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Simply Canvas Studio of the Month

I have been using Simply Color Lab for well over a year now and have  been very impressed with both their products and their service.  I love with their digital stretch canvas, which lets me provide my clients with a beautiful canvas with wrapped edges, and yet show the full image on the front of the canvas.    But I have been even more impressed with their level of customer service, they make everything easy and have always delivered top quality products.

I was very surprised and honored to be named their studio of the month this month.  Thank you for the recognition!

 

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the Economist?

My friend called me (several times) tonight to tell me he found this picture of me in the Economist!  I took this self-portrait a couple years ago one night out on the Midtown Greenway for fun.  I set up my camera and flash on a sturdy bracket, attached it to my front fork, and started biking down the bike path with the camera to take a picture of me.  I never really set out to do anything with it, but I later made it available to license on Getty images, and now here it is in a magazine.

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June 22, 2011 - 6:05 PM

Joe - Hahah — that’s awesome.

May 9, 2011 - 5:43 PM

tasha - Awesome shot of you, Greg!!!

May 6, 2011 - 5:17 PM

Josh Thielen - Dude, what a great story and better picture!

May 4, 2011 - 6:04 PM

Redmond Foxx - Dear Gregory,

I love your picture in The Economist. I also love the incredible bathroom post just below. How DO you come up with such great material?!?!

Best,

Redd

Minneapolis Home Renovation

So my friend bought a home in Minneapolis, and has spent the last couple of years having it renovated.  This Arts & Crafts style home was built by a well-known Minneapolis family in 1907, and my friend has tried to bring it back to its original grandeur, while updating it with some modern technology.  Some of the renovations have included a full HVAC overhaul, including a number of 18 story deep geothermal wells, complete restoration of all walls and repainting inside and out, installation of 90,000 lbs of hardscape, complete re-landscape, a period appropriate kitchen that took 20 months to complete (and involved far too many details to include here), extensive installation of audio/video/camera goodies and last, but certainly not least, this new beautiful bathroom.  Every effort was made to give the bathroom a spa-like feel while maintaining architectural elements that were originally included in the rest of the home.  All of the woodwork in this bathroom, including the door and window casings, back band, decorative details on the tub and below the windows, spindles on either side of the vanities, picture mold, doors, hardware etc. were all built to match existing home details exactly.  No detail was missed in this bathroom, and it will likely last another 100 years along with the rest of the home.

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August 5, 2011 - 10:41 AM

Amy - I LOVE this home. If I had the money, I would want it! :-) Great photos Greg!

May 12, 2011 - 9:42 AM

Claire - gorgeous. I have bathroom envy now.