Closet Shelving Layout and Design
When I started out in the building business, interest rates were low, money was easy to borrow,
and custom homes were the way to go.
But six years later, in the early 1980s, that all changed.
Interest rates went over...
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Closet Shelving Layout and Design
When I started out in the building business, interest rates were low, money was easy to borrow,
and custom homes were the way to go.
But six years later, in the early 1980s, that all changed.
Interest rates went over 15%.
No one could afford, let alone qualify, for a loan.
Economics and
demand dragged us into multi-family housing—we started installing finish work on apartment
complexes, condominiums, and townhouses.
The work was hard, the prices competitive, but the
profits were good if you had your act together, if you were fast and didn’t make mistakes.
Five or six years later, I was glad when the custom home business came back with a roar.
But I
wouldn’t trade what I learned from those 200-plus unit buildings, not a bit of it.
Our approach to
every high-end custom job—from the big ones to the little ones, and our profit margins—still
depends on the lessons learned from production work.
And installing shelving is a perfect
example.
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