Twelve weeks, three custom built-ins, and a kitchen designed for a hundred summers.
The brief was simple: a Wallenpaupack family wanted their cabin to feel like the lake itself — warm, weathered, and built to take decades of wet feet, ski boots, and August humidity.
We used quartersawn white oak for the kitchen face frames and reclaimed hemlock for the great-room built-ins. Every drawer is solid hardwood, dovetailed, and finished with a marine-grade oil that resists swelling.
The biggest challenge was the floor — three inches out of level across the long wall. Rather than fight it, we templated each cabinet individually so the cases sit plumb and the line at the top reads dead-true.
Twelve weeks from first measure to keys-in-hand. The family sent us a photo this summer of grandkids eating popsicles at the new island. That's the kind of email that keeps the shop running.