Project: a storefront window counter and a glass fronted display

A timber window counter with stools in a storefront, and a glass fronted display counter with a mosaic tiled base. Retail millwork is the one category where the cabinetry has a commercial job to do beyond holding things, and that changes how it gets specified. The counter is a sightline decision Where a display counter […]
Project: CNC cut screens in a hallway opening and a partition wall

Black CNC cut screens set either side of an upper hallway opening, and a matching decorative screen built into a partition wall. This is the part of millwork that reads as architecture rather than cabinetry, and it is machined rather than built. The pattern has to survive being cut A screen pattern that looks good […]
Project: commercial casework against an exposed brick wall

Commercial casework running along an exposed brick wall, with open shelving above and a dark island below. Brick is the reason this job is worth writing up, because an exposed masonry wall breaks most of the assumptions cabinetry is built on. Brick is not a straight line A drywall partition is flat and predictable. Brick […]
Project: a painted kitchen with an island and open shelving

A painted kitchen with an island, open timber shelving and a stone top. Plain to look at, which is the point, and a useful example of where the work actually goes on a job like this. The island is the hard part An island carries more decisions than the rest of the room put together. […]