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Custom millwork in Etobicoke
Houses take a driveway delivery and a level carry, while shoreline condos need a booked loading dock, a service elevator and corridor protection. Panels and boxes are cut and finished in the shop, dry-fitted, then delivered and scribed to your walls and ceilings on site. Custom millwork is anything built for a specific room that a catalogue cannot supply: built-ins, panelling, feature walls, concealed doors.
Etobicoke, on the ground.
Etobicoke covers brick Kingsway houses with heavy original trim, small lakeshore bungalows in Mimico and Alderwood, and newer condo towers along Humber Bay. Century houses ask for panelling that follows existing trim and scribes to plaster; newer houses ask for feature walls and built-ins that give a plain room a centre. Kitchens and mudrooms in the houses, fitted wall units, home offices and closets in the condos.
In Etobicoke the detail that decides the job is often the trim already on the wall, so casing and baseboard profiles are recorded at the measure and matched in the shop.
Read more about custom cabinetry in Etobicoke or the full custom millwork page.
On the drawings, and on the quote.
- 01A measured survey and a set of elevations for every piece
- 02A photorealistic rendering of the millwork in your room, with your finish
- 03Panels, doors and boxes cut, edged and finished in our shop
- 04Sequence-matched veneer or sprayed paint from the same deck as your kitchen
- 05Lighting wired in the shop and concealed fixings drawn in advance
- 06Delivery, scribing to walls and ceilings, and install by our crew
No figures published. The drivers, in order.
| Driver | What we look at |
|---|---|
| Square footage of finished face | Millwork is priced by the finished surface and the number of parts behind it. |
| Material and finish | Painted MDF panels sit at one end; sequence-matched walnut and solid fluting at the other. |
| Site conditions | Out-of-square walls, sloped ceilings and bulkheads add scribing and site time. |
| Hidden function | Concealed doors, lighting, drawers behind panels and stone all add parts and trades. |
The number comes from the drawings, line by line. Colour and hardware are the smallest lines on a millwork quote.
Asked before the first call.
Do you take small millwork jobs in Etobicoke?
Yes. A single built-in, a window seat or one panelled wall in Etobicoke goes through the same measure, drawing and shop build as a whole kitchen.
Can millwork in Etobicoke match my kitchen finish?
Yes. If we built the kitchen the finish comes from the same deck and veneer lot. If someone else did, bring a door and we match the colour or species from a sample.
Is a drawer base better than a cupboard with a shelf?
For pots, plates and pantry goods, yes. A deep drawer brings the contents out to you and uses the full depth of the box, while the back of a low shelf is dead space in practice. We usually mix the two along a run and show the split in the drawings so you can see what lands where.
Can you build a fitted unit for a condo along the lake?
Yes. We measure the opening, build the unit in sections that clear the elevator door, and joint them on site. Fixing in a condo goes into steel studs or with approved anchors rather than into concrete, and any [building certificate of insurance requirement] is filed with the property manager ahead of the delivery date.