Custom Millwork and Cabinetry in Calabasas

Calabasas

Two finished projects in Calabasas, both room dividers, both shaped by the room they had to live in: an apartment entry where every inch of floor was accounted for, and a kitchen partition that takes heat, steam and cleaning on one face.

Updated · Chatsworth, Los Angeles

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Projects here
Apartment room divider, 2024. Kitchen partition, 2025
What we build
Room dividers, wall panels, slat walls, built-ins and furniture
Access
Sections sized for lifts, stairs and doorways
Finish
Specified per face, closed and wipeable where the room demands it
Max run
12 ft in one seamless piece
Shop
20371 Prairie St, Chatsworth, CA 91311
Install
Our own crew, clean site assembly
Pricing
Quoted per project

A divider has to earn its footprint

The apartment project separated the entry from the living area while staying open enough that neither side felt boxed in. The hard constraint was access, not appearance: the divider was built in sections sized to fit the building lift, dry fitted in our shop, then assembled on site with no cutting in the hallway and no dust in a neighbour doorway.

The kitchen partition had a different problem. Kitchens put demands on a divider that a living room does not: heat, steam, cooking residue and cleaning all land on the side facing the range. The finish was specified for that, a closed and wipeable surface on the kitchen face rather than an open grain that holds grease, with a core suited to a room whose humidity swings twice a day. The opposite face is matched visually but lives an easier life.

Both read as ordinary joinery. Both only work because the decision was made before the material was cut.

Built in Calabasas

Room divider for an apartmentEntry to living area, sections sized for lift access, both faces finished. Completed August 2024.
Kitchen partitionClosed wipeable finish on the kitchen face, core specified for heat and humidity. Completed December 2025.
Wall panelsVeneer, painted and CNC carved, cut to the wall we measured.
Slat walls and ceilingsProfile and spacing per project, acoustic felt where the room needs it.
Built-insMedia walls, closets, bookcases and cabinetry in one veneer family.
FurnitureCredenzas, vanities, benches and one off pieces.

How access and finish get decided

  1. Tell us the room and the routeDimensions, and how the work gets in: lift, stair, doorway width.
  2. Drawings and a 3D previewSection sizes and joint positions chosen for the room and for the route.
  3. Finish specified per faceA kitchen face, a bathroom wall and a bedroom wall are not the same specification.
  4. Template after drywallMeasured from the wall that exists, not the one on the drawing.
  5. Dry fit in the shopThe whole piece is assembled in Chatsworth, then taken apart for transport.
  6. Clean assembly on siteSections go in without cutting on site, which matters in a building with neighbours.

Questions

Can you build a divider that fits through a lift?

Yes, and the section sizes are planned around it. On the Calabasas apartment the divider was built in lift sized sections and assembled on site with no cutting in the hallway.

What finish survives a kitchen?

A closed, wipeable surface on the face that takes heat and residue, with a core chosen for humidity swings. The other face can be finished for appearance alone.

Do you finish both faces of a divider?

Yes. A divider is seen from both sides, so both are finished, even when only one takes daily contact.

Do you work in an occupied home?

Yes. Dry fitting in the shop is what makes that possible: site time is assembly, not fabrication.

How long does a divider take?

Lead time depends on size and finish and is agreed before we start, rather than discovered halfway through.

Related

Send the opening dimensions and how the work has to get into the building. We will plan the sections around both.

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