Services / Woodworking
Custom woodworking and finish carpentry.
Built-ins, furniture, and finish carpentry. Considered materials, honest lead times.
Pieces meant to last decades, made for the room they live in. I build to scale, not to inventory. Every project starts with the dimensions of the wall, the grain of the boards on hand, and a conversation about how the piece will be used in five years.
Selected work
Photography pending.
The set below is a layout placeholder while the photography is being shot. Aspect ratios and crops are real; only the images themselves will change when the set lands.
What I build
Built-ins. Bookcases, window seats, mudroom benches, alcove storage. Scribed to walls that are never quite plumb.
Furniture. Dining tables, side tables, desks, shelving systems. Joinery that does not rely on metal fasteners where it should not.
Finish carpentry. Trim packages, wainscoting, mantels, stair details. The work that turns a room into a finished room.
Process
Visit the space. I take the room's actual dimensions, the light, and a sense of how it gets used. Photographs are useful; the visit is better.
Design. Hand-drawn elevations and a written materials list. One revision is part of the price; further changes are billed by the hour and discussed first.
Build. Most work is shop-built and installed on site. Larger built-ins are partly site-built; I am direct about which is which.
Finish. Hand-applied finishes (oil, hardwax oil, shellac, or spray lacquer depending on the piece). I do not use polyurethane on furniture I want to look right in ten years.
Materials and finishes
Domestic hardwoods I work with most often: white oak, walnut, cherry, hard maple, ash. Reclaimed material where the source is honest and the moisture content is right.
Sheet goods only where they belong (cabinet boxes, drawer bottoms, backs). Solid wood for everything visible and structural.
Finishes are chosen for the piece. Hardwax oil for kitchen tables that get used hard. Shellac and wax for pieces that live indoors and want to age. I will recommend, but the final call is yours.
Lead times
Small pieces (side tables, single shelves): four to eight weeks from deposit.
Built-ins and dining tables: eight to sixteen weeks, sized to the design.
Larger commissions: scheduled per project, in writing, with milestone payments.
I take a deposit at design sign-off and a balance at install. The schedule is real; if it slips, you hear from me before the date passes.