Grandson of a cabinet maker, son of a carpenter, I was fortunate to have a childhood filled with hands on experience.

To add to that, growing up in Sewickley offered endless opportunity for finely detailed, and often, artistic projects. Not much was standard in the jobs performed. Each new home opened up new problems to solve with old materials to manipulate. When working with older homes, smooth sailing is rarely expected. Often referred to as the mushroom effect, when you open up the surface, the underlying problem will reveal itself and leave you with a choice. Do you take the time to make it right or do you slap on a pretty façade and leave the problem to grow.

With many of these homes, a cover up or total replacement are your only solutions.

As homes pass from owner to owner, these problems happen, and these choices are made. Sometimes your home will fall victim to the cover up and sometimes they are graced with a total remodel, but rarely are they privy to retaining their character. Over the decades, their plaster details and elaborate millwork are lost to layers of paint, or removed entirely to access and address an unfortunate problem. Anything original you try to replace becomes a reality check in availability. These details of yesterday often require endless searches or a trip to the fabricator.

This company is born from that search for a fabricator to bring the soul back to your home and provide it with the adornments it once offered its guests.