Professional Experience

1985-1992
Erickson Protective Coatings
Suburban Twin Cites and regional

Commercial custom painter and finisher on exceptional showcase homes, new construction -residential and commercial properties, and exterior restorations. (Zolatone, Sikkens, faux finishes)

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1993-1994
Perfect Touch Painting
Suburban Twin Cites

Supervisor and Foreman of painting and staining on new construction, commercial and residential properties, single family homes and new developments.

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1995- 2002
Norris Construction and Contracting
Twin Cities

Full service contracting, remodeling, renovation and restoration of private residences and custom office interiors. Services included built-ins and custom furniture.

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2002-Present
Restoration and Custom Furniture

Select Frank Lloyd Wright designed furniture as well as restoration and reproduction of Arts & Crafts designs by Gustav Stickley, L&JG Stickley and others for private homeowners. Work also includes various commissions for the interior design trade.

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2002-2008
Willey House – Minneapolis, Minnesota

Directed the museum-quality, historical restoration of the Frank Lloyd Wright designed Willey House. Responsible for managing the process as well as doing most of the work: restoring the mechanical systems, all interior and exterior finishes, structural repair, rebuilding the original kitchen, interpreting and constructing the un-built designs for the house and all furniture. Abandoned for over 7 years, the house topped the Ten Most Endangered List of the Preservation Alliance of Minnesota just prior to the multi-award-winning restoration.

For more information visit: www.thewilleyhouse.com.

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2008-Present
Jack Lamberson House – Oskaloosa, Iowa

Ongoing interior restoration and construction of all furnishings designed for this 1948 Frank Lloyd Wright Usonian.

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2010
Lippencott House – Minneapolis, Minnesota

Exterior restoration work on the modernist residence designed in 1938 by Lisl Close.

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2011
American Systems Built Homes on Burnham Street – Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Commissioned by Wright in Wisconsin to build Taliesin Table lamps for the restored Burnham Street homes.