Custom Millwork and Cabinetry in Pacific Palisades
Pacific Palisades
One finished project here: walnut panels divided by vertical brass strips, with the panel widths calculated from the room so every strip lands on a joint and neither end of the run finishes on a sliver.
Updated · Chatsworth, Los Angeles
- Project here
- Walnut panels with brass inlay, completed July 2022
- Set out
- Panel widths calculated from the room, not from a sheet size
- Inlay
- Brass or matte black, machined flush into the face
- Veneers
- Walnut, white oak, blackened oak, Fineline, Shinoki, or a veneer you supply
- Max panel
- 12 ft in one seamless piece
- Shop
- 20371 Prairie St, Chatsworth, CA 91311
- Install
- Our own crew
- Before you commit
- A joint layout and a 3D preview of the room
The set out is the design
On that wall the brass does two jobs at once. It draws the eye upward, and it lands exactly on the panel joints, so what would otherwise be a seam becomes a deliberate line. That only works if the panel widths come from the room rather than from a standard sheet size.
The spacing was calculated so the strips fall at even intervals across the whole wall, and so neither end of the run finishes on an awkward sliver. Get that wrong and the eye finds it immediately, usually from the doorway, which is the one place nobody stands when they are checking their own work.
The strips are flush with the veneer, set into a machined groove, so the wall reads as one surface under your hand rather than as panels with trim laid over the joints. Completed July 2022.
Built in Pacific Palisades
How the set out gets decided
- Measure the real wallPanel widths are calculated from what is there, including the door head and the ceiling line.
- Draw the jointsWhere every joint and every inlay lands is agreed on paper before material is ordered.
- Approve metal and finishBrass, matte black or none, with a sheen sample seen in the room own light.
- Machine and dry fitGrooves are cut to the thickness of the metal, and the wall is assembled in the shop first.
- InstallOur crew, scribed to the room, with the inlay meeting exactly at every joint.
Questions
Why not use standard panel widths?
Because the joints would land wherever the sheet size decided. Setting the widths from the room puts the joints where the wall already has a line, and lets an inlay land on them deliberately.
Is the brass applied on top of the panel?
No. It sits in a machined groove flush with the veneer, so the wall stays one continuous surface.
Can you do matte black instead of brass?
Yes. Inlays are machined into the face in brass or matte black. The method is the same, only the metal changes.
What if my wall is not square?
Very few are. The template records what is actually there, and the panels are scribed to it on site.
Do you install in Pacific Palisades?
Yes, with our own crew, the same people who dry fit the work in the shop before it ships.
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Send a photo of the wall and its rough dimensions. You get back a joint layout, a price and a 3D preview before anything is cut.