DECEMBER 2023 THE CONSTRUCTION SOURCE AMERICA - SOUTH 6 | Foundations Design tion of Foundations. Long before audiences started tuning-in to watch Pasternack and Trow’s talents in transforming homes in recourses that resonate with home sellers and purchasers, they were busy fulfilling other professional obligations which had little to do with real estate, building or design. Pasternack is a Certified Public Accountant who formerly worked for Price Waterhouse Coopers and Piedmont Bank of Georgia. He was already managing several companies of his own when he befriended Brian Trow in 2002. As the son of an industrial arts and woodworking teacher, Trow grew up surrounded by carpentry, finishing and all manner of tradecraft, but ultimately pursued a degree in Fitness Management from Wartburg College in Iowa. After moving to Atlanta in 2002, Trow worked as a personal fitness trainer and staff director. Trow and Pasternack became close friends and over the course of a conversation one afternoon, Trow shared that his professional goals didn’t involve being a 40 year-old personal trainer. As both men had interests in home renovation and real estate development, the two determined to create their own company. As Pasternack explains, “We said that the foundation of our companywas going to be based on the same aspects of our personal friendship... The Prado Kitchen, after remodel Foundations Design | 7 that includes trust, mutual respect and doing the next right thing.” And though they are friends, Pasternack says both remain mindful that they’re running a professional business. The partnership has proven to perfectly blend the respective skill sets of both men, combining one’s knowledge of construction and tradecraft with the other’s skills in number crunching and business management. Both men will affirm that they’ve learned valuable lessons from one another, and have learned a lot about the industry itself over the years. In the beginning, Foundations Design’s first projects involved basic home renovations involving kitchens or bathrooms, but they have since transitioned into larger, full scale projects. One of the drawbacks from their participation in the television show, which routinely depicts their work in transforming properties to make them more conducive for real estate purchase, as Trow explains, “People sometimes get the idea that’s all we do.” As principals in Foundations Design, LLC, Trow and Pasternack do specialize in “flipping,” but to be sure, through the auspices of Foundations, their services encompass everything from interior and exterior design, architectural design and the full gambit of new home construction or renoThe Prado Kitchen, before remodel
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