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...
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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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Steve Quillian
- Feb 27, 2021
- 4 min
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...
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Steve Quillian
- Feb 21, 2021
- 4 min
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...
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Steve Quillian
- Jan 25, 2021
- 1 min
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...
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Steve Quillian
- Jan 22, 2021
- 3 min
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...
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Steve Quillian
- Oct 27, 2020
- 4 min
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...
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Steve Quillian
- Oct 27, 2020
- 11 min
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...
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Steve Quillian
- Oct 27, 2020
- 6 min
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,...
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Steve Quillian
- Oct 27, 2020
- 3 min
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
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Steve Quillian
- Oct 27, 2020
- 3 min
Replacing your Windows? You’re only replacing 25% of your Window.
Replacing your Windows? You’re only replacing 25% of your Window.
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Steve Quillian
- Aug 8, 2019
- 2 min
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...
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Steve Quillian
- Aug 8, 2019
- 2 min
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...
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