Amanda Whitworth shares her furniture and cancer transformation journey with over 27,000 Instagram followers on her Sawdust and Soul account. #k5 night
SEATTLE - What's old is new again, thanks to the growing trend of "furniture flipping" and the likes of Amanda Whitworth.
She runs a small business from her home in West Seattle, turning unwanted furniture into stylish and useful items.
"I love taking the oldest furniture you can find and turning it into something you'd never know," she says.
She showcases and sells her skills through fun Instagram videos that feature her before and after projects. His Sawdust and Soul account has over 27,000 followers.
But Whitworth's appeal isn't limited to pretty things. He also writes candidly about his most important DIY project: himself.
For more than 20 years, she has followed the twisted and unpredictable path of cancer.
It all started in 1999 when her mother called her to tell her the bad news: she had endometrial cancer.
"I remember my whole world slowing down and my first thought was, 'Oh my God, my mother is going to die,'" she said.
His mother survived, but three years later Whitworth's brother was diagnosed with stage 2 colon cancer.
Eventually, the entire family was examined and doctors discovered that they were carriers of the genetic mutation.
"We have something called Lynch syndrome," says Whitworth. "Increases the risk of developing various forms of cancer throughout life. In 2017, I was diagnosed with metastatic cancer from an unknown primary source."
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At the time he was just getting into woodworking and his hobby turned into a lifeline.
"It was like my therapy," he said. "It saved me mentally and emotionally and gave me the ability to plan."
After surgery and radiation therapy, Whitworth beat the cancer. But the potential remains for another war.
"I still have a chance of getting another cancer and living with it is very scary," he said. can".
He says it means doing what interests him and listening to his instincts. In September 2021, his intuition told him to start changing furniture for life.
"We only get one chance in life, and if there's something you want to do and try, you can try, and even if you fail, that's okay," he said. they will succeed."
He hopes his followers and customers will be inspired to follow their calling, whether they are carpenters or not.
"If we were more honest and transparent with ourselves, we could change our lives," he said.
Whitworth is also a carpenter specializing in landscapes. Her work is available on her website and she now accepts commissions for furniture and art. He also vlogs on YouTube.
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