As a workroom owner, I loved the creativity and craftsmanship of the custom furnishings industry, but I was overwhelmed by the process behind it all.
Estimating took hours.
Revisions meant starting over. Important project details lived in spreadsheets, notebooks, emails, and my head. Even though my workroom had a great product and talented people, the entire process still depended on me.
I had become the bottleneck in my own business.
One Saturday, while working on estimates but yearning to spend quality time with my young sons, I had a realization: there had to be a better way.
That moment led to the creation of QUIPA.
QUIPA stands for Quick Intelligent Personal Assistant, but to me, it represents something much bigger: more freedom, more flexibility, less overwhelm, and the ability to build a business that supports your life instead of consuming it.
My hope is that QUIPA helps workrooms get their weekends back, scale with confidence, train the next generation more easily, and create a stronger future for our industry.
Hope Arbery
& The QUIPA Team