May 2007

Our poor yard. Ever since that big, ugly purple monster moved in, the whole plat has gone to heck. First there was the dead grass killed by the dumpster and the storage pod. Then there was the havoc that was wreaked by the driveway installation. Now there is plain old neglect to deal with. In a fit of inspiration,...

I had decided to work with a local glass shop. They are close, not corporate at all and, I am beginning to learn, totally incompetent (see below). My first door was ordered on March 15. I bought glass right away. Here is the comedy of errors in order: 1. Made 3, not 5 pieces 2. Made two more, broke one 3. Replaced that...

The first run of Crestview Doors is almost over. We've sold 10 of the first 12. After the last 2 are sold we will stop taking orders until June. That should give us enough time to build and ship those doors, evaluate the business model, and to build the online store. With the Violet Crown Festival over, I had a little extra...

The Violet Crown Festival was just 4 days ago, but it feels like it was forever ago. It was a dominant part of our world for 3-5 months but within 24 hours after the festival, we were back to our normal routine. To re-cap, Christiane and I co-chaired the festival. Really, she chaired it. The day of the festival Christiane...

I returned 11 of the first 15 windows to be rebuilt. I still don't have a finished door to photograph. It's amazing to me that 5 people have bought doors from me based on illustrations. So I'm getting photos as quickly as I can. BTW, those are not my hands. (I hear that's an old Martha Stewart trick. You photograph someone...

The first 4 doors are in production. They are looking soooooo good. For all the delays and phone calls and damage and returned wrong stuff, this is the big pay off. Just look at the grain on this door. It will be a "Pasadena" (three square windows) with frosted glass and a vintage doorknob escutcheon. This is the glass...