Landed my First Really Big High-end Job!
Found out I’m in on a big one. I’ve done some big money kitchens and helped with some nice trim jobs, and done tons of average jobs before.
I remember being excited when I worked on my first million dollar home a dozen years ago. The stone artist on that house could tell I was amazed by the house…then he told me, “this is the smallest house I’ve worked on.” He had just flown in from a 10 million dollar house in Hawaii, he worked on Randy Travis’ place, etc.
I don’t really care how much money the owner is spending, I just like doing fine work.
On this one, two of us will be trimming for about a month. Mostly trim, cabinets, crown and built-ins. Looks like more in the pipeline…Whoohoo!
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Congrats.
Don't call me daughter.
Take some pics...
Lots of pix - your buds deserve no less!
Forrest
Good for you Basswood, nothing like the big ones!
Fantastic!
Think you might be able to post some pics for us?
Hope so!
"It's always better to have regrets for things you've done than for things you wish you had done..........."ponytl
Congrats,
Where abouts is the work?
Thanks, Stockholm, WI on Lake Pepin. Land of sailboats and art galleries.
Had a friend that lived on his boat on Pepin for a few months - Nice scenery.
Congrats again,
Shoe
They just started digging yesterday...so this might be ready to trim in Dec/Jan. Things were kinda slow last winter for me, but this winter is looking better already.
Congrats! Spent a day on the river around Lake Pepin a couple weeks ago. Beautiful area.
Mike
Congrats on landing the big one. Hope it works out well for ya.
On my first day in New York a guy asked me if I knew where Central Park was. When I told him I didn't he said, "Do you mind if I mug you here?" [Paul Merton]
Did any one say , dont forget the pics?
Camera on site bro. <G>
Tim
Memphest 2006
November 18th
I am happy for you - congrats.
Keep doing what got you there.
Remodeling Contractor just on the other side of the Glass City
Now that your doing the High-end stuff, your going to need a Church key to open your Beers @ the end of a long day! No more twist offs!
Heres to knowing it all works out for you!
That million-dollar house I mentioned in the original post was on a Lake in Loveland, CO.The stone guy was a magician named Ken Fish. His business was called "Stone Fish." That house had stone from Texas, India, Egypt, etc. Stone stairs & risers, window sills, flooring, shower, countertops, fireplace. He made stone crown on-site...freehand.I'm already a beer snob...havin' a Red Hook right now.
"I don't really care how much money the owner is spending, I just like doing fine work."
Exactly basswood, I've done some little jobs that require some real skill and artistry and yet at the same time, had some large jobs or houses that well, the dollar figure and square footage may be high, but the dollar isn't there to pay for the artistry -- they just don't want it.
That's why I love doing historic resto work, to me that's the fun of carpentry.
Hi Basswood, are they giving you any lattitude with the design of certain openings or other aspects of trim? I got friendly with the trim guys doing a mansion down the street from me. Young Russian guys who did real nice work. The owner would come home and they'd make suggestions to do a coffered ceiling that was never planned and the owner was like, "That sounds good. How much?". House was way over the top but looked like a lot of fun and a good amount of the detail came from the trim guys, not the architect or builder. Good luck.