A joinery partner you can put your name to
High-end fitted joinery for London and the Home Counties — designed, drawn, made and installed by one workshop, resolved before it reaches site and delivered on programme.
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The maker behind the detail
Reeve & Co is a Suffolk joinery workshop trusted by architects and interior designers to deliver the fitted joinery on their most demanding residential and commercial projects. We design, draw, manufacture and install under one roof — so the practice that specifies us deals with one team, one set of drawings and one point of responsibility from survey to handover.
For the professionals who put their name to a scheme, the joinery is where a project is judged at close quarters. Shadow gaps, reveals, the way a door meets a frame, the grain match across a run of panelling — these are the details a client runs a hand over. Our role is to make sure they are resolved on paper, agreed before manufacture, and executed to furniture quality on site, so the finished work reflects the standard you designed to.
Why practices specify us
One workshop, one responsibility
Much joinery on high-end projects is sub-let and coordinated across several trades. We remove that risk. Survey, workshop drawings, manufacture and installation are all handled in-house by our own cabinet makers and fitting team, which means nothing is lost between the people who draw it, the people who make it and the people who fit it.
- Detail resolved before site — junctions, mouldings and finishes agreed up front.
- Delivered on programme — we work to your build sequence and protect the client relationship.
- Period & listed expertise — new work matched faithfully to original fabric.
- Made, not subcontracted — every piece made in our Suffolk workshop.
- Fine materials throughout — selected timbers, hand-applied finishes, quality ironmongery.
- A single point of contact — one team accountable from first drawing to handover.
Drawings & technical capability
Resolved on paper before anything is made
We work in 2D and 3D CAD throughout. Once a brief is agreed we produce full setting-out and production drawings for your approval, coordinated with M&E, structure and the other trades on site. Samples and prototypes for timber, paint and hardware are signed off before a single component is cut.
This matters because the costly problems on a joinery package are almost always the ones discovered late — a services run that fouls a cabinet, a cornice that will not return, a tolerance that was never agreed. By resolving the detail in the drawing stage, we give you and your client certainty: what is approved on paper is what arrives on site, scribed to the building and installed clean.
We are comfortable joining a project at any stage — at concept, to advise on what is buildable and how it should detail; or once layouts are fixed, as the maker who turns the design intent into a deliverable, installed reality.
How we work with you
From brief to handover
Brief & survey
We review your drawings, visit site and survey accurately, flagging anything that affects how the joinery should be detailed or sequenced.
Workshop drawings
Full CAD production drawings for your approval, coordinated with other trades, with samples for timber, finish and ironmongery.
Manufacture
Made by our own cabinet makers in our Suffolk workshop, in fine timbers and hand-applied finishes, to furniture standard.
Installation
Fitted by our own team, scribed to the building, snagged and handed over clean and on programme.
Aftercare
We stand behind our work and remain available to you and your client after completion — a reference you can use again.
One point of contact
Throughout, you deal with one accountable team — no gap between drawing, making and fitting.
What we make
The full range of architectural joinery
Our work spans the whole house and beyond it. We make fitted libraries, studies and home offices; panelled rooms, media walls and alcove joinery; staircases, balustrades and handrails; hidden jib doors and concealed storage; wardrobes, dressing rooms and bedroom storage; vanity units and bespoke bathroom joinery; bespoke kitchens; and one-off furniture pieces. For larger schemes we deliver complete whole-house joinery packages, drawn and made as a coherent whole rather than a series of disconnected items.
Alongside residential work we deliver joinery-led commercial interiors — boardrooms, private offices, galleries and front-of-house spaces — built to a residential standard rather than a shopfit one. Whether the setting is a Knightsbridge townhouse, a listed country house or a Mayfair office, the same workshop, the same makers and the same finishes apply.
Selected projects
Recent work with architects & designers
Sectors we work in
From private homes to boardrooms
Private residential
The heart of what we do: fitted joinery, kitchens and furniture for high-end family homes, apartments and country houses. We work directly for private clients and as the maker behind the interior designers and architects shaping the finest homes in London and the Home Counties.
