In Business of Home’s series Shop Talk, we chat with owners of home furnishings stores across the country to hear about their hard-won lessons and challenges, big and small—to find out what they see for the future of small industry businesses like theirs.
This week, we spoke with Teddie and Courtney Garrigan, interior designers who also own a shop called Coco & Dash in Dallas. The mother-daughter duo opened the store in 2014 after noticing a dearth of independent decor shops in the area and have since created a destination with their airy interiors, bold contemporary pieces and eye-catching antiques. Here, they discuss the difficulties of working with family, their very specific customer and the number one enemy of small businesses today.
