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• • • By GORDON WEEKS gordon@Jma.~oncoun~. !com A flexible schedule and the opportunity to work ha your sweatpants are two of the ad- vantages to owning alhome- based business. Randy Calm, who creates custom a~chitec- tural etched glass in the shop next to his Belfalr home, adds a third perk: "The commute: it's about 100 steps." J But being a successful home-based entrepreneur takes will power. 'Tou have to be self-moti- vated," said Erren Barnhard, who has worked as The Piano Man out of his Belfair home for 30 years. 'Tou have to discipline yourself, because you're not working witl~ some- one else's clock. If yo~ don't work, it doesn't get done." Graphic designer Rachel Hansen, who operates her business Image in Action De- sign and other endea'~ors out of her Shelton home,~ points out, '~rou can't blame mayone else flit doesn't work ~ut." Hansen adds, '~ou have to be determined, to know what you have to do ... If you goof off, you're the one who has to pay for it." i • I , Internet connectmn servac- es and a struggling eConomy have helped fuel the Igrowth of home-based businesses. Calm made the transition six years ago. He operated his Phoenix Design SouttL out of Belfair a storefront next to Elementary School years before moving etching business nex Belfair house• "It was always a d build a studio at ho~ was and for 30 is glass to his earn to m ... It a joy to finally get here cut out that overhead," Erren Barnhard, The Piano since 1982. no one beating you over the head, unless it's you," he said. Calm's neighbor is Darn- hard, who tunes, repairs, appraises pianos as The Pi- ano Man. The Shelton native worked as a musician and a carpenter before combining those talents into a home- based business in 1982. Barnhard's clients are in Mason and Kitsap counties. They are alerted to his ser- Journal photo by Gordon Weeks Man, has worked out of his Belfair house, and then detached shop, Along with visiting homes consecutive days, so Hansen 'Tou have to work all to tune pianos, Barnhard blocks out her work hours de- night -- that's the time when diversifies his business by pending on his schedule and you can, because no one is repairing and rebuilding Vic- the, needs of her children• bothering you," she said. trola record players, pianos The work is there -- you Despite its growing popu- and pump organs, can do it any time, Hansen larity, Hansen believes some Hansen's home-based en-said. people still look down on deavors are also diversified. Last week, Hansen said home-based businesses. But, Her Image in Action Designs she was working on a project "your work is based on your creates uebsites, while Han- until 4 a.m. several nights in product, not whether you sen also produces marketing a row. have a splashy office•" projects for clients such as the Mason Area Fair. HAPPY HO L IDA YS frotlt Washington's Wild Cat Sanctuary l Tax-deductible donations: l Wild Felid Advocacy Center l of Washington I 3111 E. Harstine Island Rd. N. I tte Shelton, WA 98584 t~#~ ~1 (360) 427-4466 ~I~" ~l wzvw.wildfelids.org I Includes Haircut & Style Haircut Special Partial Foil or Coloring Service One Hour Massage with Sara or Jennifer - heilth, wellness, fitness 360-427-3189 :::1 www, sheltonsdayspa,com I 2505 Olympic Highway North, Suite I~ he said. Calm etches glass! for cli- ents weekdays from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. He said he's re] ieved to not be interrupted by ] by dropping in. Calm wife do the books, the: ing and everything els "When you're a based business, you jack of all trades ... all is consuming," Ca )assers- and his narket- e. home- are a )oing it m said. vices through word of mouth, an ad in a phonebook and business cards posted on res- taurant bulletin boards• "I like to do banker's hours, 10 to 3 Monday through Fri- day," he said, "Occasionally, I will tune on the weekend, if it needs to be done•" Barnhard's home at one point housed five pianos. He moved into a separate shop Working at home, Han- I FinalDrawing ~1] sen has a challenge no longer two sons ages ii and 12, and ~l~~ a 7-year-old daughter• Along with operating a business, 'Tou're always iij ~l[ involved in looking after a Clearance, get household ... You're not at It lo to 7so off t , Hll[I the office where you can just focus," Hansen said. elselected items Hansen's husband is a pi- lot who works three or four I [ II ...... "::'/A;,.: