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READYCustom Classical Doric Dining Room Built-Ins & Cabinetry
Posted November 25, 2025
Built by River Road Builds
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River Road BuildsWe designed and built custom dining room millwork featuring a traditional buffet framed by a full Mutulary Doric order. The hand-crafted Mutule cornice band wraps the entire dining room, tying the space together with classical architectural woodwork. Across the room, we converted an existing closet into a classically inspired, built-in china cabinet with custom divided-lite glass doors. Every element—from the hand-sticked mouldings, triglyphs, and guttae to the raised-panel drawers and scribed pilaster bases—was built using traditional joinery, jack mitering, and finish carpentry.
Created: Nov 25, 2025
FANTASTIC execution and design. Love the classical details!!!
Thanks! Shop is pretty barebones, always built everything on site until last year when I signed my first lease for a shop space. Just under 500sqft, uninsulated and unheated tin box - fun times in these NH winters! Rely heavily on handwork for all custom stuff & joinery - often faster than ordering custom tooling or making jigs for short runs of parts. That said, In addiiton to my job site tools I also run a 5hp cabinetsaw and 5hp shaper with powerfeed. Have a dewalt planer I abuse a bit too... haha!
Well I’d say you nailed it! What’s your shop setup like? That may demand a separate project, ha! That’s a sweet looking bench you have. How much hand work vs machine?
Wow! Thank you so much for the kind words, Ian. I started with design work - old school, ink on vellum. Built all of the cabinetry & much of the millwork - supplemented by Kuiken Brothers. Installed as well then followed by a finisher who did the spray finish. Put everything I had into this one. Solo job, bit off more than I could chew, and boy did I chew!
This is beautiful! Walk me through the scope of what you did here. you built, finished, and installed? Just incredible craftsmanship. Bravo
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November 25, 2025
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