Three Generations, One Ladder

My daughter came with me to a job site in Templeton not long ago, her friend in tow, both of them wandering around a beautiful home while I worked. Being a business owner, sometimes that's just how it goes. You bring your kids along. But standing there, I thought about how that's exactly how this started for me, too.

Beto and Gloria founded B&G Draperies back in 1964. In 1984, my father left to start Window Wear on his own. When it eventually came time for him to hand the business to me, I had one condition: I wanted the ladder. Full aluminum, steps on both sides, lighter than anything they make now. It's the same ladder that's been carried up to windows in this county for over sixty years.

What the Ladder Actually Means

It's a bit sentimental. It’s also still the best tool for the job, so I still use it. But every time I carry it into a house, I'm aware of what it represents: three generations of people who learned this trade by doing it, not by reading about it. My father learned from Beto. I learned from my father. And now my daughter is starting to learn the way I did, by being in the room, even if all she's doing right now is exploring a beautiful house while I measure windows.

Why This Matters to You, the Client

When you hire a business with that kind of history behind it, you're not just getting a product. You're getting someone who was raised to care about getting it right, because that's what was modeled for him his whole life. That's not something you can manufacture. It either shows up in the work or it doesn't.

Getting Started

If you want to be part of that story. One more room, one more window, one more house where this work shows up right, I'd love to talk.