Sticks Custom Cabinetry & Woodworking
About us
As a self-taught craftsman with over 20 years of experience in cabinetry, woodworking, & finishing, I am committed to maintaining a very high standard of quality, beauty, & durability for your custom projects. I use only the best & highest-quality materials available for construction – for example, instead of imported sheet goods, I use high-end or domestic materials for box construction & solid wood for fronts & visible areas, as well as heavy-duty hardware & conversion varnish as standard. I want to ensure that your custom pieces will both age beautifully & hold up to most cleaning chemicals & heavy use. Why have a beautiful piece if you cannot actually use it for generations? With your input, ideas, & needs in mind, I design, make & manufacture each piece myself. I come out for your estimate, & I use no “salesmen” or “representatives” so you can be confident that every step of the process is handled with a commitment to personal communication & an uncompromising dedication to excellence. By working for various shops, companies, & craftsmen over the years, & assimilating all that they had to teach, I created my own apprenticeship yet my skillset & talents are continually growing as my clients come up with pretty innovative projects! Feel free to call me to talk about your needs & visit my website for example of my work. Thank you for taking the time to check out Sticks, Phil Snyder
Business highlights
Services we offer
Hand-crafted custom cabinets, entertainment centers, garage cabinets, shelving & miscellaneous furniture.
Amenities
Free Estimates
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He quoted right off. His price was so much lower it was hard to imagine it was right, but he has such a good rating in Angie's list that I felt confident he would do a good job.
He was able to do the inspection within a couple of day.
He stated that the work would be done in approximately 1-1/2 weeks. It took close to 2 weeks before doing the install. The delay was weather related and he kept us informed about the conditions he was experiencing, so we were not in the dark. We delayed a couple of days beyond his suggestion due to our own scheduling needs. So it all worked out.
The quality of the workmanship is great. He built it very strong and used good quality guides (better than what the cabinets have in general.
He came out in early September to take measurements and was ready to install the cabinet a couple of weeks later. During the building process he kept us informed with photos of our cabinet being built. He installed the cabinet yesterday. It looks great and was exactly what we wanted.
"I think it's about time I start responding to my reviews. I will start with the most recent for the time being, this one. For some reason it is not showing me all of the review that I am responding to. Perhaps Angie's List could include the entire review here for reference in the future. For the time being, I will attempt to copy and paste the review elsewhere, so I can reply to it in it's entirety. Be right back."
"Okay, I pasted the whole review in a sticky note. I was unable to "be right back" in the review after this one like I had intended, so I will try to address that later. I apologize. For this review; It was a pleasure working with you. I'm glad you are happy with the results. Thank you very much for your positive review here!"
Phil picked up the coffee table when he started to work on the end tables. Phil delivered the end tables and returned the coffee table. You can't tell that the end tables were not purchased with the coffee table.
The curio cabinet came next. Phil came me some options on the curio cabinet for the glass and the back of the cabinet. The curio cabinet turned out exactly how I wanted it.
"Thank you for the great review. Those were fun projects. I'm glad I was able to work with you a second time. Keep in touch."
He also took on an existing oak cabinet and tried to convert into a desk. Well the existing wood was from the 80's and during his demoing, he damaged the existing wood beyond repair. So he built a custom desk designed by me and installed it!! It is perfect!!!
Now here is the kicker, my wife and I received a beautiful desk for ONLY a $100.00. Phil stated that it was his fault that he messed up the existing cabinet and he would absorb most of the costs in making the new desk. I ended up giving him an extra tip due to our TOTAL SATISFACTION.
I would highly recommend Sticks Cabinets!!!!!!!!
"Thank you for the awesome review. That poor old desk we took out of there didn't stand a chance of being rebuilt, so I had to pony up a new one. This is an inherent risk in attempting to modify existing work. Sometimes all is well, and sometimes the old stuff is paper thin, and barely held together the first time. I have since stopped modifying old things, the risk is just not worth it when it is bad. This was a costly one. I'm glad you are so happy with my services! I try very hard, and reviews like this help to make it all worth it. Thanks!"
We started contacting several contractors in May 2012 and Phil was the only one who agreed to our budget. He mentioned that he was busy at that time and that it would take 2 months to start working on our entertainment center. We had an initial meeting in last week of May when he visited our home and we finalized the design and paid him about a third of the total cost (500$) as advance. Later in the last week of June, we changed our requirement a bit and asked him to change the color. He was flexible with it and incorporated into his final design and started building it after receiving our second payment of 500$. He created a website where he posted images frequently and this kept us updated on the progress.
Finally, as originally agreed upon, it was installed at our place in mid July and we made the final payment. Throughout this process, he was very prompt in responding to our questions and could be approached either through emails or phone.
Phil came and did the measurements in September. Since he does everything himself, several projects at a time, my project wouldn't be done until end of November/early December. I supplied him a crude drawing with the details I had in mind (see above). I opted for a payment plan of 1/3 down payment, then 1/3 when he begins the project, then 1/3 at completion. I decided against any demolition of the bricks on the fireplace since I thought I could save money and avoid a messy remodel. But because of this, I was somewhat concerned about the idea of covering all the brick in wood since the brick part itself had a lot of and quot;irregularitiesand quot; that I thought would prove difficult in making wood pieces that perfectly fit. Nonetheless, Phil took precise measurements and came up with a solution.
Phil is very responsive via email so I appreciated him keeping me up to date and answering my questions as I waited for him to start the project. Once he started it was cool to keep track thru the pics he posted on his website.
Installation took 2 days, though separated by a few weeks. The first day was installation of the new cabinets and bookcases which took pretty much a whole day. Once they were in, Phil took new measurements so that the fireplace surround/mantel/hearth/top part that he would make would cover the brick perfectly (again remember the irregularities!). Unfortunately, this meant waiting a few weeks while he made these new pieces.
There was a minor setback when on the day of the second install, as the mantel piece he created actually ended up being the wrong size. He reviewed his notes, and had taken the right measurements, but simply created the wrong piece. I was pretty bummed, but Phil was obviously going to correct it. A week later, he did, without any problems.
The final product is awesome and my wife and I love it. It's everything we wanted. We will be looking to Phil for future projects. To this date I regularly check his website to follow his new projects (while gathering ideas for my future projects).
He fab the cabinet in his own workshop and submitted progress via email. WHen the okay was given to move forward, he did that and brought the fab unit(s) to the house for assembly. I notice the quality of the material, hardware he used and was really pleased. As he was doing the assembly I notice how nice everything was going together. When the job was done, he picked up and cleaned up his area. When he left out the front door and I noticed he placed everything in its proper place in his van. I know that he will continue to be successful in making cabinets.
"I would just like to clarify that there are multiple ways to go about paying my company. I taylor the payments to your needs as much as possible."
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