The Artisan Chronicles
What goes on in the mind of an artisan? How does he work? How does she run the business? Read on. It’s pretty interesting.
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- Steve Quillian
Fthmp TING Next door to our window museum studio in Tampa a baseball coaching enterprise moved in We hear the unmistakable sound of someone making their proper sacrifice putting in the time...
- Steve Quillian
Window Craft just may be the perfect old house trade to study as it encapsulates practically all the skills needed to properly service every historic house community across the United States It...
- Steve Quillian
Desperation With fewer people entering the trades finding someone qualified to address common historic home issues is increasingly complicated Historic wood windows still a numbering in the millions are serviced by a...
- Steve Quillian
Wood Window Makeover 8217 s Artisan Army will have a new home base soon With a primary focus on archetypal window craft Steve plans for this space to serve more than just...
- Steve Quillian
Wondering how I lead the people on my San Antonio team today Are they making progress Yes Am I making progress Yes And maybe I don t know What I want to...
- Steve Quillian
What do you want for Christmas Maybe it 8217 s a black swan on the back of a unicorn I 8217 m going to be glad to spend a few weeks at...
- Steve Quillian
The business is so simple yet so complex Any complexities with the windows have all been removed making the windows so simple to work on yet finding the simple tools materials and...
- Steve Quillian
Window restoration functions best as a team effort After the initial set up what I call the Mechanical Makeover the work naturally splits into the the other two aspects of the work...
- Steve Quillian
Having been thinking for years about what kind of person I need to hire to help with the work at Wood Window Makeover I am starting to come to some conclusions Hire...
- Steve Quillian
Do you ever watch the TV show Survivor where they throw a bunch of people into a wilderness to compete in various challenges Yet before any of the games one of the...
- Steve Quillian
Entire unedited and candid discussion between Steve and Lynda about the state of the business and why she s leaving Wood Window Makeover Things couldn t be better at Wood Window...
- Steve Quillian
Ownership What does it really mean to own a business What does it really mean to own anything for that matter Yes I started it Yes the rights to it are mine...