Custom Cabinets & Finish Carpentry

A lot of cabinet work in this trade gets subcontracted out. Ours does not. We build them, we install them, and the same company is accountable if a door sits proud or a run does not meet the wall right. It also means we are not stuck fitting a stock 33-inch box into a 34-inch opening and filling the rest with a strip of matching wood.

That matters more here than it would somewhere with newer housing. South Bay homes are largely mid-century and older, and they have the quirks to prove it — walls that are out of plumb, floors that run downhill, plaster over lath, chimney chases and heater closets sitting exactly where you want a pantry. A custom run gets scribed to the house as it actually is. It is also usually the only honest answer when a client wants to keep the character of an original built-in but needs it to work for how they live now.

What’s included

• Field measurement of the actual openings, walls and floors — not a takeoff from the plan set
• Kitchen cabinets built to the run you have, including odd corners, appliance panels and cabinets built up to the ceiling
• Bath vanities, medicine cabinets and linen storage sized for small mid-century bathrooms
• Built-in bookcases, window seats, entertainment walls and fireplace surrounds
• Home office desks, wall units and closet build-outs
• Mudroom benches, cubbies and laundry cabinets, including tight side-door entries in older homes
• Doors, casing, base, crown and stair trim matched to the existing profiles in the house
• Repair and rebuild of original built-ins that are worth keeping, and replacement of the ones that are not

Why R Twyns Construction

We are a family-run licensed general contracting and remodeling company (CSLB #896811), building in the South Bay since 2007. Tim Reynolds owns the company and his VP Ben runs the work, so the people who price your job are the people who are on it. The cabinets and finish carpentry come out of our own shop, which is what an older house needs when nothing in it is square. And we tell you what a job actually involves before you commit to it — the load-bearing wall, the drain line, the permit — rather than after the walls are open.

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