Period & listed buildings
New joinery in a historic interior has to earn its place. We match mouldings and proportions to the original fabric, choose timbers that will age alongside what is there, and work sympathetically with the constraints that listing and conservation bring.
Commercial & front-of-house
Boardrooms, private offices, galleries and reception spaces, built to a residential standard rather than a shopfit one. The same workshop, makers and finishes apply, with the programme discipline a commercial fit-out demands.
Materials, timbers & finishes
The right material for the room
Specification is where a project succeeds or disappoints, so we treat material selection as part of the design rather than an afterthought. We work in fine hardwoods and veneers — oak, walnut, tulipwood, sycamore and others — selected and matched for grain and figure across a run, so panelling and cabinetry read as one considered piece rather than a set of parts.
Painted work is hand-finished in our own spray booth in the colour and sheen you specify, with the depth and evenness that a furniture-grade finish requires. Where a project calls for it we incorporate stone, glass, mirror, leather and metalwork, and we specify ironmongery and detailing to match — from concealed hinges and soft-close runners to solid brass handles patinated to suit the scheme. Samples and prototypes are prepared and signed off before manufacture, so there are no surprises in the finished room.
On programme, on site
Installation that protects your reputation
The best-made joinery can still be let down by a poor installation, so we never subcontract it. Our own fitting team installs every commission, scribing each piece to the building, resolving the inevitable quirks of a real interior on the spot, and leaving site clean and snagged. Because the people fitting the work are part of the same business that drew and made it, problems are solved rather than passed on.
We plan around your build sequence and the other trades on site, agree access and protection up front, and keep you informed at each stage. For architects and designers, that means a joinery package you can rely on to land when the programme says it will — and a maker you can put in front of your client with confidence. It is the reason much of our work comes from practices and clients who use us again and recommend us on.
Working with us
Questions architects & designers ask
At what stage should we bring you in?
Either works. Many practices involve us early, at concept or developed design, so we can advise on what is buildable, how elements should detail and how to sequence the joinery. Others bring us in once layouts are fixed and hand us the design intent to resolve into production drawings and deliver. We are comfortable with both.
Do you produce your own drawings?
Yes. We work in 2D and 3D CAD and produce full setting-out and production drawings for your approval, coordinated with the other trades. We can work to your details or develop them with you, and we issue samples and prototypes before manufacture.
Do you work in listed and period buildings?
Frequently. Much of our work is in period and listed homes, where new joinery must answer the original fabric — proportions respected, mouldings matched and timbers chosen to age well alongside what is already there. We are used to the constraints and the level of care these projects require.
What is your typical lead time?
It depends on the size and complexity of the package, but we will give you a clear programme up front and work to your build sequence. We would always rather agree a realistic timeline than promise one we cannot protect.
Will you act as a reference for our clients?
Gladly. We work hard to be the kind of joiner a practice uses repeatedly and recommends with confidence, and we are happy to speak to your clients or host a workshop visit.
Which areas do you cover?
We are based in Suffolk and work across London, the Home Counties and East Anglia, with selected projects further afield. Installation is carried out by our own team wherever the project is.
Can you match or extend existing joinery?
Yes. We regularly extend or replicate existing runs of joinery, panelling and mouldings so new work is indistinguishable from old. We survey and, where needed, take profiles of existing sections to reproduce them faithfully in the same or a complementary timber.
Do you provide a guarantee and aftercare?
We build to last and stand behind our work. We remain available to you and your client after handover, and because solid timber joinery is made to be maintained and adjusted over its life, we can return to fine-tune or service pieces as a building settles.
How is pricing structured?
Every commission is bespoke, so cost reflects the design, materials, complexity and scope. Following drawings and a survey we provide a detailed, itemised proposal, so you and your client know exactly what is included before any work is committed.
Can you handle a whole-house joinery package?
Yes — much of our work is exactly that. Drawing, making and installing every room as one coordinated package keeps detailing, timbers and finishes consistent throughout the house, and gives you a single accountable partner for the entire joinery scope.
Start a project
Send us your drawings
Share your drawings and programme and we will come back with a considered view and a clear next step. Call 01449 710500, email sales@reeveandco.com, or message us on WhatsApp.