Jamie and Brian came down to Puerto Rico with one goal. Install the tongue and groove teak hardwood floors in our house. We did some surfing and a whole lot of work. Not only did they do a kick ass job installing the floors (in the entire house, my office and the deck) but they also handcrafted beautiful wooden thresholds into the bathrooms and kitchen. Brian also tore down our old “sin tratado” (un-treated) back deck and rebuilt it. All that, and we surfed. Crazy.
It was cool having two of my best friends down here helping me with the house. They taught me a lot as they went instead of just flying through stuff. Thanks to them, I am now much more comfortable using the table saw, miter saw and pneumatic finishing nail gun. I have the confidence to finish the hardwood flooring on top of the closet and bathroom in the master bedroom. I am also going to buy a router and start experimenting with finishes for our baseboard.
Jamie is an artist. He has been working with his hands for a long time repairing surfboards, restoring classic surfboards (pigmenting resins etc), painting, carving and building something for as long as I’ve known him. It is really cool to know that not only am I going to have some of Jamie Kelly’s surf art on my walls, but now I have an entire house with beautiful teak flooring that has the signature of my two buddies on it.
Thanks Brian and Jamie.
You can check out some of Jamie’s handy work at his website. I pirated a few small pictures of his work so you can get a teaser before you go on over to his site: Jamie Kelly Surf Art
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