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personal overview
business overview
together over fifty years . . .
There is a business philosophy that has served me well throughout my 45 year career and it is . . . Leadership should provide wisdom with humble confidence. It takes a team of talented and dedicated people to propel a company to the top. It is in understanding our strengths and accepting our weaknesses that allows us to bring together a team comprised of the qualified talent needed for each job.
Throughout my career, as an entrepreneur, I have always looked for a need to fill and then worked to fill it better then anyone else. Filling a need better than anyone else, to me, does not mean having more customers or more sales then any other company. It means having a cause and purpose that serves others first and that makes a difference in someone’s life.
Having started our Design/Build business in 1966 we are grateful to still be a part of the process and see where it has taken us. Our original goal of making the world a better and more beautiful place has grown to assimilate the true purpose for our lives. Our work is so much more than that of the present; it is what we do for the future, for others; for posterity that makes the difference.
It is so apparent to me every time we complete a project, that our purpose is so much more than working for a profit or even recognition. It is knowing that our clients will enjoy the results for many years to come.
I love quoting my favorite Greek Proverb. “A society becomes great when old men plant trees under whose shade they know they will never sit.” Anonymous
Hi and welcome to a short overview of my blessed life. My name is Charlene Rooney and I have been married to my husband, Bob for over fifty years. We have two children and three grandchildren and I consider my most treasured accomplishment in life to be our family. Our son, Rob has been married to Sonya for over five years and they have a three year old daughter, Rachel. My daughter, Shannon has been married for over fifteen years to Keith Mette and they have two children, Jonathan 10 years old and Jordan eight. Both of our children are very close to us and we see and work with them daily.
As a parent, of course, we love our children, but the true reward comes when we not only love them but we like and respect who they have become. Our children have worked with my husband and me in our family design/build business for most of their adult lives. Now they run the businesses and we help them.
The family building business has taken its place in the community under the name Showcase Homes, Inc. with our son, Rob, heads up this business. Our family design business, with our daughter, Shannon, in charge, has evolved into a complete new generation, service company that clearly re-defines the essence of the design and supply of home products.
Our Design & Resource Galerie, in Kirkwood, MO, is called Liaison Home, Inc. Our talented team will present you with most every finish product needed to successfully coordinate and build a home or office project including the design and supply of windows, cabinetry, appliances, lighting, flooring and more. Our AutoCAD and rendering services give our clients a comfortable assurance in their choices. We serve the design community including Architects, Designers, Builders and the general public.
“LOVE ME ON TUESDAY”
Just love me on tuesday is
what she would say . . .
Charlene G. Rooney
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DESIGN &
RESOURCE GALERIE
915 N. Kirkwood Road
Kirkwood, MO 63122
314.858.1200
314.575.1707