For me, it was one local shop that had an abandoned website. (I actually drove to their old location, trusting the address on the site).
When I talked to the owner, she said something like, "Oh. Yeah, I post everything on Instagram now."
So I followed that business on my IG and looked at other shops she follows. They're mostly local, so I did as well. After a few of those, Instagram took over and started recommending me more and more places. About 10% of the recommendations are more local shops, so I keep adding them.
I don't search by hashtags (yet?), but looking through some of the posts in my feed, these seem to be the common ones: [#furniturerestoration #midcenturymodern #midcenturyfurniture #midcenturydesign]
This whole experience has made me feel what my parents must have in 1996, when I was teaching them about e-mail and the difference between "slash" and "backslash" :)
When I talked to the owner, she said something like, "Oh. Yeah, I post everything on Instagram now."
So I followed that business on my IG and looked at other shops she follows. They're mostly local, so I did as well. After a few of those, Instagram took over and started recommending me more and more places. About 10% of the recommendations are more local shops, so I keep adding them.
I don't search by hashtags (yet?), but looking through some of the posts in my feed, these seem to be the common ones: [#furniturerestoration #midcenturymodern #midcenturyfurniture #midcenturydesign]
This whole experience has made me feel what my parents must have in 1996, when I was teaching them about e-mail and the difference between "slash" and "backslash" :)