Today we’d like to introduce you to Tyler & Brittany Carver.
Hi Tyler & Brittany, please kick things off for us with an introduction to yourself and your story.
My wife and I lived most of our lives in a small town. We took a class called “Financial Peace” by Dave Ramsey and it revolutionized how we looked at money. Three years the lord had been stirring something in us, a change. So one day, living in our 2400 sq ft home and 3 acres we decided it would be a good idea to sell, pay off all our debt, and move to another state….where we could spend more time outdoors and with each other. So we did it! We packed our lives into a storage pod and 294 sq. ft camper and hit the road.
We spent the next year traveling and trying to discover where the Lord wanted us to settle. To say this was hard would be an understatement. It wasn’t clear where we should settle and the jobs we took, took more time from family and we weren’t happy. I, Tyler, had spent 15 years at my job in our hometown working before the sun came up and home after it went down, missing my wife and missing my daughter grow up and I wanted things to be different this time. So as we were camping I saw these mobile power washing companies coming in and out of the campgrounds. I chatted with them, watched them, studied and researched. I knew I could do it. My wife and I sat down and decided this was what we wanted to do. We had traveled through a few states but only two stuck out as a possibility to start our business. We knew they needed to be places where we had some connections and could build from those relationships, where we came from and Texas. So we set our sites on Texas. We contacted a local campground and made arrangements to do work-camping while we began our business. It was working, slow and steady we were beginning to see fruits. Then the lord began taking our business in another direction altogether.
Skilled furniture builds, cabinets, and home renovations. We still power wash but, the builds and home reno side started to boom. We get to use our creativity and work together as a family. We realize now that God had been preparing us for this work for a long while. In the years prior I worked with my father-in-law who taught me to build walls, drywall, mud, and tile. I worked closely with my Dad who taught me to install soffit, siding, and build decks. My wife’s grandfather taught me wood craft, he had been a builder most of his life and is a great craftsman. He taught me a love for wood and how you can take something plain and make it into something magnificent. Together we built our daughters first bassinet and crib. These men were great teachers and made all the difference in how I can do these things today. My wife practised art like it was breathing so drafting, website creation, and designing was a natural fit and brought a wholeness to what we offer our clients. She is also the brains behind the operation, making sure emails are answered, client feel heard and understood, pictures get taken for our website and social media, marketing to help us get seen.
Its been about 5 years fully invested in our business and we’ve learned a lot. We service clients all over central TX and get to meet a wide range of people. People that help us grow in possibilities and creativities. When we say we take pinterest dreams and bring them to life, what we mean is that we take time to listen to people’s dreams, how they want to feel in a space, what matters most to them, whether its maximizing storage or a dramatic look to mirror their vibes.
We take time to make things look and feel beautiful. We take pride in our work in every step.
Here we are five years later and we are thoroughly amazed at where the lord has taken our business. We are grateful to every client and every hurdle. So this is how it began…
Simple power washing travelers to creatives and skilled craftsman renovator.
I’m sure it wasn’t obstacle-free, but would you say the journey has been fairly smooth so far?
Definitely not, at times we would only have work for a few days and other times months. We’ve had clients cancel on us last minute for various reasons and it left us without any foreseeable jobs. One time we had a client who was scheduled for a month cancel, we were scared, how would we pay our bills, put food on the table, were we doing the right thing, can we still keep doing this, etc. etc. but then we remembered to pray and not stop praying and every time God answered. Like with the month job that got canceled, he provided a job for a day, and then a job that was two days, and then a week, and continued to fill up our calendar.
Another time, we landed the biggest job of our career to that date, everything was going smooth. However, we werent used to big jobs and we made a big mistake. We didn’t order all the material at once, thinking we could order it as we went. The problem arose when the company we ordered from doubled their price midway through the job and we needed more material. We had to tell the client and they were upset, which they had every right to be. They made the point that we should have ordered it all at the beginning and they weren’t wrong. We had to ask for more money because we couldn’t make any money or buy materials if we didn’t. This was a humbling experience and we almost went under and threw in the towel. Our client is really the hero in this story because they didn’t have to concede to our request they could of held us to what we said and we would have had to eat the cost and finish the job anyway and probably retired our business thereafter but they compromised with us and brought a solution that worked. They ended up becoming return clients and even recommended us to family. They have been a catalyst to our growth as a company and pitfalls that need to be avoided. Theyve also become friends and thats handsdown a work of God and a complete blessing to us.
Thanks for sharing that. So, maybe next you can tell us a bit more about your business?
We are a small local family business, husband and wife team. As a company we are dedicated to providing premier customer service with old fashioned values. We don’t use CNC machines, or web format creations. We use our skill, our hands, our hearts building the old fashioned way, creating from our heads to a pen and paper and then to raw wood. We build custom creations tailored to our clients dreams. It is important to us to deliver unparalleled workmanship on every assignment.
We specialize in wood, making custom cabinets, small storage solutions, dreamy Audrey Hepburn libraries, pantry and laundry room built-ins, remodels like kitchen overhauls and bathroom redos, full home remodels, and outdoor builds. We create small-batch wood goods with the same craftsmanship and care. Like our tortilla press, holiday bundles, and wedding/baby bundle gifts.
As a company I think what we are most grateful for, is how we’ve grown both personally and professionally. To see my husband try something hes never done before, no plans, no guidelines, just him and some wood, and build it, is amazing. Working together has helped us grow in our communication and love for one another. our business reminds me that he is the potter and we are the clay, the work of his hands.
What does success mean to you?
I think success is growth, and humility. When your business is no longer a means to an end but a part of who you are. Every build we make has a piece of us in it, a story of how it came to be. A relationship with the people and the raw materials. Success is seeing the beauty in the hills and the valleys. The hurdles and the triumphs.
Pricing:
- FREE estimates -always
- $100 deposit to hold your date which goes to the overall cost
- we will do our very best to work within your budget
Contact Info:
- Website: https://tbgcustomservices.com
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tbgcustomservices/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TBGcustomservices
- Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@TBGCustomServices
