Couple grows furniture business through shows, stores and donuts

When Steven Sheardown made a career change, he and his wife, Nancie, didn’t expect it to quickly grow into a thriving, and innovative, furniture business with customers worldwide.

By Grier Ferguson
| 6:00 a.m. April 20, 2018
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Courtesy. Steven and Nancie Sheardown run The Farm House in Bradenton, where they sell furniture and serve donuts.

Strategies

Growing up, Steven Sheardown stayed home sick from school whenever there was an electrician or plumber at his house.

It was a way for him to learn more about what they did. “Dad and I did a lot of work around the house,” he says. When he was 14, he started building furniture, too.

Later on in life, he was working as a Florida Highway Patrol officer when he and Nancie Sheardown met. The stressful job meant regularly risking his life. So Nancie Sheardown asked if he could do something less dangerous. He left his job as a trooper and turned to what he knew — making furniture.