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Custom Millwork & Built-In Solutions in Greater Montréal
Custom millwork is built to a room, not adapted to it — reception desks, cabinetry, feature walls, and built-ins fabricated to your exact dimensions, materials, and detailing rather than pulled off a shelf. The work lives and dies on two things: how it's fabricated and how early it's ordered.
Fabrication and lead times drive the schedule
Custom millwork runs several weeks from approved shop drawings through fabrication to install, and material and hardware lead times can stretch that. Shop drawings have to be approved before fabrication starts, so it sits on the critical path more often than clients expect. We confirm the schedule early and time delivery to the construction sequence, so finished pieces aren't sitting on a dusty site — or arriving after the trades who need to work around them.
What we make
- Reception desks and service counters
- Cabinetry, storage, and shelving
- Retail displays and fixtures
- Feature walls and architectural joinery
- Shop drawings, fabrication, and installation
How it's priced
Pricing is generally quoted per linear foot and moves with the materials, finishes, hardware, and complexity you choose — custom costs more than stock, but it's built to last decades rather than years. We price the millwork against your finish level and the drawings, so the number reflects the actual piece, not a catalogue average. (What it's built from — plywood or MDF cores, veneer, laminate, solid surface, or stone — is covered in the FAQ below.)
The in-house difference
Detailed by the person who specified the space
The millwork is detailed by someone who specified the room it goes into — so it's designed to fit the space, not adapted to it afterward. Dimensions come from the actual drawings, reveals line up with the architecture, and the piece resolves against the walls, services, and finishes it has to meet, because the same team drew all of them.
Frequently asked
Custom Millwork — your questions, answered.
What is custom millwork and how is it different from stock cabinetry?
Custom millwork is joinery built to a project's exact specifications — reception desks, cabinetry, feature walls, and built-ins made to fit the space, materials, and design. Stock cabinetry comes in fixed sizes and finishes off the shelf. Custom work uses filler-free dimensions, chosen materials, and detailing that stock cannot match, which suits branded retail, commercial, and one-of-a-kind residential spaces in Greater Montréal.
How long does custom millwork take to build and install?
Custom millwork typically runs several weeks from approved shop drawings through fabrication to install — longer than the few weeks for stock cabinets. Timelines depend on scope, material and hardware lead times, and finishing. Shop drawings must be approved before fabrication starts, so we confirm the schedule early and coordinate delivery with the rest of the construction to avoid delays on site.
What materials are used for custom millwork and how is it priced?
Case bodies are usually plywood or MDF, surfaced with wood veneer, high-pressure laminate, solid surface, or stone depending on use and budget. Exposed edges are banded or given a solid-wood edge. Pricing is generally quoted per linear foot and varies widely with materials, finishes, hardware, and complexity — custom costs more than stock but is built to last decades.
Start a project
Have a space in mind? Let's design and build it.
Tell us about your project — commercial, retail, or residential — and we'll walk you through what design-build can deliver. Consultations across Greater Montréal.
Direct
(514) 697-1742info@indesignconstruction.caService area
- Montréal
- South Shore / Rive-Sud
- North Shore / Rive-Nord
- Laval
- Vaudreuil-Soulanges
- West Island