S t o r y o f P e t r a

How this all started from simply just wanting to make a single metal pole look... well, better, still rattles my head.

"We live by faith, not by sight" 2 Corinthians 5:7

I truly sought that way of life, even when I had $0 to my name and a wife who at the time was looking to me for understanding. The journey has had its highs and lows... lots of them, but I kept the vision from God clearer than my sight daily, walked in it, and still do to this day.

We hear of amazing stories from those few who followed their dreams and accomplished great goals (in the sight of the world), and I believe many of us who hear those stories have our own lies or excuses we tell ourselves that stop us from taking action. What I told myself was, "That will be my story one day". I realized at 23 that "ONE DAY" is something I said to myself every day, and the only thing standing between me and that day was me. So I stopped saying "one day" and started doing...every day.

2023: First and only job that year, in September. We hit many roadblocks on that job: no prior experience, 24 hour non-stop shifts, and deadline pressure for their grand opening. Profit was $0. Oof... that hurt, but wow did I learn a lot. To this day, still the biggest single wall I have ever done... yeah, although it's far from my best work, everything worked out. The owner knew I had no prior experience, just a very very strong vision.

2024: Now that we had a proof of concept I went to work, made a company out of it (Baxter Boulders), learned the language of business, tried to educate anyone and everyone on what I was doing (that was fun lol), wore all the hats and practiced as much as I could while doing a few side hustles with my wife to keep food on the table. In September, one year after my first job, I got my first profitable job! My wife and I felt on top of the world. That was some of the sweetest fruit to receive after a lengthy year. This was also the year I got the vision for our cast crystals.

2025: We had a slower start to the year but finished strong! Got to roll out our first mirror collection as well as 24 projects finished that year. But even with such an epic year, the vision I saw was much greater.

First Canva concept rendering for cast crystals

First Mirror vision brought to life!

2026: So here we are. The vision moving forward is reshaping the perspective of how a biophilic modern space looks, flows, and feels. and this is just the beginning!

We want everyone to be inspired to think outside the box and take action when they see the work we do at Petra!