Other People’s Houses


Listed below is a list of people I have worked with over the years. It is a combination of all sorts of woodwork, construction and miscellaneous trade work, some through contractors, my own workshops, or on site. In some cases living on the job site, (it payed the rent).

I considered it a trusted privilege to enter these households., so instructive to witness others’ family and business dynamics intimately.


“The Cobbler’s Kids Have No Shoes” was a story I identified with while working on other peoples houses. This old tale tells the story of a busy cobbler so busy making shoes for his customers that he had no time to make some for his own children.


Every day on the job site I remembered my ironic circumstance and dreamed for that day of crossing over my own threshold. I had a journal going at the time that obsessively contained anything house  I called  it  “The Home Book”. It contained inspirational and encouraging thoughts and pictures to prop up and assist that desire. 


However, it wasn’t until completing my 100th  project that something changed coinciding with the birth of my first son. My recurring American Dream  was no longer a psychotic episode.


The moment is still clear in my mind. There angelically rested my son in his basinet, it was his first day home from the hospital. He was beside the window. It was a hot  and humid day in July. The impressions of the city were slamming in from all sides -cars speeding by the front porch, the crazy dog lady pleading for her animal to obey, the smell of exhaust fumes, and families screaming at each other in the next apartment seemingly inches away.


And there he was so innocent.

I remember the vow that was formed in my core.   

“I want him to have his own yard.” Amazing still how much gets done for other people.



Woodwork  History


Joanne Scott, Rockport, residence, renovation, cabinetry


Dawn and John Harlor, Rockport, residence, renovation


Windsor Chairmakers, Lincolnville Beach, business, renovation, finishing


The Left Bank Cafe, business/residence, renovation, finishing, cabinetry


Pie In the Sky Restaurant, business, renovation, cabinetry


Tourmaline Health Center, Belfast, business, renovation, finishing


Sam Emerson, Cape Rosier, residence, foundation to finish


Phil Norris and Debra Whig, East Blue Hill, residence, foundation to finish


David Walker, Blue Hill, residence, framing, staircase


Senator Mathias, Isle au Haut, residence, renovation


Snow Cove House, Brooksville, residence, finishing


Liros Gallery, Blue Hill, business, cabinetry


Fire Pond Restaurant, Blue Hill, business, finishing


Peddler's Wagon Greenhouses, Blue Hill, business, cabinetry


Pam Rackliff, Blue Hill, residence, finishing


Scarlett Kinney Gallery, Blue Hill, business, custom carpentry


Richard Merrill, North Brooksville, residence, framing, finishing, furnishings


Tony Amon, Brooklin, residence, roofing


Regina Grabrovac, Surry, residence, flooring, finishing


Hulls Cove Tool Barn, Hulls Cove, business, custom carpentry


John Archer, South Gouldsboro, renovation


Burly family, Sedgwick, residence, custom carpentry


Paula Carter, Belfast, residence, renovation, painting


Ethel Ramee, Blue Hill, residence, framing, exterior finishing  


Newbury Neck, Forbes designed house, Surry, residence, foundation to finish


Silvan family, South Brooksville, residence, foundation to finish  


Siri Beckman, Stonington, residence, finishing, painting


Margi Pomeroy, Isle aµ Haut, residence, finishing, flooring  


Rob & Doris Groves, North Brooksville, residence, renovation  


Ruth Rothrock, Appleton, residence, renovation, interior finishing  


Strong's Storage, Ellsworth, business, renovation  


Joe Greenburg, Penobscot, residence, foundation to finish


Artfellows Co-Op Gallery, Belfast, business, custom carpentry


Sharon Larkin, Belfast, residence, renovation  


Lorain Slaymaker, Hope, residence, renovation  


Jill Bixby, Belfast, residence, renovation  


Joel Greenberg, Vinalhaven, residence, framing to finishing, cabinetry


Michelle Amoroso, Yarmouth, residence, furnishings


Aaron Rosenbloom, Philadelphia, PA, addition, cabinetry, roofing  


Chris & Gina Vickers, Cumberland, residence, exterior finishing, renovation


Janine Lambert, Falmouth, residence, basement renovation finish trim, doors, built-ins 


Amanda Pike, Yarmouth, residence, replace all interior trim, create storage, kitchen cabs


