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If you watch HGTV, you may have seen me tell my story on
an episode of
The Good Life or you may have read newspaper articles by
The Boston Globe columnist Nathan Cobb or
Knight-Ridder's Mary Beth
Breckinridge. I've also been one of Del's Folks at WKYC in
Cleveland. For a decade, I worked in Cleveland for a
national distributor of integrated circuits based out of New York. When
I was hired by that company, it was family-owned and its priorities were
understanding and servicing customers and nurturing employees. When I
resigned, it had become a small part of a multi-billion dollar
conglomerate out of Great Britain that cared mostly about profit margins
and bottom lines. I grew up with that company and learned much about
customer service, distribution, marketing, sales and
manufacturing. It was a great experience, but my heart just wasn't in it
anymore. In 1989, after doing much soul-searching, I made the
decision to take the road less traveled. I traded in my high heels,
brief case and company car for jeans, a tool belt and a pick-up
truck. I needed to nourish my soul and control my own destiny. I decided
to create a small business offering something that was nearly extinct:
handcrafted wooden screen doors and and old-fashioned
service.
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Ever since I was very young, I have enjoyed working with tools
and with wood, so I decided to indulge my inner woodworker and start
this little business. We are a very small shop tucked back in the
woods of Portage county, Ohio, where there are dogs at our feet and
there is sawdust in the air.
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