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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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...

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...

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....

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...

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,...

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...

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...

(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...

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....

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...

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...

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...

That's all for now!