Just hit my 100th custom bookshelf build today!

I never really counted until a client asked how many I've done over 4 years. I checked my order records and it came out to exactly 100 today. That felt pretty wild since I started in my garage with just a circular saw and a prayer. Most of them are in Portland homes with those weird angled walls that make you rethink everything. I still mess up cuts sometimes but the repeat customers keep coming back. Anybody else keep track of their builds or just wing it like I used to?

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ryan36922d ago

You still mess up cuts sometimes" - man, that hits home. I've been doing this for about 6 years now and I still have those days where I swear my tape measure is lying to me. But here's what I wonder: do you think those mistakes actually make you better in the long run? Like, I remember every single bad cut I made way more than the perfect ones, and it's forced me to double check weird angles from three different directions now. Those angled Portland walls are no joke either, I've seen some real head scratchers out there.

the_elliot22d ago

Gotta call you out on one thing though - Portland walls aren't really angled. It's mostly Seattle with the hills and crazy grade changes. Portland's pretty flat, but we got tons of those weird 1920s houses where nothing is square. I still measure three times before I cut anything, especially baseboards in those old craftsman bungalows. My first year I cut a 45 wrong on a window casing and had to buy a whole new board. That one still stings.

john65021d ago

Yeah man, those screwups stick with you for life.