👋🏼 Hi, Shandra here,

 

I hope you're having a nice start to your week so far.

 

Did I tell you how Nathan and I became home remodelers?

 

It's honestly a sweet story about two musicians from two different states who fell head-over-heels for each other and accidentally landed in the building industry on purpose.

I grew up in a family and community of home builders and had long fallen in love with the industry. It had been a childhood dream of mine to someday work in home construction. However, I fell in love with music in fifth grade and filled my days with it all through high school. I tried out for everything I could, immersed myself in musicals, and worked hard to be as well-trained as possible.

 

Nathan grew up on a hog farm and knew how to fix machinery and buildings by elementary age. He, too, fell in love with music and pursued singing, musicals, and a traveling music group, even going to college on a music scholarship. At college, Nathan became our chorale president and chapel worship leader, and we were smitten.

 

We didn't want to be apart during summer break, so Nathan took a job building decks while I waited tables so we could be in the same state. We got married, and Nathan kept the deck job through college.

After graduation, building became Nathan's career while we worked in music on the side, waiting for a full-time position to become available. He began honing his skills and moving through promotions, which landed him the position of building gorgeous staircases on a finish crew that built multi-million dollar homes.

 

Eventually, a full-time position opened up, and we left the construction world behind. Or so we thought. To our surprise, we quickly realized that we didn't love music as a career and wanted to return to building.

So, we returned to construction, began our own company, became a licensed general contractor, and never looked back.

 

We apply the same effort to building as we gave to the arduous demands of a decade of practice rooms, making sure each note of the remodeled space has been tuned.

 

It's been a while since I've mentioned how we happily, accidentally on purpose landed in building and it feels good to reminisce.

 

So, that's how two musicians became builders!

As always, I love hearing about the plans you have for your home! Hit reply if you'd like to discuss how you can approach your remodeling ideas.

Cheering you on,