase materials and equipment;
- advertise activities;
- find clients.
How to open a baguette workshop, see
How much can you earn in the baguette business
The baguette business will not require you to make any large investments or big expenses. You can, for example, save on renting a room and initially work in a garage. Or give up the work of hired personnel and work as a family. But even if you include the rental of premises, taxes and wages for 2-3 employees, the profit can reach 40-50 thousand rubles.
What documents are needed
A license for this type of business is not needed, since it does not provide for any production and relates to restoration work. It is quite possible to register a business as an individual entrepreneur by preparing a standard package of documents. OKVED code 20.51.4., relating to the production of frames and other wood products. The taxation system is suitable for UTII or USN.
Baguette manufacturing technology
There are many technologies that you should be familiar with before starting your own business. But the process itself looks like this. The slats are chopped and cut to the desired size, then fastened together to form a frame. After that, a mat is cut out of thick cardboard and glass is inserted. Usually high quality 2 mm baguette glass is used.
