Jack's cabinet shop on Varna Avenue. One commission at a time. Drawn in your room, milled on our bench, installed by the same crew that signed the drawings.
Twenty-two feet of bench, two planers, a table saw, and a panel router on Varna Avenue. One crew. One kind of work.
Woodworks is Jack's shop. Kitchens, closets, wine walls, built-ins — residential only, Los Angeles only, one commission at a time. The drawings, the milling, the finishing, and the install are all done by the same small crew, on the same bench, with the same set of hands.
Every job starts with a tape in your room. Jack drives over, measures the walls, asks about the coffee mugs and the knife drawer. Two weeks later the elevations arrive. Six to twelve weeks after that, the van pulls up with the doors.
The work leaves the shop finished. Face frames, drawer boxes, edge banding, hinges — sprayed and set before it ever touches the site. That's why the installs are clean. That's why the last nail goes in on schedule.
Six programs. One shop. Priced per commission, drawn in-home, installed by the crew that built the piece.
Face-frame and full-overlay kitchens. White oak, walnut, painted poplar. Integrated panels, ten-foot runs, appliance garages.
Walk-ins and reach-ins. Island drawers, glass-front wardrobes, shoe walls, hamper integration. Fits under slanted roofs.
Walnut vanities, floating linen towers, flush medicine cabinets. Radiused edges on water-facing pieces.
Built-in desks, wrap-around shelving, hidden cable channels. Standing or seated. Fits a Zoom room.
Utility cabinetry that pretends it isn't. Hidden hampers, integrated surrounds, stone-ready tops.
Whole-house joinery programs. One drawing set, one shop, one install crew across every room.
Cabinet as furniture.
A 1920s Spanish Colonial in North Hollywood. One commission across three rooms. Eighteen-foot kitchen run, hidden pantry, stepped wine wall.
The kitchen was the whole program. An eighteen-foot run of rift-sawn white oak along the load-bearing wall, a full pantry behind a pair of pocket doors, and a wine wall stepping back into what used to be a hall closet. The 1924 plaster ceiling stayed. Everything below it was redrawn.
Appliances went integrated. The hood came in on a custom cabinet that carried the ceiling line. The back pantry picked up a salvaged brass sink from the owner's last house — re-plumbed, re-patinated, dropped into a counter that looked like it had been there since the building.
The wine wall is the piece that travels most in photos. Backlit oak rack, insulated door, tasting counter in quarter-sawn that matches the living-room built-ins on the other side of the wall. From the couch to the cellar, the eye never catches a seam.
Four steps. No subcontracted installers. No surprise change orders. The number on the estimate is the number on the invoice.
Jack drives to the room. Tape, notes, photographs of the baseboard. The first visit is free — no deposit on consultation.
Elevations and plan return within two weeks. Material samples arrive with the drawings. One round of revisions included.
Six to twelve weeks on the bench. Cases built, doors cut, drawers boxed, finish sprayed, hinges set — before the van leaves Varna.
Same crew hangs the piece. Clean site, drop cloths, shoe covers. Most closets finish in a day. Kitchens take a week.
Every joint is visible if you know where to look.
Three stocks carry most of the shop. Others arrive for specific commissions. All kiln-dried. All rough-milled in-house.
Rift and quarter sawn. Pale, straight-grained, takes a finish without blotching. Default for kitchens and closets.
American black. Chocolate heartwood, cream sapwood, oil finish only. Reserved for baths, wine cellars, libraries.
Poplar frames, maple panels, conversion-varnish finish. Sprayed in shop, color-matched to the trim already on site.
By appointment. Consultation is in-home — Jack drives to the room before any drawing begins.
Email or call with the room and the rough plan. Jack returns within two business days to schedule the in-home measure. The first visit is free.
If the job fits the shop, drawings come back in two weeks. Build starts when the drawings are signed and the deposit is paid. Installation is scheduled at draft, not at delivery.
Based in North Hollywood. Serving the greater LA basin — Burbank, Glendale, Pasadena, Santa Monica, the west side, the valley. Occasional Malibu, Calabasas, Palos Verdes.