These Seattle historic casement windows built by Westbrook in our wood shop are exact period replications of the 100 year old windows in the rest of this Madison Park historic home. As you can see in the photos there is a tremendous amount of shop work that is involved. The investment in the proper machinery, the proper shop space to work in, and the time spent to learn and practice historic carpentry mortice and tenon joinery, are of a great value to my customers. This is because there are very few carpentry craftsman available today that have all of these components in a singular personalize ..read more

This custom cabinetry was built and installed to match the existing plywood kitchen cabinets. The original cabinets at some time had the doors replaced with 3/4″ plywood doors. These were a kind of 50’s update to the original and the customer wanted to match what they had. Although this is a more humble look compared to other custom cabinetry Ive built, it certainly wasn’t easy. For one thing the measurements needed to be precise because there wasn’t room for error. The reason is because the cabinets needed to fit from wall to wall, accommodate a zero clearance inset refrigerator, and the coun ..read more

This beautiful custom design build wood front porch stair railing and entry is an excellent example of craftsmanship. The design fits well with the traditional historic home, and the build is full of details extracting quality that can only be done with a mater craftsman’s experience. Westbrook set’s up in the field under a dry cover with workstations and tooling to protect and define the work area. We also use our wood shop to mill up and make many of the components, and pre prime all wood before installing. We use traditional vertical grain smooth fir and cedar, built in such a way ..read more

These windows were manufactured and installed by Westbrook for a Seattle historic home to match existing millwork. Making historic windows is what I would consider part of the millwork of any building, especially as part of the architectural component of historic homes. Windows are not much different than any other millwork project we custom make in our shop. They should be made to match seamlessly to historic design and also be made to historic specifications right down to mortice and tenon joinery. Otherwise the windows wont last another 100 years, or have a capacity to be repaired properly ..read more

This historic porch stairs custom built in Seattle, was a real joy to work on! The stairs were a feature of a larger porch project that Westbrook built as seen in the photo above. It took all the qualities it takes, to execute a custom millwork project like this. Westbrook is a kind of design build custom craftsman carpentry company, focusing on historic homes and unique millwork projects. With a project like this we use all our experience and tooling to provide our clients with the best of what quality should be. It’s not just the hands on workmanship, but also the quality of the process in w ..read more

This front of my shop became a memorial to my past career as a tradesman and the craftspeople Ive worked with along the way over the years. My dad, Ed, John, and many, many others, I give many thanks to them for sharing this journey with me teaching and sharing the ride. Everything you see here on the front of my wood shop are materials recycled from other projects over the years. The corbels are from one of the first projects I did in the shop for for my dads company when I first went into business. They are the two extra I made that he rejected. The door is from a project well over 20 years ..read more

In Westbrooks wood shop we make custom wood sash windows, wood storms, and wood screens for historic and vintage homes. It takes a lot of specialized wood working equipment, and the right work shop space to accomplish these historic window projects properly. The quality also takes much experience from practice of wood working millwork joinery. Also I have years of experience and knowledge in working with historic homes or buildings from a lifetime of renovation contracting, so any field installations go smoothly. So if you’re looking for quality carpentry and millwork custom made in our shop ..read more

These windows were manufactured and installed by Westbrook for a Seattle historic home to match existing millwork. Making historic windows is what I would consider part of the millwork of any building, especially as part of the architectural component of historic homes. Windows are not much different than any other millwork project we custom make in our shop. They should be made to match seamlessly to historic design and also be made to historic specifications right down to mortice and tenon joinery. Otherwise the windows wont last another 100 years, or have a capacity to be repaired properly ..read more

This front of my shop became a memorial to my past career as a tradesman and the craftspeople Ive worked with along the way over the years. My dad, Ed, John, and many, many others, I give many thanks to them for sharing this journey with me teaching and sharing the ride. Everything you see here on the front of my wood shop are materials recycled from other projects over the years. The corbels are from one of the first projects I did in the shop for for my dads company when I first went into business. They are the two extra I made that he rejected. The door is from a project well over 20 years ..read more

This little front porch, stair case built by Westbrook not long ago, was a collaboration between myself and the owner. The client wanted to have a historically accurate vintage stair entry, that looked like it has been a part of the home form the beginning. Also with a large family and kids, it was necessary to have a space outside the porch that could be used to hang out on and take a lot of abuse. We chose to go with vertical grain cedar on all components for added longevity. I also pre primed all the wood before installation. On a project like this there is a combination of  best moder ..read more