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Typical projects might include natural hardwood solids such as walnut, cherry, oak, alder or maple as well as exotic wood veneers such as ebony, zebrawood, rosewood and a variety of burls, fiddleback or quilted figure. A rich assortment of details such as turned or fluted columns, and carved elements can be incorporated. Finally, the finishing process will bring your project to life. Special finishing steps might include shading and glazing to add additional depth and a richer detailed appearance, and gold or silver leaf or burnished water gilding to lend an old world antique appearance.

Custom built-ins
Repurpose and refinish existing furniture
Add unique accents and finishes
Your design or ours

Most built-in display cabinets can look pretty plain. We can create a whole new look with carved accents, turned and fluted columns and antique paint finishes. This custom built-in wall unit was one of two matching units designed, built and installed by us for our customer.
A sink vanity need not be ordinary. This custom vanity combines the craftsmanship of carved columns and claw feet and turned pillars. Combined with an antique distressed finish, and project was transformed from a design using modern construction and materials into an old world appearance without going shopping for an antique.
The design of a guest bath or powder room can set the tone when visitors come to your home. The vanity is often overlooked when it should be the focal point of the room. This custom vanity is built with mahogany solids, burl book matched burl veneers, carved details and gold leaf trim. A marble top is the finishing touch of elegance.

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Custom Mahogany and Burl Bathroom Vanity

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Custom Furniture

Why settle for a “catalog piece” of furniture for that special area in your home? A custom piece of furniture makes a statement and is often the centerpiece of a design, whether for a dining room, bedroom, gallery or home office. We can develop a custom design in a wide variety of styles and finish treatments. Or, bring us your ideas and we will collaborate with you to create a project. Either way, the result will be a custom piece of furniture that is a perfect fit for your lifestyle and design aesthetic. We use domestic and imported hardwoods and exotic wood solids and veneers to add that extra-special appearance that will take your project from the ordinary to the extraordinary.

Dining Tables
Cabinets
Side Tables and Coffee Tables
Vanities
Beds and Headboards
TV Cabinets and Lifts
Game Tables

English Country furniture was known for its sturdy construction and every day utility. Many original English Country tables have survived hundreds of years and are in use to this day. Using maple hardwood solids, combined with finish techniques such as distressed wood, glazing and shading, this custom dining table is a faithful rendition of the English Country table and will provide many generations of enjoyment to our client and their heirs.
Solid oak with sculpted seats and pinned mortise and tenon joints give these benches the authentic appearance of English Country table benches. The antiqued stain and distressed wood treatment complete the look.
Fluted and carved solid wood elements are the foundation for this Italian Renaissance style headboard. The final touches of padded silk upholstery, antique paint finish with gold leaf trim complete this custom design. One word describes it: "Magnifico".
The Biedermeier period refers to an era in Central Europe between 1815 and 1848 during which the middle class grew and arts appealed to common sensibilities. That design aesthetic applied as much to the early 19th century as it does today. This custom Biedermeier cabinet combines European birch solids and veneers along with ebonized birch accents to produce a faithful reproduction in the Biedermeier tradition.
This custom dining table has plenty of room for seating a house full of guests. Made from walnut solids with pie-cut veneer top. Embellishments include fluted skirt and base and carved center pedestal. Gold leaf trim and a high gloss durable catalyzed finish complete this classic design.
Many times the beauty of a piece of furniture comes from its simplicity rather than elaborate details and embellishments. This custom mahogany side table is just such an example. Simple lines, perfect proportions and an antique mahogany finish were all the elements required to lend a sense of understated elegance to this project.
Not your usual TV lift cabinet from a catalog. Our client wanted something contemporary with an "Asian" flair. Our solution was a custom list cabinet with faux painted surfaces to create the appearance of weathered copper. Gold leaf bamboo trim and bronze hardware complete the design.
Our client was looking for something "very unusual" for a bedroom chest of drawers. This custom design combined a contemporary look with walnut solids and dyed Shagreen veneers on the drawers and top to create the unique look the client wanted.
This custom designed TV lift cabinet is a unique look achieved with a teak wood veneer top finished to withstand plenty of use. The sides are upholstered in cream-colored leather.
Our customer asked for a custom poker table that would be "one of a kind". Of course we obliged, coming up with this design, completing it with carved adornments and trim, an antique glazed paint finish and water-tilted gold trim. Truly a unique look and one of a kind.

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Antique Furniture Repair, Repurpose and Refinishing

Not every project starts with new furniture or cabinets. Many times our customers merely want to repair or repurpose an existing antique piece. Often times this can be much more economical than replacing with new, as well as preserving and extending the life of a family heirloom.

A typical repair and refinishing project might include:

Fix loose or broken parts
Repair dents, gouges and scratches
Remove surface damage from liquids, etc.
Spot repair flaking or peeling old finish

More extensive work might include:

Strip all existing finish
Modify existing design/construction for a new purpose
Apply new veneers
Apply new stain or other color treatments
Apply new clear topcoat

All work is done to maintain the original integrity of your antiques

A client brought us 12 Regency Style chairs bought from a catalog and said "make them look authentic". Never to turn down a challenge, we researched finishes and accent treatments used in the European Regency period of the early 1800's. Working with the client, we decided on a black lacquer finish with gold leaf accents. The result was something the Prince of Wales, c. 1830 would have been proud.
Sometimes the customer has acquired the perfect piece for there home, except for one problem – the finish or color does not match. A good example is this carved side table base brought to us as "raw wood" by a customer. We applied a paint finish with glazes and antiquing processes to transform a catalog item into a stunning accent piece for their home.
A client brought us this dining table to refinish. The original finish was damaged and dull and the beauty of the underlying wood grain was completely hidden. We stripped the old finish, then applied new stain and clear catalyzed high gloss top coat, making this table better than new.
An old table side table was given a new look and a new life. We faux-painted the surfaces to create the appearance of Macassar Ebony and applied a durable clear topcoat. What started out as an ordinary table became an extraordinary accent piece for our client's home.

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