My interest in renovation and design started when I was just a kid, couldn't be any older than about 6 years old. My mother, who was recently divorced and raising 5 boys, began the transformation of our childhood home into what I call, a Fine Design. I would always watch in amazement at how my mother could manage to remodel a whole home while working 3 jobs and raising us all on her own. Originally, our house was smallest home in the neighborhood with 3 bedrooms, 1.5 baths and an unfinished basement. When she was done with her renovations our home was the largest home in the neighborhood with 5 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, with a finished basement. My mother was a chef by night, she loved to cook and her baking skills made headlines. I watched her build an addition on to the back of the house which would be her chef style kitchen she always wanted. It was a massive addition that expanded the whole length of the home at 60' x 30'. Then I watched as she added another addition to the home which would be her new primary bedroom that was 50' x 45', with a massive primary bathroom. My mom worked very hard, and was a firm believer of living comfortably. In her new primary bathroom she installed a huge jacuzzi tub, it literally could fit her and all 5 of her boys in it. She loved to soak and stretch all the way out and have the water jets to massage and relax her after her long days. Through the years of renovations, I remember playing with my brothers through the wood framing and materials, of what was our home.  It became normal to me to see raw materials, tools and dust on a daily, and it became part of who I am today. 

     Theres no doubt that I am a mommas boy, and my mother took the role of both mother and father, because after the divorce I rarely got to see or spend any time with my father. So I found myself mimicking her and her hobbies I found to be interesting. Renovation and remodeling was one thing she was great at, but she also had an eye for design. Not having a lot of money growing up, she mastered how to design on a dime. I would wake up on a Sunday morning late and come downstairs and everything would be changed around and different. She'd change around furniture from room to room all the time. The living room would now be the dining room, the family room would be the living room, and it always feel like a new house because of that. So I started doing it, I would wake up extra early on the weekend and get my brothers to help me to move around furniture and it became my thing to do. Eventually she finished the basement like it was a full apartment, with its own living and separate bedroom spaces. She then added another addition to the basement, which ended up being my mothers tool room, which expanded the whole length of the basement. She had everything organized perfectly, and at least 2 of every tool you could possibly think of.  

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     When I got older, I attended a vocational high school where I majored in architectural design, and ended up graduating top of my class with a 4.0 GPA and competed in a state AutoCad competition (technical drafting) where I won 1st place for designing a structure. After graduation, I ventured into landscaping and started a small business designing luxury yard-scapes throughout my city.