Once A Tree Cabinet Studio is located in Kensington, Maryland, near Bethesda, and has been serving the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area for over 30 years. Steve Shafer builds art furniture and commissioned woodworking projects for both residential and commercial clients. Each project is designed and hand crafted for your specific needs. The mainstay of our business is making what you cannot find. It can be because it doesn't exist, what's available is the wrong size or color for your needs, or requires that the project match existing products.
The cabinets shown here display the variety of custom woodwork produced by Once A Tree. All the pieces have different purposes and styles designed and handcrafted especially for the client. From classical walnut to southwestern american to antique victorian to simple oak - all styles can be created for you. At Once A Tree our aim is to make products to fit your needs. Ergonomic home offices are often neglected due to buying production furnishings where one size fits all. We can adjust the height of the computer monitor to match your eye level and design custom shelves for your laptop, docking and electronics charging stations.
These architectural examples are just a few of the interior and exterior projects that have been produced be Once A Tree. Whether for a whole room or just one section, Steve Shafer worked with architects, designers, and homeowners to produce these projects. The cabinet studio Once A Tree owned and operated by Steve Shafer specializes in solving the unique problems presented by numerous clients. Creating tables and desks from solid woods has been a few of the wood products produced over the past 30 years.
This is a small sample of the unique and infinite variety of one of a kind tables and desks handmade by Once A Tree. The fine woodworking here represents a personal desire for quality and craftsmanship. Steve Shafer has designed office furnishings, organic desks, artistic tables and antique inspired coffee tables. After the basic design needs are met the design of your table is open to anything you can think of: Metal, glass, ceramic or best of all, wood. An organic approach is to simply use a slab cut from the tree.