This couple has made over $1M upcycling furniture and flipping homes. Is 2026 the year to start your big side hustle?

Sometimes necessity is the mother of reinvention. That’s certainly true for Tyler and Lindsey Dobson, who’ve grossed over $1.1 million in the past five years by upcycling furniture and flipping homes. As the Dobsons shared with CNBC Make It, it all started when they started refinishing furniture they found on the street to save money furnishing their first home. Must Read They had a knack for seeing diamonds in the rough, and soon started selling their upcycled pieces, pulling in $500 a month. Then th ...