Burmeister designs and builds beautiful architectural millwork projects for a large range of clients. Whether you're a homeowner, designer, contractor, or architect, we have the experience to professionally manage your project on time and on budget. Clients who choose Burmeister for their architectural millwork needs are choosing a team with a reputation for creative design solutions and meticulous craftsmanship. From new homes and commercial spaces to renovations and remodels, we specialize in helping architects realize their vision.
At Burmeister, we strive to provide the highest quality craftsmanship and professionalism in every project we undertake. Our knowledgeable and helpful team goes above and beyond to understand and exceed our customers' expectations. No matter the size of the project or the complexity of design, we are here to make the architectural millwork process easy for you. We believe it is our responsibility to establish and maintain clear lines of communication with our clients throughout the entire process.
With nearly 1000 profiles, we offer a wide array of molding styles and profiles from which to choose. If your desired molding is not in our catalog, our craftsmen have the capability to duplicate pre-existing molding profiles. Or if desired, we can create unique, one-of-a-kind, custom designed molding profiles to your specifications. We provide door and window casings, bases, base caps, chair rails, back bands, crown moldings, bar rails, and tongues and grooves. Our custom millwork capabilities are limitless.
Whether it's decorative or functional, nowhere is precision and quality more important than in the architectural millwork. Since 1937 we have been creating quality millwork for many of the finest homes in the country. Our experience means we can envision, design, create and install whatever your project needs. Our experience in design and creation of architectural millwork includes, but is certainly not limited to, the following: columns, shutters, grand entranceways, fireplace surrounds, ceiling beams, wainscot paneling, wall paneling, floating shelves, bookcases and more.
One of the key architectural elements of a great home is an awe-inspiring stairway. At Burmeister we have years of experience designing, manufacturing and installing handcrafted custom staircases for many of the finest private homes and commercial properties in the Milwaukee and Chicago markets and beyond. From a grand entry staircase to a simple basement stairway, we have designed and built every imaginable kind of stairway. No matter what the size or shape, the one thing they all have in common is the beauty of our materials and the quality of our craftsmanship.
With our own, in-house, finishing department, we have the ability and expertise to create any custom or specialized finish, utilizing high-quality finishing materials and state of the art processes. All of Burmeister finishes are done by hand by our expertly trained and experienced finish professionals to ensure the highest level of consistency in the application of our finishes while radically reducing waste. We offer Low VOC (Volatile Organic Compounds) finishes, Water-Based finishes, Urethanes, Varnishes, Polyesters and Lacquers, as well as capabilities such as cerused finishes, rub-throughs, glazing, distressing, wire brushing and high-gloss finishes, including high-gloss with hand buffing.
From private residences to commercial projects, we specialize in designing and providing interior and exterior doors that fit your unique project and budget. We work with a wide variety of door manufactures to offer an unlimited variety of door styles and material options, allowing builders, contractors and architects to choose the option that best suits the project and best highlights the aesthetic appeal of your home. Burmeister provides everything from very basic, standard styles to manufactured doors to order to very high-end, fully custom doors.
For those projects that require installation services, we offer expert installation at the same level of quality and attention to detail we put into our products. At the installation phase of the project, we rely on our own Burmeister installation foreman along with the support of certified installers in order to produce the best-quality installation experience. Our woodwork installation professionals are all outstanding carpenters, and they skillfully attend to every detail of the process.
With a growing team of 40 full-time experienced professionals, we take great pride in the excellence of our work in all areas: Cabinetry/Millwork Production, Stair Production, Custom Finishing, Design & Sales, Estimating, Drafting, Shipping, and Service/Installation. From our designers to our installation crew, each member is dedicated to performing their role to the best of their abilities to ensure our clients receive the best possible end-product. Decades of combined experience allow us to help our clients realize their goals with the highest quality products backed by the highest quality service.
Burmeister staffs an in-house drafting department. Each project is assigned a specific project manager and draftsman to ensure consistency and understanding throughout the project. This team works closely with the client's project managers, general contractors, architects and designers to ensure the successful execution of the design. The drawings are reviewed and field dimensioned on the jobsite prior to fabrication and shipment. This is in order to avert any problems and ensure smooth coordination with the other trades.
We provide superior quality architectural millwork, including cabinetry, stairs, millwork, moldings and doors for the luxury residential and commercial markets. Specializing in custom architectural millwork, we can expertly engineer and fabricate almost any product to your specifications. Partnering with industry professionals on high-end projects, we're accustomed to working on complex jobs with demanding technical requirements. Our long-term clients know that they can bring us their most challenging projects, and we'll successfully figure out how to turn their vision into reality.
Our full scope of professional services includes consultation with our design professionals. If you are looking for an architectural millwork designer for your new home or renovation, or even if you just want to discuss the design process, please give us a call. We'll be happy to talk to you over the phone, and if it looks like we can meet your needs, we will schedule a free in-home consultation for you with one of our designers to move the project forward. At our shop, engineering and drafting go hand in hand, and we create complete, detailed sets of plans for approval before we ever lay a finger on the wood.
Burmeister staffs an in-house estimating department for quick price turn around. We prepare detailed and focused estimates for all jobs, presenting our estimate in the format and categories desired by our customers. Our estimators have a vast understanding of architectural woodwork, which allows us to create accurate job estimates and budgets. Most importantly, we stand behind our estimates. Burmesiter will walk you through every point of your project and give you realistic prices and time estimates.
Burmeister Woodwork Company specializes in the design and creation of the industry's finest custom cabinetry. Whether it is creating new, furniture-grade, one-of-a-kind pieces or matching existing cabinetry, our expert designers work with each client individually to create unique cabinets that fit your specific requirements. We build it right the first time and ensure that our product exceeds your expectations. From the finish to the hinges, we can customize every detail to fit perfectly with your home and lifestyle.
We understand the unique challenges of working with antique properties. Skilled in historic restoration and preservation, we can recreate missing pieces and precisely match existing architectural elements. We are custom crafts people, building architectural millwork according to historic precedent. We have the capability to make things the old way, using materials which last for generations. Matching profiles, historic woods and old-world building methods are part and parcel to our business. Our finishes are hand-applied to give our furniture-quality cabinetry the patina of the past.