Despite Recession, Craftsmanship Still Sells

Craftsmen at a furniture manufacturing shop in Virginia are still making -- and selling -- one-of-a-kind products despite a sluggish economy and competition from discount furniture stores.  Festus Kamara has been a woodworker almost all of his adult life. He currently works with about 40 other craftsmen at Hardwood Artisans in rural Virginia. “It pretty much makes me feel good knowing that I’m making things that customers get to appreciate when they get to the house,” he said....

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