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Custom millwork in Toronto
A downtown install means either a booked service elevator and loading dock or a narrow front hall and a staircase with a tight turn. 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.
Toronto, on the ground.
Toronto's stock runs from century brick semis with plaster walls and dropped bulkheads to level, square condo suites downtown. 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 basement millwork lead the work in Toronto, followed by vanities, closets and built-in wall units in the front room.
Cabinetry in Toronto usually has to answer to an older house that has moved, so scribe allowance and site-cut fillers are drawn into the job rather than dealt with on install day.
Read more about custom cabinetry in Toronto 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 Toronto?
Yes. A single built-in, a window seat or one panelled wall in Toronto goes through the same measure, drawing and shop build as a whole kitchen.
Can millwork in Toronto 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.
My Toronto semi has walls that are out of square. Can you still fit a straight run?
Yes. We measure the room at floor, counter and upper height, then design in scribe stiles and filler at the walls so the doors and drawer fronts line up even when the plaster does not. The fillers are cut on site during the install rather than in the shop, which is why the same crew that measures does the fitting.
Can you work in my condo downtown?
Yes. We book the service elevator and the loading dock through the property manager, protect the corridor and the suite floor, and break the run into boxes that clear the elevator door. [Typical condo building delivery rules] set the hours material can be moved, so we confirm those before the install date is fixed.