Built-In Shelving and Cabinetry
Bookcases, media walls, bar shelving and mudroom or laundry cabinets, built to fit the wall they sit in, not the nearest stock size.
Carpentry That Arrives Finished
Most carpenters install, and then you find a painter. That gap is where custom work often looks unfinished: nail holes still showing, open seams at the wall, a raw edge nobody was responsible for. At Paint Plus the same crew builds it and paints it. When we leave, the built-in, the trim or the beam is filled, caulked, primed and painted, and looks like it was always part of the house.
Built to Fit Your Walls
Walls in real houses are rarely straight or square, and floors are rarely level. Custom carpentry is mostly about dealing with that gracefully: scribing a bookcase to a wavy wall, shimming a cabinet so the doors line up, laying out a wall of panel molding so the boxes are equal even though the wall is not. It is slow, careful work, and it is what makes the difference between custom and store-bought.
What We Build
A few recent examples give a sense of the range:
- A home bar finished with a navy built-in shelving unit fitted into a recessed wall behind it.
- A laundry room built out with new upper and lower cabinets, a stone counter and a utility sink.
- A stairwell and hallway trimmed out in picture frame molding, with a custom wood beam installed on a 20-foot ceiling in the same house.
- New openings, including a framed pass-through and an interior window between rooms.
- Decks and railings built in the backyard, and rotted exterior trim replaced before painting.
Carpentry as Part of a Bigger Job
Because we paint and remodel as well, carpentry often happens alongside other work: new trim during an interior painting job, rotted sills replaced before exterior painting, a hutch or island as part of a kitchen remodel, or a bar in a finished basement. One crew, one schedule, one quote.
Custom Carpenters Near You
We build and install custom woodwork in Morristown, Chatham, Mendham, Short Hills, Bernardsville, Randolph, Denville and across Morris and Somerset County. Request a free estimate and tell us what you have in mind.
What’s included
Woodwork That Makes a Room
Wainscoting and Picture Frame Molding
Panel details for dining rooms, hallways and stairwells, laid out so the boxes are even from one end of the wall to the other.
Crown, Baseboard and Casing
New or upgraded trim throughout, with tight miters and seams that are caulked, filled and painted so they disappear.
Beams and Ceiling Details
Decorative wood beams and ceiling treatments, including on high, vaulted ceilings where getting it straight takes real setup.
Framing and Openings
Pass-throughs, new interior windows, closed-off doorways and new walls, framed, drywalled and trimmed out.
Decks and Exterior Trim
New decks and railings, and rotted exterior trim, sills and corner boards replaced before the house gets painted.
Real results
A Laundry Room, Built Out
Customer reviews
What Homeowners Say About Our Carpentry
How it works
How a Carpentry Project Works
Look and Measure
We see the space, talk through what you have in mind and take measurements.
Plan and Quote
Sizes, materials and finish agreed up front, with a written price for the whole piece.
Build
Built-ins and trim are cut, fitted and scribed to your walls, which are rarely perfectly straight.
Fill and Caulk
Nail holes filled, seams caulked and edges sanded, so the joints disappear under the paint.
Paint and Finish
The same crew primes and paints the woodwork, so it is finished, not just installed.
Our work
Carpentry From Recent Projects
FAQ
Common Questions About This Service
Both. Some projects use ready-made cabinets set and trimmed in to look built-in; others are built from scratch to fit an odd space. We will suggest the right approach for your budget and your wall.
Yes, and it is one of the main reasons people hire us for carpentry. The same crew that builds it fills, caulks, primes and paints it, so you are not waiting on a separate painter and the finish is part of the job from the start.
Usually, yes. Many common profiles are still available, and where they are not, we can build up a close match from stock pieces. We will show you what is possible before we start.
A single built-in or one room of wainscoting often takes a few days, including painting. A whole-house trim upgrade takes longer. Your written quote includes the schedule.
Yes. Stairwells and hallways are some of the most rewarding places for panel molding, and we lay the boxes out to follow the stairs evenly. We have done exactly this, along with a custom beam on a 20-foot ceiling, in a single project.
Yes. We build decks and railings, and repair or replace rotted exterior trim before a house is painted.
By the size of the piece, the materials and the finish, and whether it is built from scratch or from ready-made components. You get a written price for the whole piece, painted and finished.
