Happy 4th Everyone!

Hope everyone is having a great holiday and getting some much need relaxation.
I know we all need to recharge our batteries once in a while so I thought that I'd post to everyone that is doing just that.

As business owners we all need to get back to what is really important in our lives, and that is our FAMILIES. Without who we couldn't have the courage and determination to do what we do everyday. When we can spend this time at home with the ones we love the most we truly appreciate what we have and what our real goals should be.

I want everyone to remember what our founding fathers fought for and died for and that is our FREEDOM. The fact that we live in a country that provides us with the opportunity to be all that we can be is what this holiday is all about. Remember to hold dear to us what is most important and that is our FAMILIES & our FREEDOM.

Happy 4th everyone.

Having Support

Hi again,
This post I wanted to talk about something that is very important to me and that's having the support of the one's we love. That sounds like a given but in reality it's not, too many of us don't have that assurance that if we screw up there's someone there that will help us get back on track.

I'm lucky that I have my wife Karen to lean on when things don't seem to be going like I planned them. She is always there to lend her support and give guidance when I need it and that gives me the confidence to go out on a limb sometimes knowing that she'll be there to help me if I fall.

That is something that I think gets overlooked at times when your in business for yourself and that the ability to have that special someone there to help you succeed, or to be there to help when our goals do not live up to our expectations.

I remember what coaches say all the time and it's true:
Work as a team and we can accomplish anything, work as individuals and we fail.

Energize your Marketing!

Spring is here and it's time to get out and promote your business, that means get your logo in front of as many potential customers as you can. So how do you do that? Simple just be aggressive with you marketing by following some or all of these ideas:

1. Leave your business cards everywhere.
2. Print up some flyer's and leave them in the neighborhood your working in.
3. Get some shirts printed up and make sure your employees wear them to work.
4. Leave your card or flyer in the local grocery store's bulletin board.
5. Network with as many contractors as possible and always leave them with you card.

And as always do quality professional work and your customers will always refer you to others who will want your services.

Exterior Photos

This is the pic I promised to show when I had it, This is the exterior of the house in Bethany Beach Delaware. The beach is so close you could throw a ball from the house to someone standing on the beach. All the siding is hardy board(painted) and all the trim is Azek(painted on the front of the house)Beautiful house,beautiful location.

Working with Colors

I just wanted to share some ideas with you about color,

as you'll see in these pics the use of color can really make a difference in how the room can come alive. The use of color is very important in our line of work, I am asked the best way to brighten a room and my answer is always the same and that's with a color or colors that compliment the room.

In this pic the use of an Extra White really brings this sun room to life.

While the use of a bolder color makes this bathroom seem fun & inviting

Use color wisely and you will really make a dramatic difference in the project your working on.

Check out some Pics,part 1

Here are some pics from a job we just completed.

The interior was 3300 sq. ft. The ceiling in these pictures was pickled white,tung & groove pine.

It was a really great project to be a part of. I'll show the pics of the exterior in part2.

Let's start a new year off right!

Hi everyone,
I wanted to say I hope you all had a merry Christmas & a Happy New Year and I hope all of you are ready to stay focused and get serious about your business this year, I know that your all saying "what are you talking about"? your convinced that you are taking your business completely serious and have been since you started. Well statistics show that most businesses fail within the first year of starting , so there must be something wrong with this picture.

These people didn't have a plan, a vision, a goal that they started that first year that should have been in place so they could see the BIG PICTURE. Society as a hole only can see what's right in front of their face,not what's 2,3,or 4 months down the road. Live for today and we'll worry about tomorrow some other time. Well I don't want to see you fail so I hope you take this advice.

When yo have some down time and your at the breakfast table with a cup of warm coffee, take out a notepad and start writing down the goals that you want your business to achieve this year,write down everything that you want to see happen to make this year turn out to be what you would consider a successful year, (not what someone else would consider successful) but what you would consider to be a year that you would be proud of. Write all that down then put it away and take it out from time to time and see if your sticking to it.

Success is what you make of it not what someone else is going to do for you.
Start now and let me know in a year how you have done.