I contacted them & sent a few pictures. Dan Utt the operations manager contacted me
almost immediately. We discussed via email what I wanted & the price. I felt the compassion from Dan that he has
for the business. We were not quite
ready to begin the kitchen renovations.
We needed to wrap up the bathrooms & bedrooms and then get moved
in. We were going to get my parents
moved up & settled before beginning that process.
Devastation struck & our house burnt. I was actually a little nervous to let Dan
know that I still wanted my island but we had a setback. But, I knew I wanted them to build it along
with several other pieces of furniture.
Finally I started slowly sending out emails to different
people/businesses we had & would have been working with to let them
know. I had emailed Dan (the other
businesses) on Saturday thinking I had until Monday to confront replies from
everyone. Within a couple of hours I had
received an email from Dan. I was in
Target doing some shopping for things we needed. I burst into tears when I read his
email. This wasn’t the first set of
tears I had shed in Target, but this time they were a different set of tears….
You see Dan was not just emailing back to say how sorry he
was but they wanted to make us the July Farmhouse Family. What does this mean?? They want to make our dining room table &
bench to give to us. How amazing is this? We feel so very honored. I still get teary eyed when I think how
generous this small family owned business is.
We are the JULY FARMHOUSE FAMILY…wow!!
I am also having them build my china cabinet, console table
& island. I simply can’t wait to
make memories with my family & friends around each piece of hand crafted
furniture from this special business.
Check out their website at http://carolinafarmhouse.com/. They have been on Extreme Makeover & they
have featured different Farmhouse Families.
Please note that I wrote this blog to tell my story of just how grateful
I am. I wanted everyone know that there
are some truly wonderful people out there that want to just give back. Carolina Farmhouse did not ask me to tell my
story, I asked them if I could tell it & spread the word of their act of
kindness. I have told so many different
people and they just smile…it’s such a great feel good story that helps push us
to move forward in this crazy time!! I
believe in this business & I only hope they become as successful as they’d
like.
Thank you Carolina Farmhouse –
The Fern Family!!
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