Blog series by MsDebbieP consisting of 6 parts so far |
Part 1: Todd Thomas
This interview is from the September, 2010 issue of the Creative Hands Network News. Todd Thomas has been a member of HomeRefurbers since December, 2008. Thank you, Todd, for this wonderful interview! 1. Not everyone is a handyman when it comes to fixing up houses, how did you first get started at refurbishing rooms/homes? I kind of fell into it really. About 3 to 4 years ago, I was selling insurance at the time, making a living but hated it, and the church we were attending bought ...
Part 2: PABull
_This interview is from the October 2010 issue of our CreativeHands Network Newsletter This month i had the pleasure of interviewing PABull. What an honour – and I have to say that I had to get the tissues out. It is always powerful to read people’s life stories! 1. How did you first get interested in refurbishing rooms/ homes?As a kid I tinkered with wood and as I got older I wanted to become an architect. 2. Tell us a bit of history of your journey from that beginning ...
Part 3: TenonTim
This interview is from the November issue of the “CreativeHands Network” newsletter. TenonTim has been a member of HomeRefurbers since April 2008. I asked TenonTim the following: How did you first get started at refurbishing rooms/ homes? I guess I learned doing handy man stuff around the house when I was a teenager, helping my Dad out when he built his house. Tell us a bit of history of your journey from that beginning to where you are today I’m a furnitur...
Part 4: Dan Lyke
This interview is from the December 2010 issue of CreativeHands News. I’d like to thank Dan Lyke taking the time to answer the following questions. 1. Not everyone is a handyman when it comes to fixing up houses, how did you first get started at refurbishing rooms/ homes? When I was 6, in a fit of ‘70s back-to-the-land hippiedom (or as close to hippiedom as my fairly square parents ever got to), my parents bought a house in upstate New York that was built somewhere around 1...
Part 5: Janice
This interview is from the January 2011 issue of CreativeHands News. Janice](http://homerefurbers.com/members/janice) has been a member of HomeRefurbers since December, 2009. When I asked Janice for an interview, she said, “I just took a quick look at some of the projects, I really don’t think I should even have mine on here, my cabin doesn’t compare to the house’s I have seen.” But I think she is a perfect representative of what HomeRefurbers.com is all a...
Part 6: rrdesigns
This interview is from the February 2011 issue of the CreativeHands Newsletter. Thanks to rrdesigns for taking the time to do this interview for us. 1. Not everyone is a handyman/woman when it comes to fixing up houses, how did youfirst get started at refurbishing rooms/ homes? My very first rental property as a tenant fresh out of college was a fixer upper. The landlords agreed to pay for any materials that I used to fix the place up, and I took them up on their offer. Th...