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Interior Renovations

The work that changes how a house feels without changing its footprint. Walls, trim, fireplaces, doors and the details that make a room look finished.

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01 / THE RANGE

Four kinds of interior work

Interior renovation covers a lot of ground. These are the four buckets most of our work falls into.

Stone fireplace

Fireplaces and feature walls

Full-height stone and masonry surrounds, raised hearths, timber mantels and the framing and support behind them.

Wainscoting and crown moulding

Trim and millwork

Wainscoting, panel moulding, chair rail, crown, casing and baseboard. The cheapest way to make an ordinary room look considered.

Built in shelving

Closets, doors and built-ins

Hung and cased doors, painted shelving, bookcases, mudroom benches and storage that suits the space instead of fighting it.

Whole room renovation

Wall removals and refreshes

Opening up a floor plan, correcting old surfaces, and taking a whole floor back to a consistent finish.

02 / CASE STUDY

Wallpaper to panel moulding

Two layers of vintage wallpaper over plaster. Drag the handle to see the same wall finished.

Wallpaper removal in progress Finished wall with panel moulding
Before
After

What that job actually involved

Wallpaper that has been on a wall for decades does not come off cleanly, and the layer underneath it is usually worse than the layer on top. This wall had two patterns, an adhesive residue that had gone hard, and a green painted layer beneath both.

  • Steam and scrape both layers back to substrate
  • Wash down adhesive residue completely
  • Skim coat to a flat, consistent surface
  • Install chair rail and panel moulding
  • Caulk, fill, sand, prime and finish paint

The finished wall is the easy part to photograph. The four days of preparation underneath it are what makes the paint sit flat.

Full height stone fireplace
03 / STRUCTURE

Removing a wall
is not demolition

Anyone can take a wall down. The question is what was resting on it.

If a wall is load bearing, the load has to go somewhere, and that means a correctly sized beam, posts at each end, and a load path that continues all the way down to something that can carry it. In an older house that frequently means work in the basement below.

We will tell you at the estimate whether a wall is structural and price the beam properly. A cheap answer to that question is not a bargain, it is a deferred structural problem.

  • Structural assessment before pricing
  • Correctly sized beam and posts
  • Load path carried to adequate bearing
  • Permit and inspection where required
  • Ceiling and floor patched back seamlessly
06 / QUESTIONS

Things people ask

Do you do just trim work, or only full renovations?
Both. If you want wainscoting in a dining room and nothing else, that is a job we are happy to take.
Can you match existing trim profiles?
Usually yes. Older houses often have profiles no longer stocked, and those can be milled to match. We will tell you which route makes sense.
Do you paint?
Yes. On renovation work we finish what we build, which avoids the gap where nobody owns the final look.
How disruptive is interior work?
It depends on scope, but we dust barrier the openings and protect the path in and out, and the site gets cleaned every day. Most clients stay in the house throughout.
Can you build a stone fireplace on an existing wall?
Often yes, though the weight has to be supported. Full-height masonry needs framing that can carry it, and sometimes support below. We check before quoting.