Our work, like great-grandma’s pie, is made from scratch.
Hand cutting dovetails, with rough sawn boards in the background
We make our own doors, drawers, and carcases, milling rough-sawn solid lumber in the shop. We don’t buy pre-made cabinet parts such as drawer boxes, doors, etc.
Our cabinet casework (as distinct from our furniture casework) is made from ¾-inch veneer-core plywood spline jointed, glued, and screwed together--not from medium-density fiberboard. You can dance on these cabinets.
For structural stability and enhanced durability, we use veneer-core plywood backs and drawer bottoms (except in cases where solid backs of various sorts—paneled, tongue and groove, etc.—are called for in the design), not medium-density fiberboard.
We carefully match the figure (commonly known as “grain”) of adjacent parts.
Notice how the horizontal parts of the door frames (known as “rails”) are made from a single piece of wood, so that the figure runs continuously from left to right. The door panels show the same loving attention to detail; see how the figure continues from each lower door panel through to the upper panel. This kind of matching requires considerable care throughout the production process.
When using mechanical drawer hardware, we use top quality full-extension undermount slides, unless our customers ask us to use some other type of drawer hardware. We also offer traditional runner and kicker construction.
Drawers are dovetailed, unless period design or other concerns call for other joinery.
Doors are made with mortise and tenon joinery, unless period or other design concerns call for other joinery.
For wooden counters, table tops, and solid panels, we keep boards wide, using traditional construction methods that allow the wood to move with changes in relative humidity. This way, you get to appreciate the beautiful appearance of real wood boards, instead of looking at a bunch of narrow strips that have been laminated together to cut costs.
For designs that specify butt hinges, we use traditional butt hinges, not the adjustable variety used more commonly in the cabinet trade because it is speedy and simple to use.
We offer meticulously fitted inset doors and drawer fronts and are happy to incorporate salvaged hardware and other parts when feasible.
Salvaged copper flashed latch, circa 1920
Salvaged hinges
Salvaged hardware
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