the Artist
The Carpenter on a current project. Family room addition built onto the back of a rambler in White Bear Lake.
I’ve been experiencing a creative dry spell. I commented to the Carpenter the other day, that I didn’t know what to write about. I think I have 2020 fatigue.
How has your summer gone? It’s been kind of crazy in many ways hasn’t it? What we hoped was a couple months blip in our lives.. has turned into one long ragged line. The virus, riots, the coming election drama and now hurricanes. We’ve all been touched one way or another.
Early during the pandemic most of our spring scheduled projects canceled. We had to lay off our crew. Then our crew chose not to return.
And then project contacts started rolling in… and in. What?! Home office renovations, basement remodels, bathrooms, decks, siding and window replacements. We came to realize that homeowners “under quarantine” seem to be focusing on what repairs and renovations their homes needed.
So the Carpenter has kept pulling his rig out onto the road every day to keep things moving along. He has jumped back in… “bags on”. Along with good help from subs, we are making it happen. We continue to look for carpenters, lead carpenters and subcontractors to join our team.
We are confident this time will pass. The virus will pass, the storms will blow themselves out and the election.. well we’ll see.
And we can keep on “helping you love where you live”!
PS The term “bags on” refers to the tool bag carpenter’s use while on the job.