Arid Custom Woodworking is a full service woodworking shop serving Albuquerque and Santa Fe New Mexico

We create custom cabinets and furniture that are design oriented, beautifully built, and meaningful  – work where the details matter. Our priority is to listen to your needs and work with you to create a compelling design and build objects that exceed your dreams for what your project might become.

We do work from the most complex and sophisticated to the bare utilitarian. Some examples of the kind of projects we do are:

  • Our design process is narrative driven, which means we work with you to express your point of view pointedly and powerfully. We work in styles from traditional to highly imaginative depending on the context and the project. Our goal is always to create whatever end product will give you the most delight.

    We are happy to jump into the process anywhere we can be helpful – from working to understand and articulate the initial goals of a project, to iterating through different versions of those goals to best express your vision, to taking a well defined idea (ours, yours, or another designers) and transforming it into shop drawings ready to be built.

    We really like this part - taking wild dreams (the more interesting and ambitious the better) and figuring out how to make them a reality.

  • Whether you are looking for a small cabinet for an entryway, a custom bathroom vanity, or a full kitchen remodel, we will work with you to understand your vision and build cabinets that are a pleasure to use and a delight to live with.

  • We understand the high demands on commercial interiors. They have to work well, stand up to abuse, age with grace, and create an ambiance that inspires your customers. From bars to benches to full store displays we can work with you or your designer to make intentional furnishings that are designed to handle public use and that, down to their smallest details, capture an atmosphere which sets you apart.

  • From a bed frame to an expansive conference table, from an wooden urn, to a blanket chest, to a full room of bookshelves, we specialize in centering the beauty of wood, forefronting practical usability, and creating objects that are designed around your needs to inspire and create meaning for you.

  • There are few better ways to add interest and character to a space than adding custom doors and gates. We build both interior and exterior doors, and can make anything from small garden pathway gates to 12 foot long driveways gates that automatically open.

  • Sometimes the small, built-in details can make all the difference. With a single shelf or a wall full of shelves, with a fireplace mantel or an especially beautiful molding that sets off a room, we can help transform your space into one that inspires.

We love the unexpected. If you have a project that you think we could help design or build please don’t hesitate to reach out.