05/22/2026
It has been a long week, but a good week. If you recall that I recently posted about our first walnut job that we ever did and I said more to come on this special job. Well, we installed those beautiful cabinets this week. They were for my longtime friend Mike George and his wife Julia. Mike and I worked together as teachers many years ago amd stayed in touch as I moved on from teaching into the cabinet business. Mike would stop by and visit at my shop when he was in the area and we would just talk on the phone sometimes to catch up. He called me in January and asked if we could do his dream kitchen, he had wanted for over 20 years, of walnut cabinets sometime this summer or fall. I put him on our schedule and he called me a couple weeks later and asked if I could move him up as he was just diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and he only had 8-18 weeks left to live. I assured Mike that we could do that and I would make it happen for him. We started his cabinets on Friday May 1st and Mike passed away on May 2nd after his courageous battle with cancer. We didn’t quite make it so he could see them but I know he would love them. This project isn’t finished yet but all the cabinets are set and waiting for countertops and backsplash as well as his tin ceiling. Rest easy my friend I will miss you.
