Architectural Details

Add Decorative Details to Your Home Through Custom Woodworking

When creating custom woodworking projects for our clients, whether it is a cabinet or staircase, we don’t just make it sturdy and functional—we also make it beautiful. Wood can be a naturally gorgeous material on its own, but with a craftsman’s eye for detail, little decorative nods, accents, and shapely additions can transform any project from plain to unique and lovely. Decorative details also help a custom piece match its surroundings. This is especially important for historic restoration projects. For

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Custom Furniture

Custom Storage for Mudroom Organization

Mudrooms, entryways, and backdoor areas tend to become the family catch-all after work and school. The ensuing clutter becomes an eyesore, and makes it harder to find what you need to get out the door. Thankfully, there is a way to solve organization issues—custom storage. A family in Zionsville sought us out to help them design a custom piece that would address their messy back room, which had become a disheveled gathering spot for totes, shoes, boots, hats and gloves.

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Woodworking Projects

Custom Woodworking: Your Personality in Your Home

Spreading your personality throughout your home can be challenging when store-bought options don’t give you the character and style you are looking for. Many homeowners and interior designers alike have come to Marvelous Woodworking for a custom woodworking solution to their design, storage, and style issues—fireplace mantels, staircases, cabinets, architectural details or furniture can all be hand-made and thus tailored to fit needs and stylistic choices exactly.  Creating Character in New Homes Though new houses are often updated with the

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Renovations

The Details of Remodeling a Staircase

My client in Carmel knew it was time to replace her old oak floors in her entryway, but she also wanted to make sure the new ones matched the wood staircase. If she was going to redo one, she’d have to redo the other at the same time to keep the look consistent. I was called onto the project to tackle the staircase. Though it may appear to be straightforward, remodeling a staircase comes with many design options. My client

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Historic Restorations

Working in Historic Homes

Homes built long ago are like time capsules of architecture and style, preserving one-of-a-kind structures from the past. Restoring historic homes is one of Marvelous Woodworking’s specialties. We love studying and recreating the past styles you cannot find in stores and catalogues anymore. Our projects range from repairing existing furniture or architectural details to making new pieces that match the home’s original look. One of our biggest restoration projects was at the Parry Mansion in central Indianapolis, built around 1900.

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Project Highlight: Marvelous Woodworking on Animal Planet’s “Tanked”

As custom woodworkers, we are called on for many special projects that require our problem-solving skills and quality craftsmanship. We can come into any home and create a new piece that ties into the existing style of the house so it looks like it’s always been there. However, there are always those projects that take us by surprise. Such an event happened this past November, when Marvelous Woodworking was approached with the opportunity to be part of Animal Planet’s TV

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