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Custom millwork in Georgina
Custom millwork is anything built for a specific room that a catalogue cannot supply: built-ins, panelling, feature walls, concealed doors. Much of Georgina's housing began as lakefront cottages and was converted to year-round use, so framing and ceiling heights vary inside a single room. 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.
Georgina, on the ground.
Shoreline lanes can be narrow and some driveways drop toward the water, so access is checked before the truck is loaded. Panels and boxes are cut and finished in the shop, dry-fitted, then delivered and scribed to your walls and ceilings on site.
Rooms facing the water in Georgina take strong daylight, so we look at door samples in the room before the finish is chosen.
Read more about custom cabinetry in Georgina 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 Georgina?
Yes. A single built-in, a window seat or one panelled wall in Georgina goes through the same measure, drawing and shop build as a whole kitchen.
Can millwork in Georgina 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.
Do you work in Sutton and Jackson's Point, not only Keswick?
Yes, all of Georgina. We confirm delivery access before the truck is loaded, because some shoreline lanes are narrow and some driveways drop toward the water. [Kam confirms scheduling for the far side of the lake.] The install itself runs the same way it does anywhere else we work.
Our place started as a cottage. Are the walls going to be a problem?
Not a problem, just a longer measure. Converted cottages usually have added walls and furred ceilings, so we take heights at both ends of every run and check the floor for slope. The cabinets are built square and the wall is met with a scribe. Countertops are templated after the boxes are set.