Woodworking to meet your needs
For The Entire Household
Custom designed and finished to the client’s needs.
Just for the children
Designs for their use now which will last a lifetime.
Timeless Classic Style
Projects rely on classic design, hand-selected wood for the perfect look.
Our Design Principle
GC Custom Woodworking provides quality projects to customers who appreciate the beauty of natural wood furniture, who value owning it, and who respect the skill required to create it. We work with our clients to develop a design that is specific and unique to their needs. As an added benefit to our clients, we use the services of a skilled Interior Designer who ran a successful Design company on Chicago’s North Shore for more than 25 years. Once a design is selected, we carefully hand-select and mill each piece of wood that goes into the project. Finishing for the pieces can range from hand-rubbed oil, to traditional shellac or lacquer, to brightly colored natural milk paints custom mixed for you. We accept only a small number of projects each year and take our time building them in order to provide the most personal service possible. The result of all this is the creation of a one-of-a-kind product just for you.
In the Workshop
Farm Style Buffet
How it Starts Like all our work, this piece begins with input from the client describing the room in which it will live; the need it will meet; and the design statement it will make. From that, we create drawings to help focus the concept. We created several variations for this custom woodworking project. Each[…]
Jewelry Armoire Complete
The latest creation from GC Custom Woodworking is complete and delivered. This Jewelry Armoire is a unique design of handmade wooden furniture. The client wanted something that was large enough to store her jewelry and has the look of an old friend. Working with her we created a design that fits well in her home[…]
New Custom Furniture Project!
GC Custom Woodworking has just received a commission to design and build a unique, custom furniture piece to safely store jewelry. It’s a large jewelry armoire. The design is based on a similar custom furniture piece we built two years ago. The armoire will have a real Chicago handmade wood furniture style: strong lines, clean[…]
Cabinet is Done
This was an amazing project. The final product has the aged and used look that it needs to be a part of the unique collection of furniture that is in place in the client’s home.