Custom Trim and Carpentry
Built-ins and bookcases in Lancaster and Chester County, PA
A built-in is furniture that fits the room because it was built in the room. Bookcases on either side of a fireplace with cabinets below, a wall unit that wraps the TV, a window seat with drawers, a mudroom bench with lockers, a black cabinet with gold mesh doors on a bare wall: these are built on site to the inch, painted or stained, and trimmed into the room so they look original.
What We Build
- Bookcases and cabinets flanking a fireplace, with the TV above it or in a niche.
- Wall units that wrap a TV, with lit display cabinets, open shelves, and storage below.
- Window seats with drawers or lift lids, with cushions sized to them.
- Mudroom lockers, benches with drawers, cubbies, and hooks.
- Pantry and closet shelving, built to the space rather than bought for a space it almost fits.
- Office built-ins: a desk wall with cabinets above and a credenza below.
- Bars and display cabinets with glass or mesh doors, lit inside.
Built on Site, to the Room
We build from paint-grade poplar and MDF for painted pieces, hardwood plywood and solid wood for stained, with face frames, inset or overlay doors, soft-close hardware, and adjustable shelves. The unit is scribed to the walls and the floor, which are never square, and trimmed in with base and crown so it reads as part of the house. Lighting inside glass cabinets is wired before the back goes on. Dalton came up through a trim-only company, and this is the work he enjoys most.
Built-Ins We Have Made
A gray-brown wall unit wrapping the TV in a Frazer basement, with lit display cabinets. A black built-in with gold mesh doors on what had been a bare wall in the Poconos. A mudroom in West Chester with floor-to-ceiling cabinets, a bench with drawers, and a farmhouse sink. And mudroom lockers in Chester Springs. You can see them all below.
Questions
Questions We Get
Painted or stained built-ins?
Painted, in the trim color or a contrasting one, matches most houses here and hides the joints. Stained hardwood is a different look and more money. We do both, and the room usually decides.
Can the built-in hide the TV wires?
Yes. Outlets and the cable go behind the unit, with a chase to the components below, and nothing shows. We plan it with the TV size before we build.
Do you build closet and pantry shelving?
Yes, and it is a one- or two-day job that gets used every day: shelving built to the closet, deep low and shallow high, with a light.
Process
How We Work
- We visit, measure, and talk through the scope before anything is priced.
- You get a written proposal, and we build to it.
- Where the work needs a permit, we walk you through it every step: the application, the drawings the township asks for, and the inspections.
- We are on site from the first day to the last, and the house stays clean while we work.
- We walk the finished job with you, fix anything on the list, and clean up.
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Where We Work
Based in Christiana, we work across Lancaster County and Chester County.
Lancaster County
- Christiana
- Gap
- Quarryville
- Strasburg
- Lancaster
Chester County
- Parkesburg
- Coatesville
- West Chester
- Kennett Square
- Downingtown
- Malvern
- Chester Springs
- Frazer
We have had Kings Remodeling do two previous inside projects. Very particular in regards to craftsmanship. Most recent project was removal of a fireplace mantle (builder grade). Our new mantle is a solid wood beam with handmade wood corbels. Looks great!
— Bruce BrennerCustom mantle with handmade corbels5 stars on Google
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