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If pressed, about what I love the very most about my job, it would be the creativity and artfulness of it. I get to make centerpieces in the middle of rooms. I get to make entire rooms a centerpiece. And I get to reuse gorgeous building materials that someone has labeled "trash." Then, I get to take these unique architectural antiques, restore them to their original grandeur (Granted with some hallmarks of the century they've survived--I call it patina. Some of my witty guys call it "Karacter." Please tip your servers.) and then mix and match the pieces to fit the client, the … [Continue reading]