After college, the only thing I knew was I wanted to build my own house.  I wanted to have my hands on every piece.  Therefore, I took a job with a local contractor who taught me the trade, and every carpenter I worked with left an impression on me.  My curiosity was my greatest asset, and it was important for me to ask “how” and more importantly “why things are done the way they are.”

My beginning years were spent collecting as much knowledge as possible, becoming an authority in as many aspects of carpentry as I could.  I began to form my own opinions on how things should be done, and what schools of thought were building traditions that had outlived their practicality.  This sort of confidence required understanding the old and studying the new, and then perpetuating the hybrid that produced the best results.