Furniture empire from scratch: the success story of a British couple

A good idea is worth its weight in gold. The Chapman couple from Berkshire caught their luck by the tail, deciding in 2016 to sell furniture. Before that, they had experienced many difficulties related to the fact that they could not have children. After their business began to flourish, a long-awaited daughter was born. Now their brand "HOS Home" is popular among many stars. In the first year of its existence alone, the company brought in more than 1 million pounds (80 million rubles) of revenue.

Read how a young couple managed to develop an entire furniture empire from scratch and what difficulties they had to go through in our material.Famous designer Leila Chapman started her business with a website that cost her only 40 pounds (3,300 rubles). A successful idea has turned into a real furniture empire, which now brings in more than 10.5 million pounds (126 million rubles).Leila, 35, and Dan Chapman, 33, from Sonning, Berkshire, founded the HOS Home furniture brand in 2016. Among their customers are British television stars, actors and singers.The story of grandiose success has not been without dark spots. The couple tried to conceive a child for a long time, but nothing worked. They had four failed attempts at artificial insemination and lost two children.Recently, a stork flew into their house: baby Yasmin, who is now only 12 weeks old, was born.