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Fabrication.

Craftsmen with over 100 years of combined experience. Wood furniture construction and carpentry by a licensed builder with more than 42 years as a journeyman carpenter, and finishing by a painter with more than 16 years on wood furniture and trim.

  • Wood furniture construction
  • Carpentry
  • Wood finishing on furniture and trim
Call 313-570-2978See the work
The Sames Inc. wood shop, with benches, tools and lumber racks
The shopSames Inc.

The electric fireplace.

A fabrication project, start to finish: built in the shop, then fitted and levelled on site. Swipe through it, or use the arrows.

A wood fireplace surround clamped up on a workbench in the shop
In the shop the surround takes shape on the bench
The surround seen from the side on the shop bench, clamps still on
In the shop seen from the side
A carpenter cutting trim on a miter saw set up on a front walk
On site trim cut at the house
A carpenter measuring a side panel with a tape
On site measuring the side panel
The side of the surround set against the wall, a nail gun on the floor
On site the side, fitted to the wall
The surround in place with a level resting on the mantel
On site levelling the mantel
The finished surround with the electric fire lit and a TV mounted above
Finished electric fireplace, TV above

A bathroom in Farmington.

A renovation project, from bare drywall in June 2025 to finished in July. Each pair shows the same corner of the room. Tap any photo to see it larger.

Bathroom door mid-renovation: blotchy bare wood in a new frame, unpainted beadboard and a hex tile floor
Duringthe door, June 2025
The same door finished: richly figured wood and a glass knob, green beadboard wainscot and yellow walls
Finishedthe door, July 2025
Wood medicine cabinet on bare drywall above unpainted beadboard, mid-renovation
Duringthe cabinet wall
The same wall finished: yellow paint, green beadboard and the medicine cabinet between two sconces
Finishedthe cabinet wall
Stained window trim above unpainted beadboard, mid-renovation
Duringthe window
The same window finished, with a plaid cafe curtain over green beadboard
Finishedthe window

More built work.

Furniture and carpentry, built and finished to order. Tap any photo to see it larger.

Bookcase doorway painted in bright stripes
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Child care hallway with window boxes, an arbor and painted walls
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A wood top being finished on the shop bench
In the shopa top, mid-finish

Need something built?

Describe the piece and where it goes. John will tell you what it takes.

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