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 Antigonish
may or may not ring any bells for you but
this small town in Nova Scotia is the base
for start up home biz TLM Design Studio.
 Owner/operator
Tracey MacKinnion completed a 3 year Interior
design program and worked for a small design
firm in Halifax for a year before opening
her business in Antiganish, where her husband's
family business is located.
 One
of TLM's biggest job is a residential renovation
in Cape Breton in which every interior wall
in house is being moved.
The
home improvement market has been growing
by more than 8% a year for the last 10 years.
 Another
job on the go is a residential kitchen in
a 150 year old house in which absolutely
nothing is level, presenting special challenge
in design and construction. It can be quite
time consuming.
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3
out of 10 designers are self-employed. This
ratio is higher than in other professional
and related occupations.
 One
of the keys to succeeding as a start-up
entrepreneur is to find a good mentor, which
is exactly what Tracey did. She received
invaluable advice from the only other interior
designer in Antigonish. Talk about friendly
competition!
Tracey's
very busy and is going to be even busier
with a baby on the way and even more projects
coming up!
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