Captain Jon Finger, J & E Riggin schooner, "Duffy Dodge" skylight  & captain’s quarters


Meg Ryan, Cambridge, Mass., cabinetry, bath renovation  


Svetlana Tailoring & Design, Bell Residence, Falmouth, renovate showroom, windows


Mitchell Rasor & Family, Falmouth, sill work and interior finish  


American Pie (formerly Raouls) Portland, all tables, bars, booths and serving counters


Anne Coleman & Trisia Friant, Yarmouth, Cabinetry, office furnishings

 

Rob Rowse & Colette Twigg, Standish, Kitchen, Renovations, Cabinetry, exterior  


Casa Bella, Portland, Antique Renovation  


Martha Slocum, South Portland, Renovation, Art Gallery & School display areas


St. Lawrence Arts & Community Center, Portland, Display Cabinets


Richard Weinberg. Cousins Island, ME. 207-846-5574


Bill Marong, Camden, residence, deck  


Beth & Steve Park, Portland, residence, cabinetry


Karen Frangoulis, Blue Hill, residence, kitchen cabinetry  


Sea Dog Brewery, Bangor, business, flooring  


Jodoin Real Estate, Manchester, NH, business, renovation


Bunzy & Irving Sherman, Little Deer Isle, residence, finishing, garden structures


Phil Urban, Sedgwick, residence & business, renovation  


Broome family, Plymouth Meeting, PA, residence, custom cabinetry, (my folks)


Camp Family, Monroe, residence, framing


Kitty Whited, Troy, residence, renovation


Corea Residence, closed in deck and interior work


Jane Smiley, East Blue Hill, residence, finishing


Manset home, Cape Code, residence, renovation


Northeon Forest. Preserve, Raubsville, PA, residence, custom carpentry


Pastor McCarthy, Brooksville, residence, decking  


Richard Weinberg, Cousins Island, residence, renovation  


Rockport Post & Beam Homes, Rockport, residences, finishing


Oppenheim family, Falmouth, residence, finishing  


Gregory family, Cousins Island, residence, cabinetry, finishing


Jane Glass, Cape Elizabeth, residence, finishing


Diane & Ted Kirshner, Portland, residence, cabinetry, furnishings


Amy & Scott Sutherland, Portland, residence, cabinetry, finishing


Peter & Kathleen Youngren, Cumberland Foreside, residence, deck, finishing


Putnam & Michaels, South Freeport, residence, decking, exterior finishing


Daniel & Janet Pierce, Portland, residence, exterior finishing


Motifs, Portland, business, custom carpentry


Erma Koch, Portland, residence, renovation


Sean McKinnon, Sabbathday Lake, residence, finishing


Carol Schiffman, Falmouth, residence, cabinetry, renovation


Roberta Zuckerman, Portland, residence, cabinetry


Joel Rosenbloom, Ardmore, PA, residence, cabinetry


Caroline Bloy, Topsham, residence, cabinetry


Clark Family, Freeport, residence, finishing


Michelle Robataille, Yarmouth, residence, cabinetry


Carolyn Radding, Portland, residence, doll collection cabinet display case


Evans family, Yarmouth, residence, cabinetry


Sarah Bloy, Brunswick, residence, cabinetry


Aurora Provisions; Portland, business,


Mother Oven Bakery, Dean Zoulamis, Bowdoinham, adobe oven


Steven & Joanne Walker, Bowdoinham, deck, interior and exterior renovation


Cheri Walker, Bowdoinham, cottage bathroom and interior renovation


Gary Gurney, Litchfield, windows, interior renovation


Highlands of Topsham, Topsham, private residence gas fireplace installations & mantels


Longfellow’s School. Brunswick, artwork showcase


Bowdoinham Community School, Bowdoinham, storage can renovation


Michael Wilbur, North Yarmouth, residence, interior finish and furniture


Morse High School, Bath, projector  cabinetry, art materials containers

  Woodwork  History

The Props Assist

the House


The props assist the house

Until the house is built,

And then the props withdraw -

And adequate, erect,  

The house supports itself;

Ceasing to recollect  

The auger and the carpenter.  

Just such a retrospect

Hath the perfected life,

A past of plank and nail,  

And slowness, - then the scaffolds drop -  

Affirming it a soul. 


- Emily Dickinson 

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