04.4 Services · Interiors & millwork
Selections made calmly and on time, and the cabinetry, stairs and paneling built by our own carpenters.
The work
Every Hartwell home includes Sofia Reyes's selections calendar. It turns a thousand decisions into a calm sequence: tile before drywall, lighting before framing, hardware before doors are hung. You choose with real prices in front of you, and the site never waits on a decision.
Our carpentry crew builds what most builders order from a catalog: kitchens, libraries, stairs, built-ins and paneling. In winter the crew moves into the shop. Hollis Farmhouse's white-oak cabinetry was built that way, from one lift of lumber, designed to the wood we had already bought.
Part of every Hartwell custom home and renovation. We don't offer it on its own: the shop's calendar belongs to our own projects.
The money, plainly
Interior architecture is part of the design fee. Furniture and decor are not, and we will say so before you sign.
Selections are priced as you make them, so allowances match real quotes by 90% documents.
Millwork is priced from shop drawings, not from a placeholder number.
A selection changed after its deadline is priced as a change order and signed before we reorder anything.
Every figure here is part of a fictional demo, set to be realistic for a high-end regional builder in 2026. Read the cost talk
How it runs
Selections run through phases 03 to 05 on a dated calendar, so the site never waits on a decision.
01 · 90 minutes · no fee
02 · 4 to 6 weeks · fixed fee
03 · 4 to 9 months
04 · 3 to 5 weeks
05 · 10 to 20 months
06 · Move-in + 12 months
The proof
2022
Transitional · New custom home
Hollis Road, Carrington valley
Board-and-batten cedar, a standing-seam roof and a granite stoop. A farmhouse without the costume, built for weather and grandchildren.
2023
Classical & heritage · New custom home
Calloway Lane, Alder Bay
A painted-brick Georgian at the head of a working pear orchard: true divided-light sashes, plaster cornices and proportions you can feel from the road.
2025
Modern · Renovation & addition
Larkin Terrace, Alder Bay heights
A 1961 hillside modern, opened up and restored in cedar and mahogany. The addition reads as if the original architect simply kept drawing.
You don't need one, but you are welcome to bring one. Our selections lead covers finishes, fixtures, lighting and built-ins. A decorator for furniture and art works alongside us easily.
Hundreds, spread across months. The calendar groups them into short sessions with clear deadlines, so you are never choosing tile in a hurry on a Friday afternoon.
Custom homes
One team, one contract and one accountable number, from the first sketch to the keys.
Renovations
Old houses get a vote. We open the walls before we price the work, then keep every promise the discovery lets us make.
Architect partnerships
Bring your architect. We'll be the builder who prices the drawings honestly, then builds them as drawn.
Begin
The first meeting costs nothing and commits you to nothing: your brief, real per-square-foot numbers said out loud, and a frank answer about fit in both directions. We take on 8 homes a year, so the conversation is the whole first step.
The studio: studio@hartwellhomes.example · +1 (555) 019-2400