The 2008 StartupNation Home-Based 100 Competition

Celebrating America's most outstanding home-based businesses and the people behind them.

Sponsored by
Back to previous page
Get emailed Home-Based 100 Updates

Contestant Profile

Kewl Boxes

Kewl Boxes
Voting is now closed. The results of the Home-Based 100 will be announced in mid-November.

Contestant's Case to Win

This is based on the number of votes received and does not reflect the quality of the business.
We are a husband and wife building a home business together. We use wood lathes to turn exotic and domestic wood into round lidded boxes of assorted sizes, used for trinket boxes, keepsake boxes, dresser boxes, piggy banks, desk accesories, and cremation urns. This is a very grungy job. We are covered with wood shavings while turning a product on our wood lathes, which can cause our skin to be very itchy. Our faces turn brown from the dust that flies around us while turning. We also get our hands quite grungy while adding a glossy finish to our "KEWL Boxes".

Visitor comments

View all
  • ...Read more
  • Diane and Keith put their hearts into the work they do. And they love designing these kewl boxes on their...Read more

More Contestants