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THE ARTISAN CHRONICLES
What goes on in the mind of an artisan? How does he work? How does she run the business? Read on. It's pretty interesting.
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The Five Pillars of Window Craft: A New Standard for Historic Window Restoration
When it comes to saving historic windows, most people focus on quick fixes: patching rot, slapping on paint, or swapping in replacements
Steve Quillian
Apr 253 min read
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Glass = Treasure
We’re working on an amazing project right now – the wood windows at West Tampa’s Centro Espanol building. It’s always interesting...
Lynda
Mar 9, 20212 min read
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Wood Window Overhaul Works Best Cyclically, Like Singing Rounds
(First published Sept, 2020) How is singing Row, Row, Row Your Boat like an Artisan Army working on windows?? Singers who know and...
Steve Quillian
Feb 27, 20214 min read
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Set Up is Key to Excellence
The secret to excellent execution is an excellent set up. A worker may wind up with an excellent result every now and then, but for one...
Steve Quillian
Feb 21, 20214 min read
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Fitting Day for Fitting Storm Windows
Because there aren’t any thunder storms lol! Its the big secret window replacement companies don’t want you to know. Why? They make...
Steve Quillian
Jan 25, 20211 min read
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Managing Large Projects as Tapestries
So we have a large project coming up soon, in a couple of weeks as a matter of fact. For months we’ve been working on small to medium...
Steve Quillian
Jan 22, 20213 min read
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Wood Window Advice? Keep Rowing Till The End
How is singing Row, Row, Row Your Boat like an Artisan Army working on windows?? Singers who know and understand not only the song, but...
Steve Quillian
Oct 27, 20204 min read
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Three Things The Artisan Protects Against...
Three things you want to protect yourself against at work are dust, unnecessary work, and unnecessary client judgment. Protect Yourself...
Steve Quillian
Oct 27, 202011 min read
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Crockpot Hardware Cleaning
The methods for bringing turn of the century window hardware back to life aren’t immediately obvious. There are many styles of hardware,...
Steve Quillian
Oct 27, 20206 min read
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A Total Window Makeover in a 1920's Home
There are three components of a Total Window Makeover because there are three components that make up an historic window. They are the sash
Steve Quillian
Oct 27, 20203 min read
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Replacing your Windows? You’re only replacing 25% of your Window.
Replacing your Windows? You’re only replacing 25% of your Window.
Steve Quillian
Oct 27, 20203 min read
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Glazed By Friday For The Win
You have to glaze by Friday if you want to finish the job on time and get paid. Glazing by Friday takes advantage of the natural two day...
Steve Quillian
Aug 8, 20192 min read
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If You Want To Be Fast, Get The Glass Size
How long would it take you to restore the five windows I just agreed to restore? I'm going to try to get it done in six days. I might...
Steve Quillian
Aug 8, 20192 min read
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