Quality

Our shop engages in two different kinds of work: furniture and cabinetry.

Our furniture work

All pieces are made using traditional joinery, meaning hand-cut dovetails for cases and drawers, and mortise and tenon joints for tables, doors and frames. Whenever we need to use a machine, we follow it up with hand tools to achieve a better fit or finish. All carving is done by hand. All turning is done by hand (of course the motor turns the piece – apprentices no longer are willing to crank a hand lathe!). Moldings are made and installed one element at a time.

Our cabinet work 

We also make furniture-grade kitchen cabinets, mantels, built-ins and entertainment centers. For this type of work, we use modern materials and techniques for the cases, and traditional materials and techniques for the doors and drawers and applied details. This keeps the cost down for pieces that have a shorter expected useful life than furniture, and has proven to be a satisfactory compromise between beauty and cost, and between form and function.