Loving what you do – helping realize other people’s dreams as well as your own – that’s what a good design/build team does.

On this episode of the Uncommon Life Project Podcast, hosts Phillip and Bryan talk with Jon and Hanna Shiplett. Together, Jon and Hanna own and operate Eden + Gray Design/Build.

Jon is a professionally licensed General Contractor with a background in welding, framing, trim carpentry, and property management.

Hanna is an Iowa State University graduate with a BFA in Interior Design. She worked as a project manager and commercial interior designer for 4 years before becoming her own boss. She is an NCIDQ (licensed) interior designer and before graduation received her LEED ID+C accredited professional a.k.a. professional tree hugger.

Jon + Hanna have a gaggle of children, and enjoy long drives with coffee. Hanna sneaks away from her design desk occasionally to take a ballet class, and Jon relaxes with a good book.

What you’ll learn

• How working with your spouse can work!
• Gaining skills to support your career
• How to pitch the value of creative services
• Augmenting income with real estate investments
• Keeping priorities straight and having life/work fit together (we didn’t say balance)
• Giving clients all the fine-grain details they need to make informed decisions
• How to create efficiencies so “killing it” is not killing you
• Making lifestyle choices to support your entrepreneurial drive
• How through building and design, your work becomes a part of people’s lives for years to come