Chatham, New Jersey · Since 2000
Built by hand. Made to stay.
Truly custom cabinetry — cut, sprayed, and assembled by hand in our New Jersey shop, one piece at a time. No catalogs. No shortcuts.
From a shop in Chatham
Cabinetry the way it used to be made
Since September 2000, Heard Woodworking has built one thing: fully custom, handmade cabinetry. Every piece is designed around your space and the way you live — then cut, built, and finished by hand, as if it were going into our own home.
What we build
Eight rooms. One standard.
How a project comes together
Patient by design
Consult
A free, no-obligation conversation about your space, your ideas, and a realistic budget. In person, at your home.
Design
Site measure, detailed proposal, and a collaborative design phase. Every dimension and finish decided before a single board is cut.
Build
Hand-cut, hand-assembled, and sprayed in our Chatham shop. One project at a time — yours.
Install
Fitted and scribed by the same long-tenured crew that built it. We leave when it's right, not when it's close.
"Some people work 40 hours a week for a paycheck. The paycheck for me is creating something that someone else can enjoy, appreciate, and build memories from." Russell Heard · Founder
Always answered
Call any hour. June picks up.
Russell's hands are usually on a saw, not a phone. June — our shop's AI receptionist — answers every call, day or night, learns about your project, and books your free consult on the spot. No voicemail, no phone tag.
June: "Heard Woodworking, this is June. What are you dreaming up?"
You: "We're thinking about built-ins around our fireplace…"
June: "Lovely. Russell has Thursday at 10 or Friday at 2 for a free consult at your home — which works?"