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"These people's kin built wood ships and oystering boats - skipjacks - for
use on the Chesapeake Bay for over a hundred years! "In a sense then, the
team was waiting for Tanglewood Conservatories to arrive. But how did Stein and
Tanglewood find their way here? Before Tanglewood's debut, elegant custom conservatories
- designed and built in America for the American climate - did not exist. "That's
why we started building them", says Stein. Early on, Tanglewood simply warehoused
material manufactured by other companies. "We assembled their parts into
sun rooms of fairly straightforward design."
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We needed a new kind of environment, and people with new skills,
to keep growing." Bursting at the seams by 1996, Tanglewood
Conservatories moved to its new location in Denton, adding
the space and talent that enabled it to firmly establish
this new tradition in America. The fit and finish of a
Tanglewood conservatory has more in common with fine furniture
than carpentry. Usually constructed of solid mahogany,
these are intricate, complex, highly detailed structures. "Every
conservatory design is different. It's really a challenge!" I
realize now that working for Tanglewood gives these men
and women the opportunity to bring unique and challenging
creations to life.
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