Classic English style kitchen. Authentic face frame bespoke cabinetry with inset doors and drawers.

Traditional joinery face frame kitchens with a comfortable, functional ease. Uncommonly built by hand using the finest materials for cabinetry and furnishings that work well, look beautiful and last indefinitely.

Refined proportions and authentic craftsmanship elevate the timeless simplicity of our kitchens. Meticulously finished inside and out by a maker with over twenty five years' experience creating welcoming rooms with a layered uniqueness as individual as the people for whom they are made.

Bespoke classic English style kitchen, handmade by a traditional cabinetmaker. Solid wood face frame, inset doors and drawers and traditional joinery. Modern cottage and period home kitchens built using sustainably sourced materials.

Bespoke classic English style cabinetry. Handcrafted face frame cabinetry with inset doors and drawers, integrated appliances, freestanding pantry and separate larder room. Built using sustainably sourced materials.

Handmade classic English style kitchen. Solid wood face frame cabinets with inset doors and drawers and hand brushed Farrow and Ball paints. A classic mantel spans the Aga. Modern cottage and period home kitchens.

Bespoke handmade classic English style kitchen built with traditional methods by an independent local craftsman. Solid wood face frame cabinetry with inset doors and drawers, walnut topped island, apron sink, Aga and integrated appliances

Handmade Ontario stone house kitchen with solid wood freestanding furniture, built using traditional methods by an experienced local cabinetmaker.

Handmade bespoke Shaker-style kitchen, built by a local cabinetmaker using traditional joinery, solid wood face frame construction and inset doors and drawers. Brass cup pulls and hand brushed Farrow and Ball paints. built from sustainably sourced materials.

Handcrafted face frame kitchen cupboards. Simple Shaker-style design with inset doors and drawers, hand brushed paints and brass hardware

Mixed metals in a handcrafted Shaker style kitchen

Classic Shaker style kitchen, built by hand by a local independent cabinetmaker

Classic Shaker style kitchen, handmade by an experienced traditional cabinetmaker. Skilully fit inset drawers and doors and solid wood face frame construction.

Authentic face frame kitchen with inset doors and drawers, built by a traditional cabinetmaker. Integrated appliances, freestanding furniture and walnut topped island

Handmade kitchen pantry with dovetailed drawers. Traditional joinery by an independent craftsperson

Bespoke solid wood face frame kitchen, built using traditional joinery. Unfitted upper cupboards, integrated appliances and walnut topped island, hand brushed paints

Inset cabinetry. Beaded doors, hand turned wooden knobs and hand brushed Farrow and Ball paints

Ontario farmhouse kitchen. Classic Shaker style bespoke face frame cabinetry. Inset drawers, hand turned windfall wood knobs and hand brushed finishes

Freestanding handmade Shaker style furniture. Hand turned windfall wooden knobs and hand brushed Farrow and Ball paints. Made using traditional joinery by an independent cabinetmaker

Blue Skies Handmade Kitchens fill a distinctive aesthetic niche, well suited to period homes and cottages.

A full service custom woodworking shop, we create lathe turnings, freestanding site specific furniture and period appropriate mouldings with the ability to replicate architectural elements.

OUR WORK

Walnut dining chair with gently curved back

Before and After

BEFORE AND AFTER

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After 15 years, this well loved, hardworking Blue Skies Handmade Kitchen has been completely renewed with fresh colour, added cabinetry and new hardware.

When you invest in simple, traditionally joined wood cabinets, you have a kitchen that will last indefinitely, which is not to say that it has to look the same forever. Our hand brushed finishes can be repainted, wooden worktops refinished and hardware updated to give you the look and feel of an entirely new kitchen without the environmental impact of a renovation.

Our Story

OUR STORY

Our cabinet maker Steve Culumovic was first commissioned to build a bespoke, Georgian inspired face frame kitchen in 2002. He quickly knew that this was the way he wanted to make kitchens. Already a fine furniture maker, his hand brushed finishes and traditional joinery methods translated beautifully to cupboards, pantries and tailored larders. Creating a furnished, room-like feel using time honoured techniques, our kitchens bring a quality of permanence to a home, honouring our customers' investments in their kitchens and our company's core sustainability values.

Steve's approach to cabinetmaking aligns with the philosophies of the Arts and Crafts movement in which designing and building were guarded as an undivided process, the Shakers who made necessity and usefulness a priority with beauty following, and both maintaining a strict adherence to the use of quality materials. Steve is meticulous in his workmanship and a specialist in traditional joinery methods and natural finishes.

FEATURED IN LOOK LOCAL MAGAZINE, OAKVILLE & BURLINGTON:

'Upgrade Your Home With Custom Furniture'' Winter Issue 2022

'Meet the Maker' March 2020

Creative work brought Steve Culumovic and Gayle Hutchings together. In 1998, Steve was hired to build a bistro area and painting storage for an art gallery in Oakville, Ontario, and there he met their framer Gayle. Steve and Gayle married six years later and have been collaborating on projects ever since.

Gayle has spent her life immersed in the visual and applied arts as a botanical artist and art framer. She advises her clients using colour theory, pleasing proportions and the best materials to achieve a timelessly appealing aesthetic in her daily work at Gayle Hutchings' Framing Studio.

Gayle renders the hand drawn plans for Blue Skies Handmade Kitchens, helps customers choose their kitchen colours and acts as a sounding board for Steve's design ideas.

PROCESS

Minimizing environmental impact in kitchen cabinet making

Building a handmade environmentally responsible kitchen

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