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Sunlit kitchen with white-oak shaker cabinetry
Custom cabinetry · Portland

Made by hand. Built to be used.

Kitchens, vanities, closets and built-ins in solid oak and walnut, designed with you, built in our Portland workshop and installed by our own crew.

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The kitchen in the morning
The kitchen at golden hour
The kitchen at night
7:40 am · Breakfast

Oak reads bright at breakfast.

Rift-sawn white oak has a tight, straight grain that bounces morning light around the room. A UV-stable oil keeps it honey, not orange.

Rift-sawn white oakHand-rubbed hardwax oilUV-stable finish
5:50 pm · Golden hour

The grain glows when the sun goes low.

Low, warm light rakes across the doors and lifts the figure in every board. We book-match panels so the grain runs unbroken across a whole wall.

Book-matched panelsSolid oak face framesSatin 10° sheen
9:15 pm · Late shift

Under-cabinet LEDs take the late shift.

Recessed, dimmable strips sit in a routed channel, so you see the light on the counter, never the diode. Drawer lights switch on as you open them.

2700K integrated LEDDimmable, hidden channelMotion-lit drawers
Open walnut pantry cabinet with pull-out shelves, drawers and LED lighting
Pull-out spice towersFull-extension, 45 kg rated
Integrated LEDSwitches on as the door opens
Soft-close drawersDovetailed solid walnut
Adjustable shelvesEvery 32 mm
Inside the cabinet

Beautiful closed. Brilliant open.

Every cabinet is designed around what goes inside it, then built from solid hardwood and FSC-certified veneers in our Portland shop.

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A cabinet maker hand-planing a white-oak shaker door rail at a wooden workbench
The workshop · SE Portland

Every door starts as a board.

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    Air-dried timberFSC white oak and walnut, rested nine months before we cut it.
  2. 02
    Hand-planed to 19 mmEvery rail and stile is flattened and checked by hand.
  3. 03
    Mortise & tenonFrames are glued and pinned, never stapled.
  4. 04
    Three coats, hand-rubbedSanded to 220 between coats, cured for a week.
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How we work

Made by hand, start to finish.

A GRAIN designer laser-measuring a kitchen wall while the homeowner watches
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Measure

A free home visit. We laser-measure every wall, map plumbing, outlets and level, and bring real door and finish samples.

  • Free
  • 60–90 min
  • Fixed quote in 48 h
Designer with wood samples and a 3D cabinet render
02

Design

A photoreal 3D render of your room, with door styles, finishes, interiors and hardware, refined until it's right.

  • 3D renders
  • Physical samples
  • Unlimited revisions
Craftsman assembling a white-oak shaker door
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Craft

Cabinet boxes, doors and drawers are built in our shop by eight cabinetmakers, with mortise-and-tenon frames and dovetailed drawers.

  • Solid hardwood
  • FSC certified
  • 4–6 weeks
Two GRAIN installers levelling and fixing white-oak wall cabinets
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Install

Our own crew, never subcontractors. Floors protected, every box levelled and scribed to the wall, and the site cleaned up each day.

  • In-house crew
  • Lifetime warranty
  • Same-day clean-up
Before & after · Sellwood, Portland

Same kitchen. Built to last.

Arched 1994 oak doors and laminate boxes were replaced with solid white-oak shaker cabinets, a walnut island and hidden LEDs. Installed in 9 working days.

Beyond the kitchen

Every room deserves a cabinet maker.

Floating walnut double vanity with stone top and round mirrorsfrom $3,800
BathroomWalnut vanitiesFloating, moisture-sealed, stone tops
Walk-in closet with floor-to-ceiling white-oak cabinetry and a centre islandfrom $9,500
ClosetWalk-in closetsLED-lit rails, glass fronts, island
Sage-painted home-office built-in with shelving and a deskfrom $6,200
OfficeBuilt-in desksShelving, cable runs, painted sage
Oak mudroom lockers with a bench, hooks and cubbiesfrom $4,400
MudroomOak lockersBench, hooks, boot trays, dog bed
Design yours

Pick a door. Price it. Right now.

14 ft run · shaker · white oak
Door style
Wood & finish library
Hardware
Run length
14 ft
$8,700for 14 ft of cabinets, installed
11 wksfrom design sign-off to install
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4.9 ★ · 410 reviews
The cabinets look like furniture. Two years in, every drawer still closes with the same soft click.
Hannah & Theo B.White-oak kitchen · Laurelhurst
They built our closet around the clothes we actually own, down to the boot heights. It's the calmest room in the house.
Marcus O.Walk-in closet · St. Johns
The 3D render was so accurate that walking into the finished pantry felt like déjà vu.
Priya R.Walnut pantry wall · Sellwood
Free measure

Four questions. One visit.

"We'll bring the samples. You bring the coffee."

What are we building?

How many rooms?

1room

When would you like it done?

Where should we come?

We build for Portland metro and Vancouver, WA. No obligation.

See you soon.