For a short time, many years ago, I had a real job.  I don’t recommend it – the regular hours, steady paycheck, weekends at home…

My last real job ended when I had enough moonlighting work to open my own small office in the attic of our early 1900’s brick Queen Anne home in German Village.  Twenty-six steep steps from the street to my office was a daily workout, but it was the change from corporate clients to working with homeowners at the kitchen table that really got my heart racing.

And that’s still my passion today.

After the German Village home, Karen and I moved to a 1971 bi-level home in Dublin, Ohio, on a nice bit of land near an empty parcel that eventually became home to an excellent elementary school.

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Who ever thought that I would grow up and have a job where I get paid to draw?  Well, that’s not all I do, but it certainly is a part of it!

I have always known that I wanted to be an architect (residential in particular!).  My dad and I used to take bike rides to a nearby neighborhood that was under construction.  I loved seeing the homes going up and walking through them; I knew then that I wanted to be the one designing them.

So, I started working with Rich Taylor in 1999 while working on my undergraduate degree in Architecture.  Afterwards, I continued on in my education and received a Master of Architecture and taught at OSU during that time as well.  Immediately after graduation, I started working and we’ve been designing together ever since.  He’s been an amazing mentor to me.

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