JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – My friend, Greg Harkins, has been making chairs about as long as I’ve been doing television stories. It’s a good life for Harkins, and it’s a life he’s proud to say he has managed to live the way he wanted to.
“Well, basically I’ve lived my life on the edge of the knife. You know, that’s working every minute that I could possibly work and trying to have a little fun on top. You know, and I got very good at both of them,” he said.
His chairs speak for themselves. They’re all hand-made from trees that Harkins felled, milled, planned and turned himself. They’re owned by presidents, popes, rock stars and regular folks…