10th Mountain Wood Grain

05/10/2023

How a dead space started, and how she nears her ending. Two pre made cabinets stacked on top of each other and being inverted to create storage for the fireplace living and kitchen cabinets with epoxy river table for the kitchen. Cut existing carpet out and did LVP flooring to prevent any more water damage to carpet on those rainy days with a dog 😊

01/16/2023

30×31 countertop on a new addition to the kitchen.

01/16/2023

Engraved to seat and stabilize the new cabinet

01/02/2023

01/02/2023

Red Cedar 2" thick rough cut planks with a emerald green base color and 2 different mica powder pigments (Gilded gold and Imperial emerald)

05/08/2022

Remodel of a plain looking 1968 fireplace. Rough cut Red Cedar, sanded and epoxy clear finish. Steel pipe for support.

12/02/2020

11/13/2020

A customer asked me how much it cost to make a table....
I answered him: $ 1500
He said: So expensive for this job?
I asked: How much do you think it would cost you?
He answers me: $ 800 maximum... That's a pretty simple job right? !"
- For $ 800 I invite you to do it yourself.
- But.... I don't know how to.
- For $800 I'll teach you how to. So besides saving you $700, you'll get the knowledge for the next time you want
- It seemed right to him and he agreed.
- But to get started: you need tools: A table saw, a planer, a top, dormants, etc...
- But I don't have all these equipment and I can't buy all of these for one job.
- Well then for another $250 more I'll rent my stuff to you so you can do it.
- Okay, he says.
- Okay! Tuesday I'm waiting for you to start doing this work
- But I can't on Tuesday I only have time today.
- I'm sorry, but I'm only available Tuesday to teach you and lend you my stuff. Other days are busy with other customers.
- Okay! That means I'm going to have to sacrifice my Tuesday, give up my tasks.
- I forgot. To do your job yourself, you also have to pay for the nonproductive factors.
- That is? What is this?"
- Bureaucratic, tax, vat, security, insurance, fuel etc.
- Oh no!... But to accomplish these tasks, I'm going to spend more money and waste a lot of time!
- Do you have them? You can do it to me before?"
- Okay!
- I'll make you all the material you need. Truck loading is done Monday evening or Tuesday morning you'll have to come by 6 loading the truck. Don't forget to be on time to avoid traffic jams and be on time
- At 6??? Nope! Too early for me! I used to getting up later...
- You know, I've been thinking. Y ' all better get the job done. I'd rather pay you the $1500. If I had to, it wouldn't be perfect and it would cost me a lot more.

When you pay for a job, especially handcrafted, you pay not only for the material used, but also:
- Knowledge
- Experience
- Study
- Tools
- Services
- Time to go
- punctuality
- Accountability
- Professionalism
- Accuracy
- Guaranteed
- Patents
- Sacrifices
- Safety and security
- Payment of tax obligations

No one can denigrate other people's work by judging prices.
Only by knowing all the elements necessary for the production of a certain work can you estimate the actual cost.

I did not write this dialogue, but am sharing it to support craftsmen and entrepreneurs.

10/25/2020

Stay tuned for a cabinet overhaul, removing the shelf and building slide out short drawers for easy access.

10/25/2020

Converted a dead space corner into a secondary pantry. All custom built, including my own design barn door. 3 1"x8" with 3 1"x3" "z" pattern holding it all together.

10/19/2020

When you let your father talk you into rubber malloting the shelf in.... and you didn't get to do your router on the edge... you improvise!

Tip/fact. Nothing in a home is squared, always take a mutliple measurement from front to back or vice versa. This shelf has a 5/8 difference F/B. Pretty significant! But I made the right cut, performed my router edge while put in place and I must say it looks great!

10/07/2020

Kitchen overhaul, winter 19/20. Rustic board wall, snap/click wood flooring, rustic hand railings.