My name is Brett Turner, and I just recently completed my final semester of my bachelor's in business at the University of Texas at Dallas.  Whereas most students have either a retail job or internship, I decided to take the path that my passion and natural skill led me along.  I have been interested in construction and maintenance for most of my life.  I've had a hammer in my hand since before I could talk, and the passion has yet to fade.  I worked in general home maintenance for a company in Ontario, Canada, doing everything from cutting grass to changing a lightbulb to installing retaining walls, interlocking patios, fences, to shovelling snow. 

My grandfather was a carpenter, and got me interested at a young age.  I was always fascinated with the work he did and the tools he had.  I started my tool collection when I was working maintenance, storing everything in my truck.  Then I moved back to Texas, and my collection grew a little larger with the addition of some cordless tools.  When I lost access to my father's tools when he got transferred to North Carolina, I moved to an apartment and everything got strategically stored on pegboard and shelving units in a 4' x 5' storage closet that nobody believed could fit that many tools.  By the time I was in my apartment for a year and it was time to transfer schools, the criteria for a new place quickly became a garage because I was informed that my contractor's table saw was not allowed in the living room of the new place. My collection grew exponentially over the next year and I had all the basics and a little more.  To expedite working time and increase safety, I upgraded to two single car garages for my shop.  Now I have a home in Carrollton, TX and have my shop set up in my two-car garage with all the tools and toys I need (and then some).

I got into the furniture and cabinetry end of construction through a need for furniture and a fluke acquaintance.  I was looking for a set of bedside tables to go beside my bed, and it proved to be an impossible task to find something that fit my taste and needs.  Every bedside table I could find in a store was far too small, had poor craftsmanship, or a combination of the two.  Therefore, I started drawing plans, and ended up with just what I wanted and needed - I didn't have to compromise anything.  I had some help from my new acquaintance - now a good friend - who did what I am doing now and helped me fine tune my drawings and the most appropriate joinery.  Also, when I moved from one place to another, I had a much smaller kitchen in the new place; consequently, I needed more storage.  There was not any room for me to hang my stemware rack I had built for the last kitchen, so I pinpointed that as one of my biggest issues and was on the hunt again.  I ran into the same issues as I did with the bedside tables of poor craftsmanship, cheap materials, or low functionality.  That led to the construction of my first large piece of furniture.  I built the "Butler's Bar" simply because nothing existed that catered to everything I wanted in that piece of furniture.  In the process of building these items for myself, I found there was a fair bit of demand for my work from my friends and neighbors.  They would see my work and say they had some problems finding something that fit their needs and ask if I could build something for them that would. 

After receiving several requests from neighbors and their friends, I realized I had a business opportunity in my hands.  Now I will build anything from a custom drawer organizer to larger remodels such as media rooms and everything in between.