Why Architectural Woodworks?

 Our contracts often include all the cabinetry and some of the furniture for a custom home. Our experience includes contemporary high style, craftsmen bungalows, and California Mission or Spanish architecture.  Corporate offices, city halls and churches, modern and historical, have asked us to sensitively update their facilities. We also specialize in home entertainment centers and have been commissioned by major Hollywood producers and directors for their own home theaters.

Many people come to us because of our ability to create an exquisite design for homes indigenous to California. Among designers and architects, we are also known for our handmade cabinet doors. We have developed unique and beautifully styled cabinet door samples in a variety of finishes and textures to stimulate visual imagination. Many have hand planed surfaces. Besides our web site’s online portfolio, we have an even larger picture portfolio to review in person.  Repeat customers and "word of mouth" is our most effective advertising. References will be supplied upon request.

 Commissioning Us

  The best way to commission Architectural Woodworks is by submitting complete plans of your project from your architect, designer or you. Do as much of your research as possible. A visit with us may be part of that exploration. Though the plans need not include every detail, the more information we have about the final product, the more accurately we can bid.  That said, there are instances where a decent sketch will be enough information.

 From Design to Completion

After our initial discussions and plan review a “scope of work and estimate” is provided to the client. Once the estimate is accepted we can offer ideas for the details of the project to enhance its functionality or beauty. We review material and hardware choices with examples. If special finishes are needed, we work with reputable associates for any type of finish-stain, antique glazes, faux or even trompe l'oeil. We can turn wood and carve. We have resources for every type of period face hardware or glass.

 We then visit the job site and take accurate measurements to use for producing working documents. Upon completion of the first draft we sit down with our clients and review all the details. Customer input is most important to the final design. For larger cabinetry projects, we prepare and finish a complete section of cabinet front, including a door and drawer face for customer approval.

 Once final drawings are approved the shop construction process is initiated. Finishing may take place before or after the installation. The same crew that builds the project will install it in coordination with other involved tradesmen.

 Our work is of the highest quality and we expect the client to accept no less from us. We guarantee our materials and workmanship apart from normal wear or abnormal abuse. 

I am a licensed contractor and cabinetmaker and carry workers' compensation and liability insurance as required by the Contractor's Board of the State of California.

Contractor's  license number 545040.