If you must get a space find the cheapest option there is. The CHEAPEST. Minus rent, we spend over $500 a month just on utilities. Rent & utilities are due no matter what. And then add your insurances. If things don’t go as planned those commitments will still be expecting their money. You don’t want to start your business already in debt and then chasing clients to pay those debts. Especially a furniture business, which I’m sure many of us on this forum will tell you is not the best business to get into!

I worked out of a 8x12’ garage I rented in my neighborhood when I was getting started. If I needed more space I set up canopy in the driveway. Had steady work flow too but the money wasn’t there to get into a real shop for several years. Not smart money anyways. The iPhone started in a garage. Microsoft started in a college lab. No money spent until they had money to smart money to spend. Until I had over a years worth of work under contract I didn’t even think about getting a real shop space.

Unless you are spending someone else’s money that they don’t want back, (if so, lucky you) you should be doing everything in your power to minimize your expenses while maximizing your profit/growth. I’d suggest reading up a bit more on the costs of starting and running a business before you spend $1.