The Garage Gallery

What do you do with a puzzle once it’s completed? 

Spending up to 2 weeks assembling a 1000 piece puzzle builds a strong attachment to the finished product. It’s a lot like falling in love. Puzzle fanatics, an estimated 20 million people in the U.S. alone, search for ways to keep each puzzle alive.

Right from the beginning of my obsession with puzzles I wanted to preserve and display each completed puzzle — somewhere. My wife made it clear that they would not be hanging in our house.

The next best location was our garage. A Garage Gallery!? Every person who “toured” my gallery expressed what appeared to be sincere delight. Maybe it’s not so surprising. Each one is, or was, an actual work of art. 

Their reactions have sparked an idea for operating a business out of my garage. This all started in my garage. Jeff Bezos, Amazon’s founder, also started out small in his garage.

I visited my county tax office and registered my business name. I am now officially the Chairman and C.E.O of Puzzlupagus.com The launch of my enterprise began with the purchase of the afore mentioned domain.

Each completed puzzle gets an up grade making it suitable for domestic display. I call the process Free Form Framing. The prices will average $50 each.

I use 4 venues for selling … Facebook, advertising on NextDoor.com (ziNextdoor,p code 27312), attending a monthly meeting of over 50 small business owners to promote my products, and each Sunday of the month displaying my art at a marketing fair in downtown Pittsboro N.C. 

This should be fun. The target for having this enterprise mature is December of 2024.

This should be fun.