Good Millwork invites you to a “Lunch & Learn” this Friday, November 6th from noon till 3PM. Please RSVP by close of business Wednesday by hitting the link and/or giving us a call at (850) 267-1122.

Professional installer? Weekend warrior? Or, simply contemplating how to take that first step to putting up crown molding in your bedroom? Good Millwork is honored to host a Lunch & Learn seminar this Friday, November 6th from noon till 3PM with Wayne Drake author of “Crown Moulding & Trim, Install Like a Pro.”

There are no prerequisites, just let us know your coming and we’ll prepare the table for lunch. We’re looking forward to the opportunity for Mr. Drake to share his knowledge and conduct hands-on demonstrations of how to “measure twice and cut once.” For all attending, Good Millwork is offering our stock molding profiles at a 20% discount…just in case you want to give a try yourself!

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THANK YOU to the St. Joe Company for their continued commitment to Northwest Florida securing Southwest Airlines into Panama City-Bay County International Airport in 2010.

It’s either in the water or just that time of year but every other customer conversation ends with, “Can you…?” Can you manufacture? Can you finish? Can you install? Can you travel? Here’s the deal, the team is currently licensed in Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi and North Carolina (PS – they even have security clearances for those black ops jobs).

The team has covered the gambit from commercial storefronts at Pier Park Mall, hand scraped fumed antique oak flooring in WaterColor and custom ipe shutters for the Private Residence Club in Rosemary Beach. Most recently we wrapped up the renovation of the Legendary Yacht Club as designed by DAG Architects in Destin, FL. Curious? Take a peek at our handiwork…nice work TEAM!

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Go ahead…give me a laugh, it’s Friday and we all need it (props to the kids for the title). We’ve seen a run of MONSTER crown molding orders over the past month (Janesville, WI, Charleston, SC, Poughkeepsie, NY). Assuming that you’ve purchased the “Tim the 'Tool Man' Taylor Kit” for making trim carpentry easy, the only question left is, “How do I cut this beast?”

The Good Millwork team rocks when it comes to CAD prep, axial constants, AWI specifications, knife marks per inch, back relief, priming, and sanding…but introduce “Compound Miter” the eyes dilate and road kill is imminent. Regis, I’m going to use my Lifeline and ask the expert…Wayne Drake, author of “Crown Molding & Trim: Install It Like A PRO!”

My Final Answer.

[shameless plug: architectural wood trim? thousand of choices...online.]

Seaside, FL, is known to us locals for Modica Market and the early AM brew, for watching the sunset from Bud & Alley's, and the Friday night movies on the green. The Outsiders refer to "our backyard" as the first New Urbanist Development, and Time magazine has called it "the most astounding design achievement of its era and - one might hope, the most influential."

With only a few prize parcels left and in the shadow of the Architectural Who's Who...it's only fitting that there rises a masterpiece of reclaimed wood, European curtain wall, and stainless steel fasteners. The design is simple, better yet elegant, as the material selections and execution speak for themselves. If you've read the book by Matthew E. May, you'll see the patterns of symmetry and balance that have come together through the vision and daily vigilance of an amazing architectural team in Bill Sabella and Florida Haus (the duo of Cheryl Troxel and Ty Nunn, current Town Architect of Seaside). Bravo.

The reclaimed lumber is known as “Deadhead” or “Sinker” cypress. Terms used to describe virgin old-growth cypress logs that have been underwater since the early 1800’s. Known for being insect and rot resistant a more scientific term for it may be “anaerobically cured”. Whatever you call it, it’s absolutely gorgeous. Although the outside decomposes after being underwater and...

Labor Day at the beach? Checkout out the local scene or tune in to 30A radio for what’s going down on the whites sands of the Emerald Coast. Cool stuff…we’re working on a LEED Platinum historic renovation in the Carolinas…check out this monster crown.

Flashback…circa 1970’s Ella Fitzgerald and the shattered wine glass (smile its Friday and we all loved the 70’s). Cassette tapes are now antiquities but the art of digital production and architectural visualization is now mainstream. Recently asked by Wayne Asprodites, friend, Architect and rising rock star, “How to visualize architectural intent?”…we pulled out the little black book and called the experts.

Enter Jack Bransfield, Architect and President of Built Light, a Design Visualization Studio in the Greater Chicago Area. Jack’s answer was far from brief and rightfully so when you finally accept that you’re NOT looking at a real picture. No longer is the technology relegated to the million dollar budgets of Disney and Pixar, its LIVE, affordable and being used daily to specify moldings, make finish selections and make dreams come to life.

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