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July 2013
tion of Foundations. Long before audiences
started tuning-in to watch Pasternack and
Trow’s talents in transforming homes in re-
courses that resonate with home sellers and
purchasers, they were busy fulfilling other
professional obligations which had little to
do with real estate, building or design. Pas-
ternack is a Certified Public Accountant
who formerly worked for Price Waterhouse
Coopers and Piedmont Bank of Georgia.
He was already managing several compa-
nies of his own when he befriended Brian
Trow in 2002. As the son of an industrial
arts and woodworking teacher, Trow grew
up surrounded by carpentry, finishing and
all manner of tradecraft, but ultimately pur-
sued a degree in Fitness Management from
Wartburg College in Iowa. After moving to
Atlanta in 2002, Trow worked as a personal
fitness trainer and staff director. Trow and
Pasternack became close friends and over the
course of a conversation one afternoon, Trow
shared that his professional goals didn’t in-
volve being a 40 year-old personal trainer. As
both men had interests in home renovation
and real estate development, the two deter-
mined to create their own company. As Pas-
ternack explains, “We said that the founda-
tion of our companywas going to be based on
the same aspects of our personal friendship...
The Prado Kitchen, after remodel
