So we feel compelled to write about a guy that has been working on our project for fairly a while now. You may or may not be aware of that, but there is another Silva brother on our site: Tom’s brother, Dickie. And we can easily say that we have fallen in love with that guy and here’s why:

First of all he proved right off the bat that he is funny as heck and a wise guy with a super sarcastic side, which we immediately loved. So he is a lot of fun to have on the site every day and he loves busting our chops on a daily basis. Now pair that with what Dickie does on the site. 

Dickie has personally made some really cool and rare handmade
pieces for us that will in the end be true gems within the house. Every day he listens to all our crazy ideas and thoughts and he brings
them to life.

We wanted a wall of corrugated metal utilizing some old metal barn
hinges we found on our site. Dickie made it. We needed something to
organize old metal school lockers and bins we found for our mudroom. Dickie did it. We wanted a barn door for a storage space in our
bedroom. Dickie took old metal parts and wood found on our property
and Dickie built it. We wanted a intelligent way for our pets to do their
cat trade in a hidden absent space. Dickie found a place under our
mudroom stairs and built our cats their own barn shaped cat door.

We
appreciate all the great pieces Dickie has made for us and we will
always remember his work fondly and the story behind what he built. It
is plus great how much he helps us repurpose old stuff we find and he
gives it a new life and purpose in our house. Dickie is truly a
partner to us in helping build all the little and different details of our
house become a reality. The next thing on our list for Dickie is a old
metal wrapped newel post with a big industrial light at the end of it
for our mudroom, as well as finishing up a hidden storage closet.

So here’s to you Dickie. Thanks for listening to us and building us
some really cool stuff. We appreciate you and all that you prepare. 

Now, we compose out rumors that Dickie is retiring after that project. We
don’t know whether that is fact or fiction, and Dickie for certain won’t give
us a straight reply. But whether it is his final project we feel very
lucky to have him working with us. Thanks Dickie. And you owe us
$3 for coffee.