FAQ

What People Ask Us.

A few questions come up often enough that they’re worth answering plainly, before you ever need to ask.

What materials can you work with?

Almost anything — wood, stone, metal, glass, fabrics, leather, upholstery, even exotic composites. If you can describe it, we’ll tell you honestly whether it’s possible, and if it’s not yet, we'll find a way to make it so. There's rarely a material we'd rule out before we've looked into it.

Who would we be contracted through — you, the designer, or the contractor?

However your project is structured, we can work within it. We’ve been brought in through contractors, through furniture reps, and directly by the end client — and we’ve learned to adapt to whichever relationship got us there. If we have a preference, it’s simply to be part of the conversation as early as possible; the earliest decisions are usually the ones that shape everything that follows. But the structure is yours to set. We’ll fit into it.

Can you help with the design, or do we need to bring our own?

Either. If you’d like help, we can take a brief, a concept sketch, or even just an idea, and develop it from there — or build something from scratch if that’s what the project calls for. If you already have a finished design, we’ll work from exactly what you’ve created. We’re equipped for both, and happy either way.

Do you handle installation yourselves?

Not directly — we partner with installation teams who know the regions and know our work. In New York, where much of our work goes, we’ve worked with the same installation partners for 26 years. Across the rest of the US, a Houston-based team that understands exactly how our pieces come together flies out for the install. In Canada, it’s a similar arrangement out of Montreal. Anywhere else, we vet local installers ourselves or work from trusted recommendations — because how a piece is installed matters just as much as how it’s built.

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