Things don't look great
on accident.
About
BMR was a farm before it was a building company.
Bright Moon Ranch — a spray-free, GMO-free garden, and pastured pork, chicken, turkey and lamb we sold at the farmers market. When our first child was born I needed an income that didn't depend on the rain, with nights and weekends and holidays off. So the farm closed and I went into construction full time. That was around 2010. The letters came with me.
We still keep sheep and chickens, and most years there's a small garden. Just for ourselves now.
I have always built things nobody asked me to build. Skate ramps pieced together out of whatever was lying in the street. A set of quarter pipes my dad and I built at the house. Wooden street luges a friend and I rode down Mt Nebo, Crow Mountain, Shepherd, Skyline, and every steep hill we could find around Pottsville and Atkins. Then a greenhouse out of whole cedar logs, tomato stakes, and chicken coops on the farm.
A friend's dad asked one day if I wanted side work framing. I framed houses with him for about 2 years — walking 2x4 walls 2 stories up with my knees shaking. After that I worked on and off for a few years with a farmer and contractor who taught me most of what I know, and who is still a good friend today.
I didn't teach myself this trade. I was taught it, by two men who were good at it.
BMR Builders has been building since 2009. Licensed Residential Builder, State of Arkansas — license #0386040627.
I build on a 100 year view
I live here. My kids live here. I drive past my own work, and I will be driving past it for the rest of my life — so I'm not going to talk somebody into a detail because it's easier for me or because there's more money in it. I want to find out what a customer actually wants, and then build something they're proud of.
It's all in the math
Level lines, accurate curves, sanding that's spot on — that's not luck, it's layout and math done before anything gets cut. Design and planning come first, and I learned that the hard way: before I put a number on a big job I've got the design done, the loads calculated, the materials researched and a full material list in hand. If I see a cracked foundation or a drainage problem, you're going to hear about it early.
Teaching the trade
We train one or two apprentices at a time. These skills — sash joinery, hand carving, working from raw stock — are disappearing because almost nobody is left teaching them. If you are serious about learning to build rather than to install, get in touch.
And what I don't do
I've turned down work that wasn't a good fit — an insurance drywall repair claim, or a job I think somebody else can do better or give you better value on. Not every job needs a craftsman, and that's okay.
The Latimore Tourist Home
Coming out of organic farming and caring about the earth, saving a building that's already standing was never a stretch for me. The Latimore Tourist Home gave Black travelers lodging in the segregation era, when most of Arkansas was closed to them. Rebuilding its windows and doors from raw stock earned Preserve Arkansas's 2025 award for Outstanding Work by a Craftsperson.
Restoration is unglamorous work and not everybody understands it, so being recognized for it means a lot. Once history is lost, it's gone forever. It's worth protecting what we can.
Start a conversation
Tell us what you're thinking about building.
We take on a small number of projects at a time, which means we can talk properly about yours before anyone quotes a number.