Real Projects. Real Homes. Work You Can See.
Kitchens, baths, built-ins, stairs, a wine room and an entry: real photographs from real projects, in the homes they were built for. Nothing here is staged, and nothing here is stock.
Kitchen Remodeling
Kitchen
Full Kitchen Remodel
A working kitchen rebuilt around an island with seating, storage that pulls out instead of hiding things, and trim that reads as one room.
Saugus, MA · Kitchen
Kitchen Remodel
A kitchen cabinet run in Saugus -- work our founder personally performed on a finish-carpentry crew before founding Brightwork.
Reading, MA · Kitchen
Kitchen Remodel
A kitchen with white cabinets, a hex-tile backsplash and an island in Reading -- work our founder personally performed on a finish-carpentry crew before founding Brightwork.
Deck Building & Repair
Reading, MA · Exterior
Composite Entry Steps & Railings
New entry steps and railings in composite and aluminum: solid underfoot, square to the house, built for New England winters.
Exterior
Exterior Deck Stair Rebuild
An old, weathered exterior staircase rebuilt in pressure-treated lumber with turned balusters and capped newel posts -- work our founder personally performed on a finish-carpentry crew before founding Brightwork.
Bathroom Remodeling
North Reading, MA · Kitchen · Baths
Kitchen & Bathroom Remodel
A kitchen and two bathrooms in North Reading -- work our founder personally performed on a finish-carpentry crew before founding Brightwork.
Woburn, MA · Bath
Bathroom Remodel
Bathroom work in Woburn -- a black-framed glass shower with herringbone floor tile, plus vanity, tub and shower details, from the same crew-era body of work our founder personally performed before founding Brightwork.
Middleton, MA · Bath
Bathroom Remodel
Bathroom work in Middleton -- herringbone and teal tile, a walnut double vanity and gold fixtures, from the same crew-era body of work our founder personally performed before founding Brightwork.
Wakefield, MA · Bath
Bathroom Remodel
Bathroom work in Wakefield -- a marble-look shower with a pebble-mosaic niche and an attic-dormer bathroom with a peaked-ceiling shower nook, from the same crew-era body of work our founder personally performed before founding Brightwork.
Peabody, MA · Bath
Bathroom Remodel
Bathroom work in Peabody -- a frameless glass shower with dark hex floor and a cream subway-tile shower, from the same crew-era body of work our founder personally performed before founding Brightwork. Separate from Brightwork's client project on Peabody's front entry door.
Melrose, MA · Bath
Bathroom Remodel
Bathroom work in Melrose -- an archway opening onto a freestanding-tub bath, from the same crew-era body of work our founder personally performed before founding Brightwork.
Saugus, MA · Bath
Bathroom Remodel
A marble-look shower with a pebble-mosaic niche in Saugus -- work our founder personally performed on a finish-carpentry crew before founding Brightwork.
Winthrop, MA · Bath
Bathroom Remodel
A gray subway-tile shower and a marble-top vanity in Winthrop -- work our founder personally performed on a finish-carpentry crew before founding Brightwork.
Lexington, MA · Bath
Bathroom Remodel
A bathroom with a gray vanity and round black-framed mirror in Lexington -- work our founder personally performed on a finish-carpentry crew before founding Brightwork.
Boxford, MA · Bath
Bathroom Remodel
A bathroom with white subway tile and gold fixtures in Boxford -- work our founder personally performed on a finish-carpentry crew before founding Brightwork.
Reading, MA · Bath
Bathroom Remodel
Bathroom work in Reading -- a dark-hex-floor bathroom and a marble-look shower with a pebble-mosaic niche, from the same crew-era body of work our founder personally performed before founding Brightwork.
Bath
Bathroom Remodel
A bathroom finished with a navy shiplap accent wall, matte black fixtures and floating wood shelves.
Bath
Bathrooms
From the same photo shoot as our founder's own kitchen remodel: two bathrooms built into the same home.
Interior Doors & Trim
Lynnfield, MA · Basement · Stairs
Basement Remodel & Staircase
A basement finished with a whitewashed brick fireplace, new flooring and laundry shelving, plus a new oak winder staircase -- work our founder personally performed on a finish-carpentry crew before founding Brightwork.
Woburn, MA · Finish Carpentry
Custom Door & Shelving
A wood door and built-in shelving in Woburn -- work our founder personally performed on a finish-carpentry crew before founding Brightwork.
Stoneham, MA · Finish Carpentry
Custom Doors
A frosted-glass double door and a barn-door system in Stoneham -- work our founder personally performed on a finish-carpentry crew before founding Brightwork.
Finish Carpentry
Custom Bifold Closet Doors
Two closets fitted with custom-painted bifold doors, two-panel and four-panel, black hardware throughout. Town not yet confirmed.
Woburn, MA · Interior
White Oak Stair Rail Rebuild
A stair rail rebuilt in white oak with slim black metal balusters, opening up the sightline from the top of the stairs into the rest of the house. Scope was the rail and balusters; the stairs and flooring shown are the homeowner's existing finish, not new work.
Finish Carpentry & Built-Ins
Basement
Finished Basement
A basement finished around a mid-century brick wall we kept and exposed instead of covering it up, and new wide-plank flooring throughout.
Finish Carpentry
Shiplap Fireplace & Media Wall
A personal project: a shiplap fireplace wall built with a rough-hewn wood mantel and a recessed niche for the TV and sound bar.
Finish Carpentry
Great Room & Staircase
A personal project: a great room finished with a coffered ceiling and a curved staircase with turned balusters, opening into the kitchen and a sliding door to the backyard.
Built-Ins
Glass Wine Room
A glass wine room from enclosure to finished display wall, shown in the order it was built: framing set square, glass hung true, lighting built in, then the room in use.
Built-Ins
Custom Built-Ins
Built-ins that use the space furniture cannot: a laundry closet fitted around the machines, a mudroom bench with a paneled back and a place for everything.
Built-Ins
Built-In Entertainment Center
A built-in entertainment center with an electric fireplace niche and open shelving, painted white with crown molding to match the room.
Built-Ins
Custom Bar & Coffee Nook
A custom navy bar cabinet with a lattice wine rack and a built-in coffee and desk nook, from the same home as our founder's own kitchen remodel.
Exterior Doors
Peabody, MA · Exterior Doors
Front Entry Door Replacement
A new black entry door system with a storm door and raised side panels, replacing a worn unit. Shown before and after, client-consented.
Tony C. · Google review“The quality of the work was excellent and everything was done carefully and professionally.”
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