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Category Archives: Custom Desks and Wall Units
Custom Woodworking
One of our favourite things to do is custom woodworking. We love building things from scratch. It’s incredibly satisfying and gives us such a sense of pride. From wall units and bathroom vanities, to doors, drawers and closet organizers, it’s … Continue reading
Halton Hills 2A
A while back, we completed a renovation on a 1960s bungalow in Halton Hills that had been completely gutted. Our job was to finish the home by building a fireplace/media wall, a custom kitchen with a huge island and a … Continue reading
Cottage Country Basement Renovation
This may very well be the best work we’ve ever done, a real collaberation between the clients and us. What led to this project was a couple of basement leaks and the need to replace the old damaged carpet with … Continue reading
Zigg Condo 1
Over the past few months, I’ve had the opporunity to work on two brand new units at the Zigg Condo on Avenue Road west of St. Clair in midtown Toronto. Both units had their own set of challenges but the … Continue reading
Building custom storage
It seems as though storage is always an issue whether in a condo or a house. This is especially true of older homes built at a time when people had very few possessions and closets were small and scarce. Older … Continue reading
Alden Heights
I love building customized cabinetry for people. It’s so satisfying creating something out of nothing. A few years ago, I built a wall unit for a client: https://smallspacestyle.org/2014/07/14/building-a-wall-unit/ They loved it so much that when she and her husband moved, … Continue reading
Building an IKEA hack wall unit
The biggest challenge condo and apartment dwellers face is storage. There never seems to be enough space for everything and most people are unsure of how to make the best use of what little space they have. We had our … Continue reading
Building a wood and pipe bookcase
This is the first of a few posts you’ll be seeing about an amazing loft I’ve been working on in Toronto’s Liberty Village. As in most lofts and condos, storage is always a challenge and trying to find places for … Continue reading
Two home offices done two ways
Lately I’ve had a lot of requests to convert what is most often simply a large alcove (the builder calls it a den) into a functional work space. Here are two that I completed recently and each is customized to … Continue reading
Creating a “custom” desk unit
Here’s a cool way to build a “custom” Ikea desk unit. Take 2 Billy bookcases with doors, add a Vika table top with a drawer in between , mount 2 Lack shelves between the bookcases using L-brackets (you’ll have to … Continue reading
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