As the ancient proverb goes, “fortune favours the brave”. It was a maxim Wangaratta furniture store owners Taylor and Casey McPhail embraced when their business was struggling at the beginning of 2020 as the first COVID lockdowns shut the country down.
Victoria endured particularly harsh lockdowns, but the brothers saw opportunity in the adversity, with people forced to stay at home turning to home improvements as a diversion. At the start of the pandemic, Taylor and his wife, Tayla, and Casey and his wife, Kacey — yes, strange but true — had both