We moved from Michigan to Iowa back in 2019 in preparation for future retirement. Theresa was born and raised in the Des Moines area, eventually moved away to better establish her career with a large telecommunications company. By chance she met Brad in the fall of 1999 while he was on a business trip to the San Francisco area for a large global supplier company supporting the surface finishing industry. But that crossing of their paths created sparks, and more importantly the opportunity for Theresa to move to SE Michigan area in May of 2000 where they both worked. In 2019 they relocated to the Pleasant Hill/Altoona Iowa area. Brad loves Iowa and that midwest lifestyle.
Theresa has always enjoyed design, being focused on all the elements of home design for the construction of two homes, the first in Michigan, and then the current home in Altoona Iowa. Her keen eye for how things should look and be presented help the effort to create pieces that have the widest appeal to the market. Theresa has a knack for predicting the next “trend” for color or design. Since a teenager, Brad has always enjoyed woodworking, and comes from a family of carpenters, plumbers, electricians, and hands-on craftsmen. Brad’s grandfather was a well- known finish carpenter throughout central Oklahoma, and often watched him work and learned some skills while visiting his woodshop, and still today uses his grandfather's 1950's sears craftsman belt driven table saw!