Arciform LLC

Client Comments

Dear Anne,

It's been a pleasure working with you, and your staff, and in the process becoming part of the larger 'Arciform Family'. When we aren't dancing in the kitchen we will be topping off our meals with the gourmet finishing salts, thanks to you.

With all best wishes for a great new year,
Mary and Yoshi

Subject line: Thank you!!

I just wanted you to know how great Al and Ethan have been. They're pleasant, respectful, informative and VERY tidy!!

- Kathy

Lucky me! I came home yesterday to such a wonderful kitchen. It is beyond expectation - I absolutely love it and am so happy to see it all come together so well.

The shelves are absolutely beautiful. The combination of all the materials and textures and color is really fabulous.

Thank you so much for the great craftsmanship and also for working so hard to get it done in time for Thanksgiving. Let the pie baking begin! :-)

Kerri

Subject line: Can't contain myself!

The kitchen is looking so good... I love all the layers of beautiful materials and the mix of soft and rough. It's just wonderful!

Saw the guys this morning and caught up a bit. Looks like a lot of things coming together in the next few days.

Thank you for caring as much as I do!

Kerri

"It looks REALLY good! Arciform, the general contractor, did a fabulous job on it. It definitely is worth taking the time to go look at how tight & precise their joinery is-especially at where the knee braces are let into the log columns (not easy to do!) & at the carpentry on the mitered column bases & capitals. They are true craftsmen.

Project Description: We got rid of those awful creosoted, out-of-scale log columns & replaced them with beautiful, hand peeled log columns straight from Silver Falls State Park, the (2) carpenter ant-eaten beams were replaced, rough-sawn knee braces replaced the non-original ones & the original thru-bolts were replicated, the bases were cleaned up & restucco'd, & we added more seismic integrity to the whole building with carefully hidden steel plate connections.

I'm very pleased with how this project turned out-it definitely restores the historical integrity, function, & beauty to the building! I've attached a photo for your viewing pleasure."

Construction Project Manager, Heidi Overman, of the Engineering & Design Division of the State of Oregon
Final Comments attached to the Certificate of Final Completion on the Champoeg Pavilion Column Replacement Project

I had the pleasure of having Trevor Frick and Jake Schoemer as the craftsmen for my kitchen remodel. I want to report it was a pleasure having them with our family for a little over a month from November 2 until December 9.

They always showed up when they told me they would. They locked the house when they would leave. Every night the place was cleaned thoroughly. Both gentlemen have very pleasant personalities. They are most creative in solving the problems of older homes. Their work was beautifully executed.

Our kitchen is now a beautiful part of Portland's "all-electric" home, We have Trevor and Jake to thank for this.

Feel free to call me for a recommendation for these two gentlemen.

Sincerely,
Katy Neill

Thank you for completing my sink install so quickly and keeping it within my budget. I spent the weekend partly in my bathroom and it looks so much better now. I will definitely keep you in mind when I have future projects.

Sincerely,
Karen Morgan

I am glad I found you all. And as I said before much of the credit should also go to Stephanie who was awesome to work with! Everyday I love looking at my kitchen and being there. It really is terrific!

Mary Kilo, MD

Richard,

The great job your team does is a reflection on your leadership.

Thanks,
Edward

All of your employees were great - guests rather than intruders.

Carol and Ed Cushman

Anne,

We are so proud to be on the cover of the magazine. When we started our kitchen remodel undertaking I wanted a kitchen that would be nice enough to end up in a magazine. And lo and behold we scored a cover. That is a credit to Arciform's excellent work. Thanks so much. Let us know if you ever need our help selling your business with potential clients. We are always happy to help.

Howard

Richard,

Just to let you know, so far your crew has been very efficient, timely and professional. We are very impressed.
Keep up the great work!

Brandon (and Susan) Bankowski

The first week seemed to be a great success! The crew is wonderful and incredibly professional. The kitchen is down to the bones.

Best,
Susan

We would not have been able to achieve our dream fireplace without each one of you talented individuals. Thanks to Kathia (design), Joshua (American Clay), Phillip (mantel wood-graining) and the Arciform crew (Richard, Scott, John, Jeremy and more) who did the tile installation and mantel construction...

Best Regards,

Pete and Mary Osterberg

We absolutely love the kitchen. I was explaining to a friend what Arciform did with the stairs and what they looked like before. He said something like, "You wouldn't even know you redid the stairs--they look like they should have always been like that." That basically says it. We wanted a kitchen with modern amenities, but also was period and looked like it might have always been like that. And that's what we got. Thanks.

Joe (and Jane) Dvorak

Oh Anne! It was fabulous! And Adam, THANK YOU FOR HAVING MY KITCHEN READY THIS WEEK!!!

I tried not to think about "having my kitchen back" too much yesterday, in case there was a delay of some kind. But, I heard Devin barking about something out in the kitchen about 2:30, so I went out to see what the problem was....I think he was just making a fuss about the little scratch on the range's cutting board (which will get scratched and cut anyway)...just to get me out there so he could give me the good news: "your appliances are ready to be used". He was still installing the fridge handles, and there was hardware and other things still laying around in there, but I said "so...I can start roasting some chicken?" "YUP!"

I turned on the oven, ran downstairs to grab the chicken and a bottle of chardonnay (of course!), grabbed the garlic out of the butler's pantry and went to work. I was ready to celebrate, sing, sear, and get silly! Monte put on some old music, so that he, I, Devin and the two Jerry's could feel like it was a party. Adam, where were YOU? It felt so good to smash the garlic, and snip herbs out of my garden, smell the roasting chicken, play with the knobs on the stove, see the tile "glistening" under the hood lights. (It really looks stunning!)

By then end of the workday, the chicken and garlic mashed potatos were done so we shared some with Devin before he left. He said he thought this would be his last time working at our house, but it was a really great way to "send him off", and I think he was really glad to see us on the day our kitchen "came on board." I hope Asa will have a chance to come by and "do some work" here too, so he can see how it all turned out.

Monte and I were bopping around in the kitchen all night playing with light switches, the garbage disposals (2 of them...YAY!), the insta-hot, sliding in our socks on the hardwood floor, (ala Tom Cruise), and just being goof-balls! It will take a week or so to figure out where to put everything in the new drawers and cabinets, but at least we don’t have to hang out in the butlers pantry anymore!

Thanks for all your design help, Anne and Adam, the detailling is so stunning, that this kitchen just about outshines the foyer and pipe organ! And that's a really hard act to follow!

Have a great day.....I know I will:-)

Carol & Monte Hess