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
- May 10, 2023
Wood Window Makeover’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 our core...
- Steve Quillian
- December 22, 2022
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 know...
- Steve Quillian
- December 19, 2022
What do you want for Christmas? Maybe it’s a black swan on the back of a unicorn. I’m going to be glad to spend a few weeks at home with my family....
- Steve Quillian
- July 3, 2022
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
- June 16, 2022
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
- June 3, 2022
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
- April 2, 2022
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
- November 22, 2021
(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 Makeover. We have...
- Steve Quillian
- November 8, 2021
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....
- Steve Quillian
- September 29, 2021
Fit and tune the sashes so they they can be stripped down, reglazed and painted – but in the middle of that there’s a lot. When taking a window apart, it’s important...
- Steve Quillian
- August 4, 2021
Some work you have to ease into. These radiused transoms from the Centro Espanol building in West Tampa exemplify that statement. Like any unfamiliar path, you have to watch your footing, calculate...
- Steve Quillian
- May 21, 2021
Prices of lumber are at an all time high. There’s been much speculation as to why, but ultimately (as is so often the case) it’s the consumer that is (literally) paying the...