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Local News - Local - December 06, 2012
Carving a niche in keystones

By Mike McLean
Of the Journal of Business

Clint and Cheryl Bower say Themed Millwork's wall-mounted hardwood accents are meant to look like
Clint and Cheryl Bower say Themed Millwork's wall-mounted hardwood accents are meant to look like "room jewelry."
—Staff photo by Mike McLean
After selling their Rathdrum-based, high-end wood-molding manufacturing company a few years ago, it didn't take long for Clint and Cheryl Bower to discover they weren't ready to retire. So they started over again, though on a smaller scale.

About 30 months ago, the Bowers launched Themed Millwork LLC in the back corner of a 25,000-square-foot building they own at 14028 Ohio, in Rathdrum. The building had housed Braided Accents Inc., the hardwood molding and trim shop the Bowers had...


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