Finish carpentry — metro area — est. 2010
BUILT BY HAND. MEASURED TWICE.
Fifteen years of built-ins, cabinetry, floating stairs, and live-edge tables. Every job starts with a conversation and a sketch — not a catalog.
Five Disciplines
Built-in shelving
Floor-to-ceiling units scribed to your walls, no gaps, no shims showing.
Custom cabinetry
Face-frame or frameless, dovetailed drawers, soft-close everything.
Floating stairs
Engineered treads, hidden stringers, a rail that reads like a single line.
Live-edge tables
Slabs sourced, slabs flattened, slabs finished — one tree, one table.
Kitchen remodels
Cabinetry, counters, trim, and lighting coordinated start to finish.
A conversation. A sketch. Then the shop.
The conversation
We walk the space. You tell me how you actually live in it. I take notes, not orders.
The sketch
A hand-drawn plan with real dimensions, honest material costs, and a timeline you can hold me to.
The shop
Built in my shop, finished on site, cleaned up like I was never there — except for the joinery.
From the Last 12 Months
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Oak Park Library Wall
Floor-to-ceiling white oak shelving with hidden LED channels and a rolling ladder track.
Highland Ave Kitchen
Full gut, frameless walnut cabinetry, quartz counters, and a 9-foot island.
Riverside Floating Run
Fourteen white oak treads on a hidden steel stringer, glass rail, zero squeak.
What Clients Say
“Jesse showed up with a tape measure and a sketchpad, not a sales pitch. The shelving fits like it grew there.”
“Fifteen years of experience shows in the joints you can't see. Nothing rattles, nothing gaps.”
“He told us the truth about timeline and budget before we signed anything. Rare and appreciated.”