Feature walls in Aurora
Aurora has century houses with later back additions in the older core and newer subdivision housing with nine foot main floor ceilings east and north of it. Older homes bring plaster walls that are rarely plumb and need packing behind the panels, while newer builds give flat drywall and taller ceilings that suit a full-height run. A feature wall is fluted or slat millwork set out so the rhythm lands correctly at both ends, with any door in the wall built from the same panel.
Aurora, on the ground.
Kitchens, mudrooms off the garage, second floor laundry rooms, closets and wall units. We measure the wall and every plate on it, machine and finish the panels in our shop, then install against a checked substrate and hold the shadow gaps constant.
Where a Aurora kitchen sits in a later addition, the addition rarely meets the original house square, so the transition is designed as a panelled return rather than a butt joint.
Read more about custom cabinetry in Aurora or the full feature walls page.
On the drawings, and on the quote.
- 01A setting-out drawing showing where every flute or slat lands, plus a rendering
- 02Fluted or slat panels made in our shop in sequence-matched veneer or paint
- 03Concealed doors with the pattern carried across the leaf and the reveal kept constant
- 04Returns, reveals and a shadow gap at floor and ceiling
- 05Headboard sections with the height set against the bed and the outlets
- 06Stair wall panels scribed to the string and the treads
No figures published. The drivers, in order.
| Driver | What we look at |
|---|---|
| Wall area and returns | A flat wall is straight panelling; every return, reveal and outside corner is a mitre that has to keep the rhythm running. |
| Flute or slat profile | A fine flute means more machining per square foot than a wide slat, and a curved profile takes longer again. |
| Concealed doors in the panel | A door hidden in the rhythm needs a hidden hinge, a pivot or a touch latch, plus a leaf built to stay flat over time. |
| Material and veneer matching | Sequence-matched veneer has to be laid out across the whole wall before cutting, which is more shop planning than a painted panel. |
Each wall is quoted on its own line off the setting-out drawing, so the panelling, the concealed door and the returns are all visible as separate items.
Asked before the first call.
Can a feature wall be installed in an occupied Aurora home?
Yes. The machining and finishing happen in our shop, so the site work is fixing panels and adjusting reveals. That keeps the dust and the noise in the room for [n] days rather than across the whole project.
Can the wall carry a television or shelves?
Yes, with blocking behind it. We need the bracket details and the screen size at step 01 so the blocking is drawn in and the panel joints fall where the mount will hide them.
Our kitchen is in an addition on an older Aurora house. Does that complicate things?
It changes the measure. Additions often meet the original house out of square and at a slightly different floor level, so we measure both rooms, record the step and design the transition as a filler or a panelled return rather than pretending the two walls agree with each other.
Can you build storage into a second floor laundry room?
Yes. The usual package is a counter across the machine pair, a tall unit beside them for supplies, a rail for hanging and a pull out for the basket. We need the machine model and whether they stack or sit side by side, because that sets the counter height and the door swing.