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 latest technology and capabilities, they may not always have those beautiful details which make a home distinct. The upside to having a new house with a mostly blank slate means you can craft a look of your own, whether that includes crown molding, wainscoting, or cabinetry that suits your storage needs and style.
More store-bought options are available for new homes, but the problem our clients often find with pre-made materials is that they don’t quite match the style of their home décor or other existing architecture. We created the tall wainscoting above for one of our clients to better suit their home’s high ceilings, and match their existing door and trim details.
Whether it is a new or old home, every homeowner has different storage needs than the previous inhabitant. This pair of custom cabinets were created to match the custom fireplace mantel, as well as hold what our client needed to store. We make sure our custom woodworking projects sit perfectly in their given space, a feat difficult to achieve with two pre-made pieces constructed independently of each other. In the picture below, we were easily able to create the mantel and cabinets so that they fit neatly together.
Preserving Personality in Old Homes
Older homes tend to have rich character due to the aesthetics of the past. Homeowners often want to preserve these originally-created aspects; however, because everything was hand-made to begin with, there are no replacement parts or matching options available in catalogues or stores. Finding cabinetry, trim, or even furniture that suits the home’s look becomes very challenging. As a restoration specialist, Marvelous Woodworking has had the pleasure of working in many older homes to both repair architectural details as well as create new pieces that appear original to the space.
Adding new details to an old home is an intricate and creative process that requires a careful study of the home’s surrounding details. This bookcase was specifically requested by an interior designer who wanted a very particular style to be recreated anew, matching the colors of other furniture and reflecting the old-world look of the entire home.
As houses age, their original structures become somewhat warped, and few rooms remain square or perfectly aligned. Thus, store-bought trim and crown molding end up looking askew when wall-to-ceiling heights vary within the same room. Custom trim and molding can be crafted to hide the differences in wall heights, matching your home’s style while also making it look better than before.
When you work in very old homes, such as the historic Parry Mansion built circa 1900, studying the home’s existing architecture, examining past pictures, and consulting with history experts is crucial to accurate and proper restoration. In the Parry Mansion, we recreated several parts of the house, including French doors, trim, and these arched windows which required a special process to form the top curves.
We at Marvelous Woodworking have been able to provide custom solutions for homeowners looking for the right design to complement their style perfectly. If you would like to discuss a project with us, send us an email or give us a call at 317.679.5890 to set an appointment.
