One-off furniture, instruments, and carvings, built in Knoxville, TN.
Furniture and specialty pieces built for a specific person or space, built between larger carpentry and cabinetry jobs. I don't have a furniture showroom — this is commission work, joined, shaped, and finished by hand.
Joined, fit, and finished on site as part of a basement remodel.
Built between larger jobs, at a smaller scale — the same joinery and hand-finishing.
Custom furniture and specialty work is the part of the business built around a single request rather than a standard product — a piece sized for one specific spot, a design that doesn't exist yet, or something built from a sketch, a reference photo, or just a conversation about what you want. If you're searching for custom furniture makers in Knoxville, that's usually the starting point: an idea that a furniture store can't sell you because it isn't a standard item.
These pieces get built between larger carpentry and cabinetry jobs, at a smaller scale, using the same joinery and hand-finishing as the rest of the work — waterfall counters, hand-carved figures, bowed instruments, lyres, and incense holders shown on this page are all examples of that. I don't keep a furniture showroom; each piece is quoted and built for the person who asked for it.
A custom piece usually starts with a conversation and a rough idea — a sketch, a photo of something similar, or just a description of what you need it to do and where it needs to fit. From there I can develop the design, or work from a design you already have, before moving into material selection, joinery, shaping, and hand-finishing.
Based in Knoxville, TN, building commission furniture and specialty pieces for clients throughout the surrounding area.
I take on both. Custom furniture — tables, consoles, counters, and one-off pieces — is commission work built for a specific person or space, separate from fixed built-ins.
Hand-carved figures, bowed instruments, lyres, and incense holders are examples shown on this page — smaller-scale pieces built between larger carpentry and cabinetry jobs, using the same joinery and hand-finishing.
Yes — working from a reference photo, a sketch, or a rough description of what you're picturing is a normal starting point for a custom piece.
Instrument building — including a bowed instrument and an oak lyre shown on this page — is part of the specialty work I take on, not a one-off experiment.
Pricing depends on material, scale, and complexity of joinery and finish — tell me what you're picturing and I'll give you a straightforward estimate before any work starts.
Many custom pieces are part of a larger built-in or cabinetry project. These are the services most often paired with furniture and specialty work.
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