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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 Quiet Crisis in Historic Window Restoration
If nobody is there to stop someone from building a monopoly, why wouldn’t they build one?
Why wouldn’t they expand regionally?
Why wouldn’
Steve Quillian
3 days ago5 min read
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 25, 20253 min read
The Artisan Within
Surely every Artisan is a worker, but not every worker is an Artisan. Every Artisan indeed is a worker, but what kind of worker?
Steve Quillian
Dec 21, 20224 min read
A Unicorn for Christmas?
What do you want for Christmas? Maybe it's a black swan on the back of a unicorn. I'm going to be glad to spend a few weeks at home with...
Steve Quillian
Dec 18, 20225 min read
So You Want To Go Into The Window Business...
The business is so simple, yet so complex. Any complexities with the windows have all been removed, making the windows so simple to work...
Steve Quillian
Jul 2, 20225 min read
The Carpenter/Painter Conundrum
Having been thinking for years about what kind of person I need to hire to help with the work at Wood Window Makeover, I am starting to...
Steve Quillian
Jun 2, 202211 min read
Great Opportunities Disguised as Impossible Situations
(Entire unedited and candid discussion between Steve and Lynda about the state of the business and why she’s leaving Wood Window...
Steve Quillian
Nov 21, 20213 min read
An Unorthodox Faith and a Business Crippled By Imposter Syndrome
Ownership. What does it really mean to own a business? What does it really mean to own anything for that matter? Yes I started it. Yes,...
Steve Quillian
Nov 8, 20213 min read
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
How To Escape Client Judgment
I've always been passionate about how Client Care/Job Setup/Organizing the Work Beginning and End should be conducted. This is nothing...
Steve Quillian
Feb 25, 20216 min read
Chisel in the Left Hand, Hammer in the Right
The Artisan has become such by eliminating unnecessary, superfluous movements and combining two or three basic movements into one that is...
Steve Quillian
Feb 24, 20213 min read
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
Major Facelift
If you have driven down Cypress Street in Tampa between Howard and Rome, you’ve undoubtedly seen a new mural being installed on the south...
Steve Quillian
Jan 23, 20215 min read
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
The Archetypal Window - An American Success Story…
It was an archetypal time, unlike any other in history. The land of opportunity had reached its full stride. There was an ‘unending’...
Steve Quillian
Dec 3, 20204 min read
Once a Flip Always a Flip
So, our next job is one that sprung on us in an unlikely way. A man in St. Petersburg hired us to re-glaze his historic windows and make...
Steve Quillian
Oct 29, 20203 min read
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
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
Small Complex Jobs - Maneuvering the Labyrinth and Taming the Dragon
You got burned but you protected your client. You walked away with scars but you took something with you. You learned respect for the dragon
Steve Quillian
Oct 27, 20209 min read
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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